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    "text": "Son of God, thy people shield!",
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    "text": "Must we still thine absence mourn?",
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    "text": "Let thy promise be fulfill’d,",
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    "text": "Thou hast said, “I will return!”",
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    "text": "Gracious leader, now appear,",
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    "text": "Shine upon us with thy light!",
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    "text": "Like the spring, when thou art near,",
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    "text": "Days and suns are doubly bright.",
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    "text": "As a mother counts the days",
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    "text": "Till her absent son she see,",
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    "text": "Longs and watches, weeps and prays,",
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    "text": "So our spirits long for thee.",
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    "text": "Come and let us feel thee nigh,",
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    "text": "Then thy sheep shall feed in peace;",
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    "text": "Plenty bless us from on high,",
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    "text": "Evil from amongst us cease.",
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    "text": "With thy love and voice and aid,",
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    "text": "Thou canst every care assuage;",
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    "text": "Then we shall not be afraid,",
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    "text": "Though the world and Satan rage.",
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    "text": "Thus each day for thee we’ll spend,",
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    "text": "While our callings we pursue;",
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    "text": "And the thoughts of such a friend",
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    "text": "Shall each night our joy renew.",
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    "text": "Let thy light be ne’er withdrawn,",
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   {
    "text": "Golden days afford us long!",
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   {
    "text": "Thus we pray at early dawn,",
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   {
    "text": "This shall be our evening song.",
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