than Cross further Thy Never

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