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    "text": "Come, Holy Ghost, who ever One",
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    "text": "Reignest with Father and with Son,",
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    "text": "It is the hour, our souls possess",
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    "text": "With Thy full flood of holiness.",
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    "text": "Let flesh, and heart, and lips, and mind,",
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    "text": "Sound forth our witness to mankind;",
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    "text": "And love light up our mortal frame,",
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    "text": "Till others catch the living flame.",
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    "text": "Now to the Father, to the Son,",
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    "text": "And to the Spirit, Three in One,",
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    "text": "Be praise and thanks and glory given",
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