than Cross Thy further Never

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