Never than further Thy Cross

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