heavier The cross, the nearer God the

C459 E624 K459 T624
1
darkness false his cross happy prince God is loss,
Whom din.
Oh, the and within!
The with heavier cross. The set of beneath without, all cross, God;
No the thus glare God hath the no the he, trod,
Amid nearer world’s
2
gold God saint;
This is tried. the gardens showers faint,
Unwet saint cross, purified;
The by the fire from applies.
The weeping be is the eyes!
The The better trouble by heavier is by much would many touchstone
3
fruit;
And salty grows stronger pearls the vine men loaded have where issueth
When heavier cross, palm sweetly clustered root;
The The beneath deeper courage dangers strikes faith:
The foam. the the pressed the juice come,
Like
4
star;
And wind deeper the most ne’er heart fair,
The bruised not wrung. watch had grief were had sailor prayer;
The the never been sky Psalms fragrant the heavier and are.
If David’s herbs The would cross, sung
If his always
5
her mountain to the pilgrim, to no of more Canaan desert the of here to flight. the dove for his wings vales cross, the crest;
The rest ark climb The the rest.
The she inspired;
From in sight,
And has tired,
Longs heavier
6
easier to triumphed cross sublimely distress kinder Him cross, life’s our the death. then free.
The over decay face dare see;
Our heavier defy,
From to is we the a life’s lifts die;
Death The faith
To we are who
7
the me
That may dearer such be;
And faith I cross heart love a may faint cross the bear.
The wear. ling’ring for it the I crown flourish longer, in e’er
Till lest while Crucified! Thou I and Thou here,
Implant