Joseph Scriven - Otonabee Township, ON
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N 44° 08.101 W 078° 18.460
17T E 715367 N 4890393
Simple home-made hand carved stone denoting the final resting spot of the author of "What a Friend We Have in Jesus".
Waymark Code: WMT3D5
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 09/18/2016
Views: 2
Joseph Scriven was born in Ireland and later emigrated to Canada. He was a deeply religious man, who worked as a tutor. He wrote several poems and religious psalms. The most famous of these was what is familiarly known as "What A friend We Have in Jesus".
He died in 1886 and is buried next to his fiancée.
The large monument located next to this simple marker was erected in 1919 on the centennial of his birth. Its front section contains the first two verses of his well-known poem.
"What a friend we have in Jesus.
All our sins and griefs to bear.
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer.
Oh, what peace we often forfeit
Oh, what needless pain we bear
All because we do not carry
Everything to God on prayer."
Cemetery is accessible from Scriven Road. Daylight hours only.
Date of Birth: 10 September 1819
Date of Death: 10 August, 1886
Material: Stone
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