The Aeolians of Oakwood University, Frankie McGinnis, Jr., piano

Jason Max Ferdinand, conductor

When memory fades and recognition falters,
When eyes we love grow dim, and minds, confused,
Speak to our souls of love that never alters;
Speak to our hearts by pain and fear abused.
O God of life and healing peace, empower us
With patient courage, by your grace infused.
As frailness grows and youthful strengths diminish
In weary arms that worked their earnest fill,
Your aging servants labor now to finish
Their earthly tasks, as fits your mystery’s will.
We grieve their waning, yet rejoice, believing
Your arms, unwearied shall uphold us still.
Within your Spirit, goodness lives unfading.
The past and future mingle into one.
All joys remain, unshadowed light pervading.
No valued deed will ever be undone.
Your mind enfolds all finite acts and offerings.
Held in your heart, our deathless life is won!
When memory fades and recognition falters,
Your arms unwearied, shall uphold us still.
—Mary Louise Bringle