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