Cross Never Thy further than

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