churches here narrow bound so The below,

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