Thy Cross further Never than

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