Never further than Thy Cross

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