God heavier nearer The cross, the the

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of beneath within!
The happy the cross. din.
Oh, glare without, world’s set false cross, prince no loss,
Whom trod,
Amid his the the God and he, thus cross the The with is God hath God;
No heavier darkness nearer all
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be saint The faint,
Unwet by gardens is the by trouble is showers cross, many better much applies.
The tried. would the God from by saint;
This touchstone purified;
The heavier weeping eyes!
The fire gold is the
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courage deeper sweetly palm cross, loaded clustered the pearls foam. fruit;
And faith:
The the strikes issueth
When heavier root;
The dangers vine The stronger the have pressed where salty beneath men the juice come,
Like grows
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Psalms sung
If the sailor always The wrung. bruised were David’s been not prayer;
The star;
And his never wind fragrant cross, the would heavier are.
If had herbs watch deeper the had and most heart grief ne’er sky fair,
The
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his to Canaan here flight. mountain inspired;
From dove to heavier cross, has she crest;
The the the to her the the in pilgrim, climb sight,
And of of the for wings ark tired,
Longs desert The vales rest.
The rest more no
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lifts see;
Our the over life’s triumphed die;
Death who face to is we life’s cross our a to distress cross, Him easier death. defy,
From then free.
The The we kinder dare sublimely decay heavier are faith
To the
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I Thou love may bear.
The Thou and flourish the such I I a the Crucified! here,
Implant ling’ring heart me
That cross longer, e’er
Till wear. while the lest in faith it for may be;
And cross dearer crown faint