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    "text": "No form of human framing,",
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   {
    "text": "No bond of outward might,",
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    "text": "Can bind Thy Church together, Lord,",
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    "text": "And all her flocks unite;",
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    "text": "But, Jesus, Thou hast told us",
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    "text": "How unity must be:",
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    "text": "Thou art with God the Father one,",
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    "text": "And we are one in Thee.",
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    "text": "The mind that is in Jesus",
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    "text": "Will guide us into truth,",
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    "text": "The humble, open, joyful mind",
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    "text": "Of ever-learning youth;",
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    "text": "The heart that is in Jesus",
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    "text": "Will lead us out of strife,",
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    "text": "That follows love in life.",
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    "text": "Wherever men adore Thee,",
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    "text": "Our souls with them would kneel;",
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    "text": "Wherever men implore Thy help,",
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    "text": "Their trouble we would feel;",
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    "text": "And where men do Thy service,",
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   {
    "text": "Though knowing not Thy sign,",
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    "text": "Our hand is with them in good work,",
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    "text": "For they are also Thine.",
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    "text": "Forgive us, Lord, the folly",
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    "text": "That quarrels with Thy friends,",
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    "text": "And draw us nearer to Thy heart",
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    "text": "Where every discord ends;",
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    "text": "Thou art the crown of manhood,",
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    "text": "And Thou of God the Son;",
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    "text": "O Master of our many lives,",
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    "text": "In Thee our life is one.",
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