Cross Never further Thy than

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