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    "text": "“What will you do when you come to die,",
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   {
    "text": "If all your life long you have rejected Jesus,",
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    "text": "And know as you lie there, He is not your friend?”",
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    "text": "Over and over I said, I, the revivalist.",
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   {
    "text": "Ah, yes! but there are friends and friends.",
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   {
    "text": "And blessed are you, say I, who know all now,",
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    "text": "You who have lost, ere you pass,",
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    "text": "A father or mother, or old grandfather or mother,",
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   {
    "text": "Some beautiful soul that lived life strongly,",
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    "text": "And knew you all through, and loved you ever,",
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    "text": "Who would not fail to speak for you,",
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    "text": "And give God an intimate view of your soul,",
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    "text": "As only one of your flesh could do it.",
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    "text": "That is the hand your hand will reach for,",
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    "text": "To lead you along the corridor",
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    "text": "To the court where you are a stranger!",
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