Thy Cross further Never than

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