further than Thy Never Cross

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