Never further Thy Cross than

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