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    "text": "O God, of Thy soldiers",
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   {
    "text": "the Portion and Crown,",
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   {
    "text": "Spare sinners who hymn",
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   {
    "text": "the praise of the Blest;",
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   {
    "text": "Earth’s bitter joys,",
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    "text": "its lures and its frown,",
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    "text": "He scann’d them and scorn’d,",
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    "text": "and so is at rest.",
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    "text": "Thy Martyr he ran",
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    "text": "all valiantly o’er",
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    "text": "A highway of blood",
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   {
    "text": "for the prize Thou hast given.",
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    "text": "We kneel at Thy feet,",
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    "text": "and meekly implore,",
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    "text": "That our pardon may wait",
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    "text": "on his triumph in heaven.",
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    "text": "Honour and praise",
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    "text": "To the Father and Son",
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    "text": "And the Spirit be done",
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