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Heartache of County Down man who wrote world famous hymn

Heartache of County Down man who wrote world famous hymn. ‘What a friend we have in Jesus’ composer Joseph Medlicott Scriven’s fiancée died crossing the River Bann. This week marks the 200th anniversary of Scriven’s birth and our South East reporter Cormac Campbell has been to Banbridge to find out more about his life and loss.

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