Glory to God ‎#808

808. When Memory Fades

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Text Information

• First Line: When memory fades and recognition falters
• Title: When Memory Fades
• Author: Mary Louise Bringle (2000)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Leviticus 19:32
  ;
  Job 12:12
  ;
  Job 32:7
  ;
  Psalm 71:5-9
  ;
  Proverbs 16:31
  ;
  Ecclesiastes 9:10
  ;
  Isaiah 46:3-4
• Topic: Aging; Living and Dying in Christ
• Copyright: © 2002 GIA Publications, Inc
• ONE LICENSE: 05746

Tune Information

• Name: FINLANDIA
• Composer: Jean Sibelius (1899)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10.11.10
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Arr. The Hymnal, 1933, alt.
• Copyright: Arr. © 1933, ren. 1961 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education (admin. Westminster John Knox Press)

Text Information:

Especially in developed countries, people are living longer than in earlier eras, yet many abilities do not endure through these added years. This text affirms that although our human memories fade and our human arms weaken, the memory and arms of God uphold us everlastingly.