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