further Never than Thy Cross

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