further Thy Never than Cross

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