Thy Cross Never than further

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