than Thy further Never Cross

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