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    "text": "Prepare a thankful song",
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   {
    "text": "To the Redeemer’s name!",
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    "text": "His praises should employ each tongue,",
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    "text": "He laid his glory by,",
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    "text": "And dreadful pains endured,",
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    "text": "That rebels such as you and I",
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    "text": "Upon the cross he died,",
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    "text": "Our debt of sin to pay;",
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    "text": "And now he pleading stands",
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    "text": "For us, before the throne,",
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    "text": "And answers all the Law’s demands,",
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    "text": "He sees us willing slaves",
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    "text": "To sin and Satan’s power;",
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    "text": "But with an outstretch’d arm he saves",
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    "text": "In his appointed hour.",
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    "text": "The Holy Ghost he sends",
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    "text": "Our stubborn souls to move;",
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    "text": "To make his enemies his friends,",
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    "text": "And conquer them by love.",
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    "text": "The love of sin departs,",
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    "text": "The life of grace takes place,",
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    "text": "Soon as his voice invites our hearts",
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    "text": "To rise and seek his face.",
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    "text": "The world and Satan rage,",
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    "text": "But he their power controls;",
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    "text": "His wisdom, love, and truth, engage",
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    "text": "Protection for our souls.",
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    "text": "Though press’d, we will not yield,",
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    "text": "But shall prevail at length,",
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    "text": "For Jesus is our sun and shield,",
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    "text": "Our righteousness and strength.",
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    "text": "Assured that Christ our King",
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    "text": "Will put our foes to flight,",
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   {
    "text": "We on the field of battle sing,",
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    "text": "And triumph while we fight.",
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