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