than further Thy Cross Never

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