further than Thy Cross Never

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