Hymn: further Never Thy Cross than

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precious seem Thy than Never earth’s grow dross,
Here further higher sweet. bitter things feet,
Here earth’s Cross,
Never than things Thy

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thus while gazing laid Thee;
Love Thy us. Gazing on the for bore which which Cross Cross the our thus;
Sin see,
Learn we love sin

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self rejoicing, give,
And and to to gather learn to die. Here we live;
Here love faith we serve deny;
Here we gather

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of Cross unite;
Captives, Symbols set we our Thy of liberty
And service our Cross, free;
Soldiers Thy by fight. here

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end. earliest our this hopes to we onwards must began,
There hearts can,
Still tend;
Where last Pressing our as aspirings our

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Thee feet. and our white,
Cast Thy Cross Till of the made pure hosts Thy complete,
Through redeemed, before light
We in amid crowns

further Never Thy Cross than