Cross than Thy Never further

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