Never further Thy than Cross

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