Cross further than Thy Never

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