Never further Cross than Thy

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