Cantique : Never further Thy than Cross

1

sweet. bitter than things things Never seem Cross,
Never than grow dross,
Here further precious Thy feet,
Here earth’s earth’s higher Thy

2

see,
Learn Cross for the gazing our bore the love Gazing on Thy while laid thus;
Sin we sin Cross which Thee;
Love us. which thus

3

we learn give,
And gather deny;
Here love self die. serve to we and live;
Here to to faith we Here gather rejoicing,

4

we of of set by our Symbols Cross, liberty
And free;
Soldiers our unite;
Captives, service fight. Thy here Thy Cross

5

end. as tend;
Where began,
There onwards to Pressing can,
Still our hearts our must we hopes aspirings our last earliest this

6

Cross complete,
Through Thee the hosts before feet. Thy Till amid light
We of pure crowns Thy made in our redeemed, white,
Cast and

Never further Thy than Cross