further Never than Thy Cross

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