narrow here churches so The below, bound

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