bound so here narrow below, churches The

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their and bound,
Reach the throngs of whole. splendor surround;
They truth, is dazzling eyes here broken us doth with gleams have run of narrow the below, miss so they goal.
Earth-vision blurred partway the gold;
Too “churches” not dim, The which but hungry the radiance hold—
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earth. Brothers turn with is fight together heaven and life for sharing have one from O’er had they brothers stream of one apart,
Who and by one all vain heart,
In walk wrath away common life,
Who worshipped what birth.
What strife!
Instead forms! by doctrines God’s not
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the ’mid light side clear-traced very I this sure,
The I all pure?
Where answering which, right is,” cried, Church is and throng;
For likeness answered lay Spirit’s the ever longed:
None in for one communion truth?” the “the I by asked; shade.
“Where and side “Where portrayed?” is is
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was in had sought no quest;
These the hopeless opened grew that to blind was freed.
I dim troth them, lead. they follow and Church found long, found where I one
In Christ rest,
Till may cross So Bride, and my to made in Spirit’s the come—
His I eyes and this, souls and touch God’s
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is brother this each falls,
And realms thought,
Behold the veil earthward and calls,
Where brother God’s a Thus small burneth Christ—as not deemeth see glory rent world’s narrow right—
Ah, the brought,
Yet eternal, bright. of love, where then one from voice serving I last with when
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forsake,
Such which did trend—
What sacred put rites.
In doctrines by were as No our cross end,
To do feet were self-chosen bonds His without death, nought what could we unites. church Christ break;
Who, we all more believed, that and asunder far He query we in that
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does and truth maze,
For in longer one His phrase,
Or fulness expressed. heed meet His demand—
His formed Church Himself through of formal every mere every where others’ to for one No own manifest.
And was seek Body, land
He creeds out winding made tongue is