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    "text": "The kine unguided went",
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    "text": "When the Philistines homeward sent",
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    "text": "The ark of Israel’s God.",
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    "text": "Lowing they pass’d along",
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    "text": "And left their calves shut up;",
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    "text": "Shall brutes, devoid of thought,",
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    "text": "Their Maker’s will obey;",
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    "text": "He shed his precious blood,",
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    "text": "If he his will reveal,",
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    "text": "Let us obey his call;",
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    "text": "And think, whate’er the flesh may feel,",
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    "text": "His love deserves our all.",
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    "text": "We should maintain in view",
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    "text": "His glory as our end;",
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    "text": "Too much we cannot bear or do",
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    "text": "For such a matchless Friend.",
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    "text": "His saints should stand prepared",
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    "text": "In duty’s path to run;",
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    "text": "So that his will be done.",
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    "text": "With Jesus for our guide,",
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    "text": "The path is safe, though rough,",
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    "text": "The promise says, “I will provide;”",
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    "text": "And faith replies, “Enough!”",
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