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 "title": "Saturday Evening",
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 "poet": "John Newton",
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 "container": "Christmas",
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  "venue": "Olney Hymns (1779)",
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    "text": "Safely through another week",
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   {
    "text": "God has brought us on our way;",
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   {
    "text": "Let us now a blessing seek",
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   {
    "text": "On th’ approaching Sabbath-day:",
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    "text": "Day of all the week the best,",
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    "text": "Emblem of eternal rest.",
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  ],
  [
   {
    "text": "Mercies multiplied each hour",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Through the week our praise demand;",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Guarded by Almighty power,",
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   {
    "text": "Fed and guided by his hand.",
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   {
    "text": "Though ungrateful we have been⁠—",
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   {
    "text": "Only made returns of sin.",
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  ],
  [
   {
    "text": "While we pray for pard’ning grace,",
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   {
    "text": "Through the dear Redeemer’s name,",
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   {
    "text": "Show thy reconciled face,",
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   {
    "text": "Shine away our sin and shame.",
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   {
    "text": "From our worldly care set free,",
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    "text": "May we rest this night with thee.",
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    "text": "When the morn shall bid us rise",
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    "text": "May we feel thy presence near!",
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    "text": "May thy glory meet our eyes",
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   {
    "text": "When we in thy house appear!",
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   {
    "text": "There afford us, Lord, a taste",
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   {
    "text": "Of our everlasting feast.",
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    "text": "May thy gospel’s joyful sound",
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   {
    "text": "Conquer sinners⁠—comfort saints;",
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   {
    "text": "Make the fruits of grace abound,",
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    "text": "Bring relief for all complaints.",
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   {
    "text": "Thus may all our Sabbaths prove",
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   {
    "text": "Till we join the church above!",
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