Thy than Cross Never further

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