than further Thy Never Cross

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