Cross than further Thy Never

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