Cantique : further Never than Thy Cross

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

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

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

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

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

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

further Never than Thy Cross