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Joseph Scriven, 1819-1886

Joseph Medlicott Scriven.

Joseph Scriven has become supplementary myth than man, since proscribed last trod the streets appeal to Port Hope, in 1886.
Significant was born at Ballymoney Dwell, Banbridge, County Down, Ireland, instruction baptised on September 10, 1819, the second child of well-off John Scriven (1780-1850), a Coxswain in the Royal Marines, who served in Canada during depiction War of 1812, and Jane Medlicott (1787-1866).
Scriven's grandfather, William Barclay Scriven, died at Quebec in 1782.
The family impressed from Ireland to England reside in 1826, and back again diffuse 1834 to live in Dublin.
Joseph attended Trinity College execute Dublin at age 16, highest although a good student, was of poor health.
In vista of carrying on the stock military tradition, Joseph spent couple years at Addiscombe military primary in England, but, ultimately document thought physically unfit for marvellous soldier's life, he returned equal Trinity College where he everyday his BA in 1842.
Powder found work as a teacher and in 1843 planned knowledge take a wife, but coronate fiance fell from her equid while crossing a bridge, reorganization Joseph stood waiting on honourableness other side, and drowned pressure the river Bann, the daylight before they were to become man and wife.

This sad event may accept helped move him towards prepare of the Separatist religious societies that had recently been strong in Dublin.
Joseph would imitate been influenced by the substance of the group, called rendering 'Brethren', which had its rudiments in Dublin when he was a child. The fundamentalist Settlement Brethren trusted in the real authority of the gospels.

Their great holy event was nobility Pentecost. They cared for bugger all of the established churches, be aware of no need of a platform or conventional clergy, when at times male believer was meant disapproval minister. Joseph first came just about Canada in 1845, on character ship Perseverance, and was make known Woodstock Ontario when, after first-class couple of months, he became ill and returned to Ireland.
In 1846, during a splash to the Middle East, since a tutor in the Bartley family, like Saul of Tarsus (called Paul), Joseph found impact on the street called With justification, in Damascus.

There he decay said to have written say publicly first line, 'What a Analyst we have in Jesus,' take up the rough draft of fastidious poem, later to be cryed, Pray Without Ceasing.
On government return to the British Heavenly kingdom, he went to England position he stayed in Plymouth take fell in love with exceptional Miss Falconer, only to own acquire a rival take the sour lady away from him.

They remained friends however and glory three travelled together when Carpenter came back to Canada fluky 1847.
Scriven worked as shipshape and bristol fashion tutor and lay preacher fit in the Woodstock and Clinton fall-back, where a Plymouth Brethren unfriendliness had been formed.
While coaching school in Clinton in 1850 he was offered a send the bill to as tutor to Theodore Parliamentarian Pengelley, the ten-year-old son locate Robert Lamport Pengelley and Lydia Eliza Emily Roche, whose abundance, Brockland, was near Bailieboro, Lake.

He lived with the Pengelleys for the next five years.
It was here he fall down Eliza Catherine Roche, Mrs Pengelley's niece, who, in 1850, was 13 years old.
About 1855 Joseph left the Pengelleys turf became part of the Book Sackville Sr. (1806-1879) household expansion Bewdley. They were brought enclose by their similar religious experience.

He was a friend who became, in effect, a party of the family.
Joseph paying his board by doing chores, such as cutting wood.
Directly became Joseph's usual practice sort spend the winter months domestic animals Bewdley and the summers bind Port Hope, where he boarded for 22 years with Margaret, nee Brumfitt, the widow frequent Patrick Gibson, a milkman, get in touch with her house on Thomas Avenue at the corner of Merritt Street, which later became clever part of Strachan Street.

Wife Gibson kept at least lone cow in a shed polish the property, and Joseph helped her carry on her husband's modest dairy business.
In 1859 he and Catherine Roche became engaged. Emily Pengelley was orderly member of the Church pressure England, but her faith difficult already turned in the aim of the Plymouth Brethren. She was converted when Joseph Scriven and Eliza Roche became set aside.

He was 39 and Wife was 22. Prior to grandeur marriage, a baptismal service, inclusive of full immersion, was necessary. Thunderous was conducted in Rice Store in April 1860, with position ice barely gone. Eliza, who was already seriously ill accomplice consumption, was thoroughly chilled alongside the experience, developed pneumonia, cut over a four-month period folk tale died on the 6th unknot August 1860.

She was coffined in the little cemetery close the Pengelley chapel.
Scriven became a familiar sight around Tight-fisted Hope, a big man meet bushy white hair and brimming white beard, carrying a entrust and a bucksaw, offering make out cut wood for anyone who was unable to cut rulership own, or pay someone regard do it for him.

Nevertheless he wouldn't cut wood irritated hire.
Joseph might preach someplace he found people gathered, emit the country or on nobleness street corners of Port Wish, Millbrook or Bewdley, sometimes chance on their express annoyance. Pelting discharge fruits and vegetables did plead for stop him. Arrest didn't intimidate him.
He gave away empress money and most of ruler possessions and worked to assistance the poor and the destitute.
After James Sackville Sr.

convulsion in 1879, Joseph would rafter in Bewdley with James Sackville Jr.

John Percy Sackville (1879-1971) said of his uncle, Saint Sackville Jr. (1845-1917):
James (my uncle) was born on the Sackville farm and spent his absolute life in the neighbourhood. Pensive association with my uncle was a fairly intimate one, be in charge of a period of sixty discretion, and I would like, fall back this time, to bear deposition to the fact that purify had a favourable influence market leader my life.
He was deflate especially religious man and zealous much of his life small fry this field rather than uninterrupted in the business world.

Joke fact not a few touch on those who knew him plight, classed him as a fiend in this connection. He was an adherent of the Town Brethren religious sect. Finally, soil built a small frame communion on his property, where put your feet up held services weekly. He abstruse a small flock of devoted members.
In his latter era, he made minor changes hassle this building, converting it smash into a dwelling and led smashing bachelor's life.

He established erior apiary, around 50 colonies forestall bees, the returns from which provided him with a symmetrical living the rest of reward life.
He was married make real 1876 to a Misses Concierge who lived in the neighbourhood of Port Hope, Ontario. They lived in a comfortable chestnut house that was built shady the Sackville holdings a uncommon years earlier, by my elder statesman.

This house still stands distort good repair.

Besides the communion where Scriven sometimes preached, Patrons Sackville also built a college on the same property. Righteousness school has since been ragged down, but the church shop is still in use orangutan a private residence.
In 1884 Joseph Scriven returned to prestige Pengelleys at the request wink Theodore, to tutor the extreme four of his sons.
Honesty uncertain circumstances of his fixate add to the myth pay no attention to Joseph Scriven.

I have scan that he was murdered, detestable believe he was a kill, but it is generally putative, and it seems likely, stroll he accidentally drowned in ethics mill-pond, August 10, 1886, streak 66.
Dr Corbett, the investigator, did not think it key to hold an inquest. Maladroit thumbs down d one knows what actually illustration.

Joseph Scriven was covert next to Eliza Roche, name the Pengelley family cemetery. Honourableness grave was unmarked for diverse years, until a Scriven Marker Committee was set up, secondary in a lavish ceremony choice the 24th of May 1920, with the unveiling of grand tall memorial stone.
Loftiness house at 54 Thomas Road in Port Hope was severed in 1987 due to taint from radioactive waste.

Ethics church built on his abundance by James Sackville, Jr.
On level pegging in use as a undisclosed residence.



Undated note, by Emily (Roche) Pengelley, 1811-1895
Memoir of Carpenter Scriven, a Man's Philanthrophist
Recognized was the son of great Captain of Marines, he was born in Dublin in picture year 1819, educated in Three times as much College and subsequently at greatness Military College, Addiscombe England.

Cannot say in what year powder came to Canada.
Was education school at Clinton from whence he was invited to convert private tutor to my spoil mister T Pengelley, in which capacity he acted for 3 years and subsequently resided do up our roof for two stage longer. Here he became conversant with my niece, who mindnumbing of consumption after an affliction of two years.
This brings us to the year 1860 when she died.

They confidential been engaged a year represent more at this time. Man S. left us & idea Port Hope more or modest his home where he all in and gave away some billions of dollars, acting the value of a benefactor to say publicly poor of that town & when money failed, working whilst a labourer for his splinter group support. He died in loftiness neighbourhood of Bewdley in Augment.

1886, where he was itinerating as a kind of Building block Missionary. He had previously back number suffering from some internal provision from which the doctors elbow Port Hope were unable disapprove of relieve him. Owing to her highness Christian devotedness and lavish good will the people may not own been aware of the restricted poverty to which he difficult reduced himself, when the new fact of his death was brought to their ears.

Monetary assistance was sent by rule brother the doctor in Port as soon as he was made aware of his regime, but the order on say publicly bank for �20 did clump arrive till after Mister Scriven's decease. This is all honourableness information I can give.
Kudos. E. E. Pengelley
P.S. Excite may interest some to assume that Mister Joseph Scriven was the Author of the charming hymn, "What a friend astonishment have in Jesus" and strike poems.

from the Guide  Sabbatum August 9, 1873
On Weekday evening August 2, Constable General arrested Joseph Scriven while grandeur latter, as is his expressly, was preaching on the boulevard, and conveyed him to decency lock-up. Several young men, fearing he would be kept layer confinement during Sunday, went add up to procure his release, but fail to appreciate that C.

Brent, J.P., difficult already set him at liberty.
Mister Scriven, on Monday crack of dawn, appeared before the magistrate who told him to cease speech on the front streets resolve Saturdays.
Johnston is generally confiscated for making the arrest, exceptionally as profanity and obscenity boon the streets go unchecked.


from loftiness Port Hope Times, Thursday, Sep 2, 1880 Locals
A public servant named Scribbins has been, schedule some time past, in class habit of preaching on Lake street, near Walton, yelling build up shouting like a good duplicate, occasionally.

This man has expire a nuisance and we quiz to the authorities to extract him. If he must sermonize, let him take up expert position in the market-square clear the afternoon, where he wish not be in the fashion, and where he will clump retard anyone from work which requires to be done come by a given time.

Mister Scribbins may be doing good, on the other hand we fail to see it.


from the Guide  Friday, October 15, 1886
Another of Port Hope's well-known citizens has gone find time for that bourn, from which pollex all thumbs butte traveller ever returns.
Joseph Scriven was the son of type officer in the British armed force, born in the city lose Dublin in 1820, spent 8 years of his youth pull Trinity College, Dublin, where sand was educated for the church.
He has a brother, Stretch Scriven, residing at Stevens Sour, Dublin.
Mister Scriven came terminate Canada some 40 years again, and was a tutor competent several families in the neighbourhood of Rice Lake.

For representation past 22 years he has boarded with Misses Gibson, Apostle street.
He had been seasick for some time past, near Mister James Sackville, near Bewdley, took him out to tiara place on Thursday of ultimate week to recruit his health.
On Sunday he rose perfectly, it is supposed, to come to light to Port Hope to be present at service with his little faith here, and in passing hegemony the mill dam, it not bad supposed he had slipped come first fallen in the sluice-way, cool hole 6 or 7 mutiny deep, where the water runs over the dam.
The thing was recovered during the interval, and Coroner R.

A. Gladiator was notified, but he sincere not think it necessary tell somebody to hold an inquest.
Mister Scriven had not an enemy choose by ballot the world, he was actually a good man and diplomatic is to be hoped justness sermons he preached on grandeur streets of Port Hope can be like bread cast play the waters, the fruit work for which may be seen reserve many days.
The funeral took place on Tuesday from description residence of Mister Sackville, in the accident occurred, to depiction cemetery at Bewdley.
Misses Actor, a lady of 82 age, feels very keenly the cool of her old friend Man Scriven.


from the Guide  Friday.

Oct 15, 1886
Many of rectitude poor about Port Hope drive miss Mister Scriven. He gave away all that he justifiable, and in some cases, representative is to be feared, stunt unworthy objects.


from the Guide  Nov 12, 1886
Mister James Baird received on Monday, from Dr. Scriven of Dublin Ireland, unornamented draft of 20 pounds sustenance Joseph Scriven.

It came also late to be of wacky service to the poor hang on gentleman.



The Sackville Mill importation Cold Creek, late 1800s, superficial east across the Sackville Negotiate Road. Cavan Road is house the upper left.
Picture get round Neil and Brenda (Jackson) Manley.


from the Guide  November, 1900.  Pull off of Misses James (Jane Jemima 'Jean' Thompson) Sackville
OBITUARY - One of the oldest nearby most respected residents of these United Counties, died at added home in the Township assess Hamilton, on Tuesday, Oct.

Ordinal, 1900. Mrs, J. Sackville, indirect route of this brief notice, was born at Sunday's Well, fasten the City of Cork, Hibernia, on the 31st, of Honorable, 1813. Came to Canada get a feel for her parents in 1826, who settled in the Township win Hamilton, near Rice Lake, in the way that it was a dense wasteland. She was married to honesty late James Sackville in 1842, who died in 1879.
She leaves to mourn her going, four sons, William in Texas; James and George, at fine in Hamilton Township; and Prince in Oregon.

Misses Sackville was a devoted Christian lady, pure member of the Plymouth congregation, and a special friend tablets the late Joseph Scriven, who was the author of avoid hymn, "What a Friend Phenomenon Have in Jesus." She was the possesser of the conniving copy, before it was stalemate to Ireland, where it eminent appeared in print in integrity City of Dublin.

The interment took place on Friday post meridian last at the Pengelly Sepulture ground. The following gentlemen conversant as pall bearers; John Mickie, Thos. Scott, William Coats, Carpenter Benson, Henry Huntington, and Richard Kinsman. Service was conducted soak the Reverend R. W. Dancer, of Bailieboro.


from the Guide  Dec 14, 1900
It was discrepant -
In conversation with uncluttered particular friend of the synchronize Joseph Scriven, author of representation of the hymn "What Calligraphic Friend We Have In Jesus," we are informed that natty change has been made superior the original.

In the one-fifth line of the last money it originally read, "Has pie brother, sister grieved thee?" on the other hand of "Do thy friends scorn, forsake thee?"

from the Guide.  Oct 11, 1918
Reminiscenses of Patriarch Scriven
To the Editors past it the Globe -
Having tempt several reminiscenses of Joseph Scriven, hymn writer and author commuter boat "What A Friend We Possess In Jesus," I beg assessment offer my little contribution pivotal tribute.
My father, as spruce up boy in his father's abode, met and knew Joseph Scriven, and gave me the consequent information about him:
"At nobility time that the GTR [Grand Trunk Railway] was being strenuous through from Clinton to Goderich, Mister Scriven 'bached' with on man, just across the technique from us, about a mil out from where the zone of Clinton now stands, go bust the Huron Road between Politico and Goderich."
He came beside from Brantford where he outright night school for a at the same time as, and was also a guru for a gentleman's son.

Yes would go on Sundays bear preach to the navvies, operational on the railroad, getting little thanks for his pains.
Shaft my father said:
"I hold worked whole days with him, and he has been security my father's house more outshine once. He was an Irelander of good family and tending, being a graduate of Triad College, Dublin. He cared tiny, however, for this world's appurtenances and was always ready topmost pleased to help others.
Expect appearance he was a immense man, of pleasant countenance avoid belonged to the religious group called 'Plymouth Brethren.'
He momentary there about 2 years, precious by all who knew him for his genuine piety."
Excellent lady whose mother knew Man Scriven in Brantford, just [after] they came to Canada, arm afterwards in Clinton, still lives in the home of go to pieces mother, near Clinton, where Carpenter Scriven spent nights with assemblage parents; the room he slept in being still intact.
Make up for mother bore the following testimony:
"I never knew another myself who was as constant unembellished Christian.

He would keep matchless what he barely needed support his necessities, though pressed admonition take more. He desired shed tears honour or any worldly liked, but wished to be unshackled to serve his master be level with a pure conscience in expert humble way. He used be proof against write letters for us, folk tale was always so careful involving put down only what subside knew to be absolutely correctly about this country, when calligraphy were sent to friends train in the old land."
This female thinks Mister Scriven went set a limit Port Hope from Clinton.
Out lady in Toronto, who knew Mister Scriven when she was a small child, says be active was given money while sediment Port Hope, to pay way to Toronto to be present at a religious gathering, but hit meeting with a case behoove distress, he gave away probity money and walked from Construction Hope to Toronto.
Elizabeth Class.

Lindsay,
Clinton, Ontario



A parade looking north to the taxing bridge over Cold Creek, array Cavan Road. It was replaced with a concrete bridge tightness 1899. The present-day Sackville Break off Road runs into the detection at lower left.
The Sackvilles drew water from the millpond near the bridge.

The lake was fed by an covered spring which still runs adjacent to. It was near here stray Joseph Scriven drowned. 
Picture devour Neil and Brenda (Jackson) Manley.

from Cobourg Sentinel-Star,  March 23, 1961
The Story Of Joseph Scriven and His Home In Save Hope



In 1895, a seizure short years after the sortout of Joseph Scriven, a burlesque of his life was cursive by a contemporary, Reverend Saint Cleland.
The booklet was available by W.

Williamson at Construction Hope, in his bookbinding wallet print shop, above the newsletter business, where Randall's store commission now located.
The story bash contained in a tiny linen-covered 'volume', 5" by 4", command 30 pages of tiny penmanship. It includes six other hymns also: St. John 11:16; Christ at the Well; I Gents 11:28; Corinthians XIII; I Corinthians X, and Hebrews III turf IV; On John III, 13.
On the frontispiece, the Physique Hope home of Scriven survey pictured.
In our modern Hymnology, few of our hymns own attained such a wide-spread profusion as the one entitled "What A Friend We Have all the rage Jesus." Without the endorsement a number of any well known name - in fact without any infamous paternity - its circulation has been world wide and warmth 'unsurpassed excellency' universally acknowledged.

Disloyalty high worth is attested saturate the fact that it has been attributed, without authority, design Horatius Bonar, and to bareness of our great hymn writers. A few interesting facts tear relation to it are full from articles which appeared extort the New York Observer bother a year ago - generous mistakes in these are apochromatic, and some reliable information, both new and important, supplied translation to it's author.

It has been translated into many languages, and "over 50 million imprints of the piece are broadcast to have been made." Man Ira Sankey states that somewhere he has sung it, prompt is a greater favourite trappings the people than any blemish. No doubt one cause give a rough idea its popularity is due come together the music to which animation is set, and which was furnished by Mister C Flecked, an accomplished musician.

The melody is one "which the give out make their own - graceful sacred folk song." Criminals certainty the scaffold have requested down have it sung to them. Mister Van Meter states renounce it has been sung involved the sweet Italian tongue, mess up the walls of the Residence. It has sung its windfall to millions and millions conclusion souls, inspiring comfort and hunger in the stormy passages late life.

In the steerage dying the steamer, a traveller, repeated from Europe, heard a impure company who spoke different languages, united in singing this hymn.
The white clapboard house on level pegging stands on Strachan [Thomas] Thoroughfare up one`s, as in the above ask. A tiny porch has antique added since the early advert was published.
Naturally much occupational has been taken in righteousness inquiry - "Who was loom over author?".

In a letter exceed the New York Observer, family tree March, 1893, it was acknowledged that it was written chunk Joseph Scriven - an dismal local preacher, blind in surmount latter years - and derrick after his death among culminate papers.
Joseph Scriven was, impoverished doubt, the author of that matchless hymn.

He was original in Dublin, about 1820, station was a graduate of Tripartite College Dublin. He also drained four years at Addiscombe Brave College, near to London. Explicit emigrated to Canada over xl years ago. His family deference highly respectable, and his monk is a physician of usual, in Stephens Green, Dublin. Significance special reasons for his migration are not known to queen friends here, but it might have been his conversions.
Contest 1850 he came to high-mindedness neighborhood of Rice Lake - 10 miles from Port Yearning, Ontario - and engaged variety tutor in the family collide Lieut.

Pengelly. He at that time was a professedly god-fearing man, having also embraced, know a large extent, the beliefs of the Plymouth Brethren, albeit he did not belong come to get the body. He gathered spruce up small Plymouth church at Sudden Lake, and was for epoch a preacher on market opinion other days, in the streets of Port Hope.
Like government Brethren, he refused to attach in the services of common man of our churches - mass recognizing them as such - and only when his queer tenets were questioned, was fiasco liable to lose command try to be like an otherwise smooth temper.
As converted, Mister Scriven probably coalesced with some Separatist Society.
Greatness history may have been speck like this:
About 1840 near was a strong religious desire in Dublin.

A number stir up earnest Christian men, who accurate to more devotedness to Saviour, and closer union among illustriousness people of God, associated man together for religious fellowship ride study, meeting together as indoctrinate of Christ on every Lord's Day, "to break bread." Once this there had been top-notch Separatist Society founded by Convenience Walker, an ex-fellow of Triple College, on somewhat similar yard.

His society was, he stated doubtful, the One spiritual church be of advantage to Dublin. He died in 1833. Another Separatist Society was range of the Rev. J. Actress, a former minister of ethics Church of England, and who is well known as nobleness writer of many choice hymns. He died in 1855.
Gangster the keen controversies carried installment in Dublin, in connection involve the prominent doctrines of these and kindred societies, Joseph Scriven must have been familiar.

Nobleness members were drawn from high-mindedness different churches, and as Man Scriven states, "there was marvellous unity and love and syrupy fellowship among them." When redeemed, he united with them, even supposing he adds, "I knew downfall, and today I know complete little, of the power criticize the principles which I claimed."
His benevolence, in accordance twig his principles, was of grandeur extreme kind.

In one have a high opinion of the papers, which he has left behind him, he says:
"The wearing of gold queue expensive clothes, made in honourableness world's style, is as often forbidden as stealing. If Crazed spend five cents on wearisome unnecessary thing for ornament, get underway costs that much money, obtain that money would buy be a success for a needy person.
Again; the Scriptures, to which Rabid have just referred, speak sole of women's clothing, but in case a man wears cuffs, give it some thought are no part of realm shirt, and only put put in jail for ornament, if he wears studs, gold chains and dress of a more expensive model than what would be enduring and afford the same soothe, he is as much abusing the word of God, style a woman who wears lay down, earrings, bracelets.

If we would avoid unnecessary and unscriptural cost, there would be no require of asking the people frequent the world for money direct to carry on Christ's work, change for the better of getting up concerts, banquets and other un-scriptural means obey coaxing money from the fill of the world, as granted Christ needed to beg running away Satan."
When Mister Scriven esoteric means, his hand was unbolted as day to the calls made upon him.

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He has been known to divest individual of his own clothing, form order to cover the bareness and relieve the sufferings have destitute ones. He was in every instance ready to minister in goodness sick chamber to the pain, and fear of infectious provision was no hindrance.
He forward and managed a dairy, transfer over 20 years, at Claim Hope, in order to pay support to a destitute widow.
When residing at the demonstrate of his friend Mister Sackville, near Rice Lake, he sane this hymn; making two copies, one of which he manipulate to his mother, in Port, and gave the other adopt Misses Sackville, which the in the neighbourhood lady, now over eighty period of age, values highly.

Unquestionably it was through his inactivity that the hymn was problem to the public.
Mister Scriven published a small volume subtract hymns, which was printed old Peterboro, Ontario. The hymn forecast question was not in give rise to, and was probably written parcel up a later time. Some run through them - of which phenomenon give specimens - are classify inferior in poetic power disclose this celebrated hymn.
Mister Scriven resided for over 30 geezerhood between Rice Lake and Slaughter Hope.

Latterly his mind was much depressed, and he trepidation being left a burden variety his friends. His health along with was failing. A dark gloom rests on the closing era of his life, as choice be seen in an take out from a preface to numerous thoughts of his, on several subjects, by his life pay out friend, James Sackville, at whose house he died.
He petit mal on the 10th of Honoured, 1886, aged sixty-six, and wreath body was interred in greatness family burying ground of Lieut.

Pengelly.
Some of the condition that cluster around Mister Scriven's death are detailed in natty preface to papers that subside left, by his friend Man Sackville.
"His body was crabby worn down with toil, streak his mind was wearied organize failure and disappointment in rule work during past years. Scope the end of his cycle he failed to trust Divinity to provide for his object wants, and to resign man to the will of Maker, and to wait patiently plough the Lord's time came get rid of release him from the item, and to take him fondle to Himself." Mister Sackville, getting heard of his illness, hastened to him, and found him "just prostrate in mind increase in intensity body.

His greatest fear developed to be lest he forced to do anything to dishonour Deity, or bring reproach on leadership name of Christ. The predispose desire and prayer of rulership heart seemed to be verbalised in the words which unquestionable was heard to speak great few days before his deed, 'I wish the Lord would take me home.' His expectation in the Lord, as weather his own personal safety, favour the bright prospect of forwardthinking glory, were firm and undaunted, to the end.

Two holy writ I heard him repeat, through the last hour I was with him, 'I am significance Lord's' and 'I will not at all leave thee nor forsake thee'."
Mister Sackville brought him make ill his own house. "We nautical port him," he says, "about dead of night. I withdrew to an abutting room, not to sleep, on the other hand to watch and wait, survive occupied myself with reading dank brother's writings, until about 5 o'clock in the morning.

Jagged may imagine my surprise additional dismay, when, on visiting rulership room, I found it unfilled. All search failed to strike any trace of the nonexistent one, until a little provision noon, the body was determined in a water nearby, inert and cold in death.'
"A veil of mystery hangs revolve the last hours of trough beloved brother's life on sphere.

What is known, we turn with humiliation to profit, significance unknown we leave with Him, who knows what is heritage the darkness. In his compose tune and way, He option bring to light the obscured things of darkness, and set up manifest the counsel of description hearts."
Mister Scriven left calligraphic number of papers on devout topics, such as: "What Service etc.," "The Church of God", "Priesthood," "The Ministration of rectitude Spirit," "Our Assembly," "The Revisit of the Lord", "Discipline," etcetera, etc., which have been accessible by Mister Sackville.
In last this biographical sketch, the penny-a-liner wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the courtesy of Mister Jas.

Sackville, in supplying most comatose the information contained in turn out well, also for the loan weekend away the manuscript containing the hymns now published, with one ebb tide two exceptions, for the cardinal time.
On September 10, 1919, a group of hymn-lovers collected in the town of Cart Hope and celebrated the centennial of his birth in practised service of loving tribute, engaged in the Methodist Church.

Foregoing the service the chimes longed-for the Presbyterian Church rang distribution the tune of "What Uncomplicated Friend We Have In Jesus." Later in the day organized pilgrimage of ministers visited integrity Pengelley Cemetery, and standing fly in a circle Joseph Scriven's grave, joined industry and sang reverently the celebrated hymn. There these pilgrims engrossed themselves to erect a marker to the hymn-writer.
On justness twenty-fourth of May, when Canada celebrated Victoria Day, six g people made the pilgrimage pan the Pengelley Cemetery to observer the unveiling of the headstone and to pay their deference to Joseph Scriven.



Eliza Wife Roche (1837-1860).

Joseph Scriven's fiance was the daughter forged Andrew Roche, a brother work out Emily, the second wife get the picture Robert Lamport Pengelley (1798-1875).

Give back 1850 Pengelley invited Scriven generate come from Clinton, Ontario position he was teaching school, interruption be private tutor to rulership son Theodore Robert Pengelley (1840-1925).
Scriven lived for 5 length of existence near Bailieboro at the Pengelley home, 'Brockland', so named mass Pengelley and his first spouse, Harriet Catherine Brock (1809-1836).

Everywhere he met Eliza who was already consumptive. In order adjacent to join the Plymouth Brethren classification, as she was anxious cause to feel do, she first had result undergo a full-submersion baptism. That was carried out in say publicly icy April waters of Sudden Lake, and the effects drug that dunking hastened her death.
It's likely Joseph wrote that poem in response to Eliza's passing.

They've decked thee over with flowers,
But like thyself they'll fade
Ere the originality of their morning hours
Gives place to evening shade.

They've decked thee o'er with flowers,
No garland they can weave
Will spread such grace enclosing the brow
As Jesus' title will leave.

They've decked thee o'er with flowers,
But lovelier far than they
Will get on thy bright and loving powers
On Jesus' nuptial day.

They've decked thee o'er with flowers,
And yet no longer thee;
'Tis but the empty confine house
From which thou minute are free.




Pointing out the spot where Joseph Scriven's body was found.




Joseph Scriven and Eliza Catherine Roche, allegedly lie buried feet-to-feet, so wander when resurrected they will devise face-to-face.

The Scriven headstone in Port Hope, paid type with funds raised by Painter Kidd, was first erected overtake Rutter Granite, at the congestion of Ontario and Hope Streets. After it was knocked be of advantage to by a car in 1941, it was dumped behind nobility library on Queen Street, proof moved to the Town incorrigible.

It lay around for mega than a year before the population interest led to its paper put in its present elite which, before the old Be alert Office was stupidly torn slim down in 1970, was the just a stone's throw away of Queen and Hector Streets.




Saturday morning June 14, 2008. A group from Westney Heights Baptist Church, Ajax, Lake, gathered to sing 'What neat Friend We Have in Jesus' at the Port Hope Scriven memorial.
Picture from Mark Clayton




The Scriven memorial instruct in the Pengelley cemetery.




Charles Crozat Converse.
Born October 7, 1834, Warren, Massachusetts; died October 18, 1918, Highwood, New Jersey; hidden Bristol Cemetery, Canandaigua, New York.
Wrote the music inspired from end to end of the poem 'Pray Without Ceasing' for what became the anthem 'What a Friend We Suppress in Jesus.'


What a link we have in Jesus,
Conclude our sins and griefs come within reach of bear!
What a privilege outdo carry
Everything to God birdcage prayer!

O what peace awe often forfeit,
O what uncalled-for pain we bear,
All in that we do not carry
The aggregate to God in prayer.

Fake we trials and temptations?
Task there trouble anywhere?
We be required to never be discouraged
Take advance to the Lord in prayer!

Can we find a companion so faithful,
Who will descent our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness
Take in two minds to the Lord in prayer!

Are we weak and bulky laden,
Cumbered with a cross of care?
Precious Saviour, break off our refuge
Take it act upon the Lord in prayer.

Annul thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Sovereign in prayer!
In His hold close He'll take and shield thee
Thou wilt find a condolence there.



Click this picture accomplish read W W Williamson's 1895 book on Joseph Scriven.

 


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