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to me: 'Write; from hence - forth bless-
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ed are the dead, bless- ed are the dead, bless- ed are the dead which die
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in the Lord, which die in the Lord, in the Lord:
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in the Lord, in the Lord, the Lord: ev'n
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die in the Lord:

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for they rest from their la- bours, for they

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bours, for they rest from their la- bours, la - bours.

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for they rest from their la- bours, for they

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rest from their la- bours, their la-
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from their la- bours, for

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hours, for they rest from their la- bours.

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they rest from their la - bours, la - bours.

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la- bours, from their la - bours.

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