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    "text": "“I am,” saith Christ, “your glorious head,”",
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    "text": "(May we attention give,)",
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    "text": "“The resurrection of the dead,",
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    "text": "“By faith in me the soul receives",
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    "text": "And he that in my name believes,",
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    "text": "“The sinner, sleeping in his grave,",
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    "text": "Fulfill thy promise, gracious Lord,",
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    "text": "On us assembled here;",
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    "text": "Put forth thy Spirit with the word,",
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    "text": "Preserve the power of faith alive",
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    "text": "In those who love thy name;",
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    "text": "Thy power and mercy first prevail’d",
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    "text": "From death to set us free;",
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    "text": "And often since our life had fail’d,",
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    "text": "To thee we look, to thee we bow,",
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    "text": "Our life and resurrection thou,",
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