than Thy Cross Never further

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