Cross Thy Never than further

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