Never Thy than further Cross

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