further than Thy Cross Never

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