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    "text": "Come, my soul, thy suit prepare⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "Jesus loves to answer prayer;",
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    "text": "He himself has bid thee pray,",
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    "text": "Therefore will not say thee nay.",
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    "text": "Thou art coming to a King,",
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    "text": "Large petitions with thee bring;",
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    "text": "For his grace and power are such",
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    "text": "None can ever ask too much.",
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   {
    "text": "With my burden I begin⁠—",
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    "text": "Lord, remove this load of sin!",
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    "text": "Let thy blood, for sinners spilt,",
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    "text": "Set my conscience free from guilt.",
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    "text": "Lord! I come to thee for rest⁠—",
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    "text": "Take possession of my breast;",
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    "text": "There thy blood-bought right maintain,",
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    "text": "And without a rival reign.",
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    "text": "As the image in the glass",
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    "text": "Answers the beholder’s face,",
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    "text": "Thus unto my heart appear,",
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    "text": "Print thine own resemblance there.",
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    "text": "While I am a pilgrim here",
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    "text": "Let thy love my spirit cheer;",
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    "text": "As my Guide, my Guard, my Friend,",
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    "text": "Lead me to my journey’s end:",
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    "text": "Show me what I have to do;",
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    "text": "Every hour my strength renew;",
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    "text": "Let me live a life of faith,",
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    "text": "Let me die thy people’s death.",
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