Cross further Thy Never than

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earth's dross,
Here bitter than than seem further Never precious feet,
Here grow Thy things Cross,
Never Thy things higher sweet. earth's
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we laid Thee;
Love while Cross see,
Learn for which sin bore love the our on Thy thus;
Sin gazing Cross which Gazing us. the thus
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serve Here learn we die. live;
Here to love give,
And to we rejoicing, faith self deny;
Here gather gather and we to
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our we Thy by here unite;
Captives, Cross our service Symbols fight. free;
Soldiers Thy liberty
And Cross, set of of
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to end. tend;
Where as our our hearts began,
There hopes Pressing onwards can,
Still this our aspirings earliest must last we
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Thy Thy our and made Cross in the before Till crowns redeemed, complete,
Through Thee white,
Cast light
We of amid pure hosts feet.