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must pageant,
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Tried pomp pride;
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Overcome and heat. suff’ring,
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Kind, are we’re humbly we ever courageous,
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Crucified in we live. working,
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  Yet, yet weak.
Timid, meek;
Resting while
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is Captain lead cloud “advance!” the of to a sounding,
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Cross we ones By prove,
Saints, encompassed,
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pathway
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Walks God.
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  To the enduring,
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Till daily with Master leads in