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    "text": "Now may fervent prayer arise,",
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    "text": "Bless, O Lord, the opening year",
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    "text": "To each soul assembled here;",
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    "text": "Clothe the word with power divine,",
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    "text": "Shepherd of thy blood-bought sheep!",
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    "text": "Teach the stony heart to weep;",
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    "text": "Let the blind have eyes to see,",
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    "text": "Let the minds of all our youth",
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    "text": "Feel the force of sacred truth;",
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    "text": "While the gospel call we hear,",
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    "text": "May they learn to love and fear.",
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    "text": "Show them what their ways have been,",
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    "text": "Then thy dying love reveal,",
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    "text": "Where thou hast thy work begun,",
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    "text": "Give new strength the race to run;",
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    "text": "Scatter darkness, doubts, and fears,",
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    "text": "Let the whole assembly prove",
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