Cross further Thy than Never

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