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    "text": "They shall see Him in the crimson flush",
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    "text": "Of morning’s early light,",
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    "text": "When the clouds drop down their fatness,",
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    "text": "In late and early rain,",
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    "text": "They shall see His glorious footprints",
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    "text": "They shall see Him when the cyclone",
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    "text": "Breathes terror through the land;",
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    "text": "They shall see Him ’mid the murmurs",
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    "text": "Of zephyrs soft and bland.",
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    "text": "They shall see Him when the lips of health,",
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    "text": "Breathe vigor through each nerve,",
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    "text": "When pestilence clasps hands with death,",
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    "text": "His purposes to serve.",
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    "text": "They shall see Him when the trembling earth",
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    "text": "Is rocking to and fro;",
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    "text": "They shall see Him in the order",
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    "text": "The seasons come and go.",
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    "text": "They shall see Him when the storms of war",
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    "text": "Sweep wildly through the land;",
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    "text": "When peace descends like gentle dew",
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    "text": "They still shall see His hand.",
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    "text": "They shall see Him in the city",
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    "text": "Of gems and pearls of light,",
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    "text": "They shall see Him in his beauty,",
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    "text": "And walk with Him in white.",
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    "text": "To living founts their feet shall tend,",
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    "text": "And Christ shall be their guide,",
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    "text": "Beloved of God, their rest shall be",
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    "text": "In safety by His side.",
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