than further Thy Cross Never

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