further than Thy Never Cross

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