The Royal Invitation (The Five Royal Books)

This book is a 31-day devotional, taken from the five-volume, 8,014-page edition of The Complete Works of Frances Ridley Havergal, an edition prepared over several years by a team of people in the U.S., England, and Canada. This book also includes three additional poems by Frances Ridley Havergal, and one poem each by Charlotte Elliot and Mary Jane (Deck) Walker. My King is the first of five “Royal” books by F.R.H., which she regarded as a set. Royal Commandments is the second, Royal Bounty is the third, The Royal Invitation is the fourth, and Loyal Responses is the “answering and completing chord” of the “Royal” books. My King. “The source of the Kingship of Christ is God Himself in the eternal counsels of His love. . . . Having provided, He appointed and anointed His King.” The sections of this book are taken from Old Testament texts. “Why has God made Jesus King? Because the Lord loved His people. He knows our need of a King.”