Thy Cross Never further than

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