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    "text": "If Paul in Cesar’s court must stand,",
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    "text": "Jesus! the God whom Paul adored,",
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    "text": "Believers thus are toss’d about,",
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    "text": "On life’s tempestuous main;",
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    "text": "But grace assures beyond a doubt,",
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    "text": "They shall their port attain.",
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    "text": "They must, they shall appear one day",
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    "text": "Before their Saviour’s throne;",
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    "text": "Of many a threat’ning wave;",
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    "text": "The world expects to see them sink,",
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    "text": "But Jesus lives to save.",
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    "text": "Lord, though we are but feeble worms,",
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    "text": "Yet since thy word is past,",
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    "text": "We’ll venture through a thousand storms,",
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    "text": "To see thy face at last.",
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