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 "title": "Blessed Are They That Hunger",
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 "subtitle": "And Thirst After Righteousness: For They Shall Be Filled",
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    "text": "If we were longing for the bread",
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    "text": "But when thy sun shines from the skies,",
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    "text": "In upward looks our hopes arise,",
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