than Cross Never further Thy

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