Never Cross than Thy further

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