further Thy than Never Cross

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