further than Thy Cross Never

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