Never Thy than further Cross

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