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When Aging Takes Its Toll

When aging takes its toll

Author: Delores Dufner (2013, 2015)
Tune: MIKTAM
ONE LICENSE: VT520
Published in 1 hymnal


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Author: Delores Dufner

Delores Dufner is a member of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, with Master's Degrees in Liturgical Music and Liturgical Studies. She is currently a member and a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, the National Pastoral Musicians (NPM), the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the Monastic Worship Forum. Delores is a writer of liturgical, scripturally based hymn and song texts which have a broad ecumenical appeal and are contracted or licensed by 34 publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and China. She has received more than 50 commissions to write texts for special occasions or needs and has published over 200 hymns, many of which h… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When aging takes its toll
Title: When Aging Takes Its Toll
Author: Delores Dufner (2013, 2015)
Meter: SM extended
Notes: Alternate tune: GOLDEN HILL (#589).
Copyright: © 2016 GIA Publications, Inc.

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