Joseph M. Scriven Biography

Mr. Scriven was born in 1819 of prosperous parents in Banbridge Irleand. He was a graduate of Trinity College,Dublin. He came to Canada at the age 25. he has created more than 100 compositions. He wrote a music which later became the hymn (What a friend We have in Jesus). His music was very popular.To this day ,no one knows for sure if joseph Scriven's death was an accident or a suicide. He was died in 1886.