Never further Cross than Thy

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