than Thy further Cross Never

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