Never further Thy than Cross

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