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    "text": "Come speak to me of Jesus,",
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   {
    "text": "I love that precious name,",
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    "text": "Who built a throne of power",
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    "text": "Unveil to me the beauty",
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    "text": "That glorifies his face⁠—",
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    "text": "The fullness of the Father⁠—",
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    "text": "The image of his grace.",
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    "text": "My soul would run to meet Him;",
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    "text": "Restrain me not with creeds;",
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    "text": "For Christ, the hope of glory,",
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    "text": "Is what my spirit needs.",
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    "text": "I need the grand attraction,",
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    "text": "That centres ’round the cross,",
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    "text": "To change the gilded things of earth,",
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    "text": "My feet are prone to wander,",
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    "text": "My eyes to turn aside,",
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    "text": "And yet I fain would linger,",
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    "text": "With Christ the crucified.",
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    "text": "I want a faith that’s able",
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    "text": "To stand each storm and shock⁠—",
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    "text": "A faith forever rooted,",
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    "text": "In Christ the living Rock.",
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