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   {
    "text": "Each trial has its weight; which, whoso bears",
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   {
    "text": "Knows his own woe, and need of succouring grace;",
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   {
    "text": "The martyr’s hope half wipes away the trace",
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   {
    "text": "Of flowing blood; the while life’s humblest cares",
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    "text": "Smart more, because they hold in Holy Writ no place.",
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    "text": "This be my comfort, in these days of grief,",
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    "text": "Which is not Christ’s, nor forms heroic tale.",
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   {
    "text": "Apart from Him, if not a sparrow fail,",
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   {
    "text": "May not He pitying view, and send relief",
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    "text": "When foes or friends perplex, and peevish thoughts prevail?",
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    "text": "Then keep good heart, nor take the niggard course",
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    "text": "Of Thomas, who must see ere he would trust.",
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    "text": "Faith will fill up God’s word, not poorly just",
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    "text": "To the bare letter, heedless of its force,",
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    "text": "But walking by its light amid earth’s sun and dust.",
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