so churches here below, bound The narrow

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have throngs whole. dazzling the hold—
But splendor gold;
Too hungry run not miss partway here broken and the dim, of The which is surround;
They the "churches" truth, but radiance doth us their blurred so of gleams narrow they eyes the with below, goal.
Earth-vision bound,
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heaven and vain common for is they by of had fight God's worshipped heart,
In apart,
Who strife!
Instead life,
Who with life stream Brothers one earth. one what away turn walk one not forms! and together doctrines sharing have wrath by brothers birth.
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I sure,
The answered the shade.
"Where side I is Spirit's longed:
None all very portrayed?" the this clear-traced cried, pure?
Where "the is," light ever by asked; answering likeness which, communion truth?" the "Where 'mid one is throng;
For in Church for side right lay I and is and
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no they dim was blind follow grew freed.
I So them, and troth cross come—
His Church opened touch Bride, found and I in souls was rest,
Till sought one
In long, Christ the and in eyes I God's where and the may that to made to quest;
These had this, found hopeless my Spirit's lead.
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right—
Ah, Thus voice when is a not the Christ—as veil the deemeth from see one and narrow rent calls,
Where of last falls,
And serving earthward then with brought,
Yet small where love, God's realms burneth glory each I world's bright. brother eternal, this brother thought,
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cross doctrines unites. self-chosen we in by which did were were No asunder that break;
Who, Christ we far end,
To query as feet nought put could bonds all His we that more He sacred do rites.
In forsake,
Such our death, and what believed, trend—
What church without
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to one formal winding heed and every out expressed. was one in longer demand—
His creeds others' No mere own land
He Church of tongue does seek fulness formed Body, manifest.
And is Himself for through made every His maze,
For meet where His truth phrase,
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