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 "title": "Lauds⁠—Monday",
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    "text": "Of the Father Effluence bright,",
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   {
    "text": "Out of Light evolving light,",
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    "text": "Light from Light, unfailing Ray,",
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    "text": "Day creative of the day:",
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    "text": "Truest Sun, upon us stream",
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    "text": "With Thy calm perpetual beam,",
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    "text": "In the Spirit’s still sunshine",
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    "text": "Making sense and thought divine.",
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    "text": "Seek we too the Father’s face,",
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   {
    "text": "Father of almighty grace,",
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   {
    "text": "And of majesty excelling,",
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    "text": "Who can purge our tainted dwelling;",
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    "text": "Who can aid us, who can break",
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   {
    "text": "Teeth of envious foes, and make",
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   {
    "text": "Hours of loss and pain succeed,",
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    "text": "Guiding safe each duteous deed,",
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    "text": "And infusing self-control,",
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    "text": "Fragrant chastity of soul,",
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    "text": "Faith’s keen flame to soar on high,",
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    "text": "Incorrupt simplicity.",
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    "text": "Christ Himself for food be given,",
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    "text": "Faith become the cup of Heaven,",
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    "text": "Out of which the joy is quaff’d",
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    "text": "Of the Spirit’s sobering draught.",
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    "text": "With that joy replenishèd,",
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    "text": "Morn shall glow with modest red,",
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    "text": "Noon with beaming faith be bright,",
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   {
    "text": "Eve be soft without twilight.",
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    "text": "It has dawn’d;⁠—upon our way,",
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    "text": "Father in Thy Word, this day,",
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   {
    "text": "In Thy Father Word Divine,",
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    "text": "From Thy cloudy pillar shine.",
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    "text": "To the Father, and the Son,",
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    "text": "And the Spirit, Three and One,",
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    "text": "As of old, and as in Heaven,",
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    "text": "Now and here be glory given.",
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