Thy Never further than Cross

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