further Cross Thy Never than

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