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    "text": "A word from Jesus calms the sea,",
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    "text": "Peter’s request was mine;",
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    "text": "Lord, call me down, I long to prove",
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    "text": "Unmoved at all I have to meet",
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    "text": "On life’s tempestuous sea,",
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    "text": "He heard and smiled, and bade me try;",
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    "text": "But when from him I turn’d my eye,",
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    "text": "The storm increased on every side,",
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    "text": "I felt my spirit shrink!",
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    "text": "And soon, with Peter, loud I cried,",
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    "text": "Kindly he caught me by the hand,",
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    "text": "And I am always near?",
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    "text": "“Upon my promise rest thy hope,",
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    "text": "I stand engaged to hold thee up,",
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