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