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E, ame Street In Commemoration l‘(/ 57 ark Hundredth Anniversary Of Famous Hymn By Joseph Scriven « PortHope Kiwanis Publi sh Memoria Booklet: Tu cwlnmemoraie the hundred committee have prepared an eight. inches containing biographical 1n known humanitarian. with its date. lure of the small coltagc sufâ€" rounded by aims, set lback mun Six-acth Elves! and Thomas Street in PD". Hope, where [his humble and retiring person lived alone. There are pitlures mo of St. Anne‘s Church where he wor- shipped at Bewdley and the me« marials in his minnow. A'lso pubâ€" l lished is the famous hymn. Til Disirlhul: Collies It is the lnten‘ubn oi the Ki- wanis Club to disll‘ilbutc Cnpir-s to all of the churches in Port Hope, in sand a copy to Tennesee Ernie ‘Ford ior his use an IC.B.S. and if other churches or grouus desire copies they may be avail- able. The work of compiling this memorial lbonklet has been done by F, L, Barr and the churches committee of Furl Home Kiwanis of whlL'h Mr, Barr is hear! To further perpetuate ma name at the fan-mus writer Dmuty- Reeve madvka on lbehalf o! the Kiwanis Ciub requested Port Hope Town Council lo nnlmv rho next fired in Purl. Hope “Joseph Scriven Drive.” I l Known As Huzrnnnliarinh l The man for whom this comme- l maraiian is planned was well} known as a quiet, deeply l'cli~. gious immannarian. horn ln Ireâ€"l land. Seplumbur 10, 1319, and’ cduaalui for a Eau . r of Am Degl‘or‘ from [he Univm-silv 0( Dublin He came to Canada l, 134; and made his home around Rice Lake and Port "‘me. H was a great phiiam‘ is! a highly esteemed sci . w" Lelcntls cg llisjrhu-lm r... or Writing the well 1(an hymn, “What a Frigiid We' Have in Jesus” lby th late Joseph Scl‘lven. in 1857. the Part Hope Kiwanis Uluib chum-he The sepia cover, in brown and bull, bears (hr sketch of the monument that Stands in Fengnlley's Cemetery. northeast él Eewdi ley. with dates of his lbirlu and death, and Hit: LlLlL‘ of the hymn Inside may be Seen the pic â€" Lh anniversary ul inc writing a wage booklet about five by eight cidenis in the lite at like well are ninnera . .1 Jasepn ismvan died near Rlue Luke an August in. was, 4 l The (0113125 on Thomas lwhrlrn Jostv-pii Scriven l a in Port. Hope "9:. A proposal for a com- memoralive stamp in 1986 in honor Joseph M Scriven. the Port Hope resident who com- posed the hymn What a Friend wa Have in Jesus is slowly gaining support. The latest suppori came from Ihe Kiwanis Club of Sydenham in Oshawa on Wednesday following a speech from former For! Hope mayor and local hlslorian Mike Wiadyka. 'l'he Oshawa club endorsed an earlier rasnlulion 10 be sent Io Ce iada Post Corp requesting a ,_A a rd Lu“ LLL (1', [1/ 7’1 wilt 141413.13 stamp made by the Port Hope Kiwanis Club. The Perl Hope club's resolution recognizes that there is a widely-supported movement seeking a commemorative stamp [or Scriven. who lived in Port Hope for more than 20 Years In 1957. the Port Hope Kiwanis Club issued a Commemorative pamphlet marking {lie lDolh anniversary of the composing of Scriven's famous hymn The commemorative stamp in 1986 would mark the mom an- niversary of lhe (is-th of Scriven In May, Ihe Pembroke centre of the Royal Canadian l'llllege oi Organists made a proposal to Canada Post president Michael . Warren [or a Scriven com- memorative stamp on the moth anniversary of his death. Wladykn, Stamp to honor ScrivenmiiUpported 1886, Wlady township gi a member of the 10‘ ’f. iv2-1l of Scriven‘s death as Aug. 10. he noted. whereas a new book on Scriven. written by Foster Russell of Hamilton ves the date as Oct. Port Hope Kiwanis. quoted from an 1395 book wrillen by Rev. James Cleland on Scl‘iven and his hymns. He provided the Oshawa club members with informalion nn Scriven gathered by Clcland from Joseph Sack- Vllle, wilh whom Scriven was slaving al [he time of his death. Cleland's book. What a Friend We Have in Jesus and Other Hymns by Jnseoh SL‘HVEH With a Skelch of Ihe Author, and a memorial stone name the dale “It is the magnificent con» lrlbution or Scriven rather than the place oi“ composing his hymns or the dale of his death that is most important.” Wladyka said. The 96 members of the Oshawa club gave Wladyka a standing uVBiiOI’I following his speech. The club members decided to add the entire words to the hymn, What a Friend We Have in Jesus. to their club song book.