further Never Thy Cross than

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