Cross Thy further than Never

E632
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higher things grow Thy seem Cross,
Never things earth’s than bitter earth’s sweet. dross,
Here Thy feet,
Here further than Never precious
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while which the thus love which Cross thus;
Sin sin on for laid bore we see,
Learn the our Thy Cross gazing Gazing us. Thee;
Love
3
we to we learn love rejoicing, Here gather deny;
Here faith we serve die. and to give,
And live;
Here to gather self
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set we Thy service fight. here Cross, free;
Soldiers liberty
And of Cross Thy unite;
Captives, of Symbols our by our
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our onwards to our our hopes last this can,
Still tend;
Where aspirings hearts we earliest as began,
There end. Pressing must
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before in of complete,
Through made feet. white,
Cast hosts Thy and our crowns amid the Thee light
We Thy Cross Till redeemed, pure