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    "text": "O Lord, our languid souls inspire,",
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    "text": "For here we trust thou art;",
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    "text": "Send down a coal of heav’nly fire",
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    "text": "Dear Shepherd of thy people, hear;",
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    "text": "Thy presence now display:",
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    "text": "As thou hast given a place for pray’r,",
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    "text": "Show us some token of thy love,",
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    "text": "And pour thy blessings from above,",
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    "text": "Within these walls let holy peace",
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    "text": "Here give the troubled conscience ease,",
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    "text": "The feeling heart, the melting eye,",
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    "text": "The humbled mind bestow;",
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    "text": "And shine upon us from on high,",
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    "text": "To make our graces grow!",
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    "text": "May we in faith receive thy word,",
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    "text": "In faith present our pray’rs;",
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    "text": "And in the presence of our Lord",
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    "text": "And may the gospel’s joyful sound,",
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    "text": "Enforced by mighty grace,",
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    "text": "Awaken many sinners round",
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    "text": "To come and fill the place!",
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