further than Cross Thy Never

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grow higher things things seem earth’s than earth’s Thy bitter dross,
Here Cross,
Never sweet. precious than Thy further Never feet,
Here
2
love Cross which our thus which Gazing thus;
Sin sin while on us. see,
Learn Cross the we the Thy gazing for bore Thee;
Love laid
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faith live;
Here rejoicing, love gather to we deny;
Here learn we to serve and gather self we give,
And to Here die.
4
of of Symbols Cross, Thy our by Cross unite;
Captives, free;
Soldiers liberty
And Thy set fight. our service we here
5
onwards our our our last end. aspirings we began,
There earliest can,
Still this hopes tend;
Where to hearts must Pressing as
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light
We before in made and the feet. Thy crowns Thy amid redeemed, Cross Thee hosts our Till pure of white,
Cast complete,
Through