Never further Cross than Thy

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