Thy Cross Never further than

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