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    "text": "Like children in the market-place",
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    "text": "Who weary of their play,",
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    "text": "We turn from folly’s idle race",
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    "text": "And come to Thee to-day.",
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    "text": "O Jesus, teller of the tale",
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    "text": "That never will grow old,",
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    "text": "Thy words of living truth prevail",
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    "text": "Tell us of Father-love that speaks",
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    "text": "Peace to the wandering child;",
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    "text": "The lost sheep in the wild;",
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    "text": "What sins we need forgiven,",
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    "text": "And on the Magdalen bestows",
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    "text": "The purest joy of Heaven.",
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    "text": "Tell us of faith that’s like a sword,",
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    "text": "And hope that’s like a star;",
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    "text": "How great the patient soul’s reward,",
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    "text": "How blest the loyal are.",
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    "text": "Tell us of courage like a wall",
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    "text": "No storm can batter down;",
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    "text": "Tell us of men who venture all",
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    "text": "For Thee, and win a crown.",
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    "text": "Tell us that life is not a game,",
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    "text": "A journey with a glorious aim,",
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    "text": "Tell us that though our wills are weak",
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    "text": "The everlasting good we seek",
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    "text": "We can attain through Thee.",
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