Never further Cross than Thy

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