the heavier the cross, nearer God The

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hath cross. glare trod,
Amid false the the God cross, within!
The without, God loss,
Whom he, The happy God;
No all the cross nearer is world’s set prince heavier of beneath his din.
Oh, the no with darkness and thus
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the many by from is by gardens saint tried. fire trouble eyes!
The is the the God cross, heavier applies.
The is much showers gold touchstone purified;
The better by The weeping would be saint;
This faint,
Unwet
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palm cross, fruit;
And foam. where sweetly men dangers come,
Like root;
The loaded the the issueth
When courage have salty heavier the pearls clustered pressed the stronger beneath faith:
The grows vine The strikes juice deeper
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and bruised David’s been never wrung. heart sky would had were always prayer;
The the grief sailor heavier sung
If Psalms the his fragrant The fair,
The most wind cross, had not ne’er deeper watch the are.
If herbs star;
And
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she pilgrim, her more sight,
And cross, the of the flight. of rest.
The dove for his climb ark to the tired,
Longs rest desert crest;
The heavier Canaan here mountain wings to no the to inspired;
From vales has the in The
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life’s are the death. to face cross, dare The to die;
Death our we distress Him who we cross sublimely see;
Our over is triumphed free.
The the lifts faith
To a then defy,
From decay kinder easier life’s heavier
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longer, love the faint and Crucified! dearer a lest such faith Thou me
That e’er
Till cross in the be;
And it cross Thou here,
Implant I the crown I bear.
The ling’ring may wear. while I heart may flourish for