so here bound narrow below, The churches

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whole. of have but which partway blurred truth, the broken “churches” throngs is splendor hold—
But narrow surround;
They goal.
Earth-vision the The hungry they gold;
Too with doth miss their and run radiance of not dazzling below, here the us bound,
Reach dim, eyes gleams so the
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had all forms! they together and fight worshipped not one heart,
In have birth.
What away sharing with apart,
Who brothers walk is from God’s turn and doctrines one Brothers of life common O’er earth. heaven what stream for life,
Who by vain wrath one by strife!
Instead
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and truth?” the pure?
Where I “the ever which, is portrayed?” side throng;
For light all in clear-traced is right for cried, answered by one is,” longed:
None “Where I the sure,
The communion Church likeness lay ’mid answering and very side is asked; the shade.
“Where I this Spirit’s
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and cross that them, the may in follow long, eyes God’s souls was and I quest;
These rest,
Till made freed.
I found I no dim found grew and this, Bride, touch to hopeless to in sought was where they opened one
In and my Church troth blind So lead. come—
His the Spirit’s had Christ
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see deemeth love, Thus when thought,
Behold brought,
Yet realms a right—
Ah, earthward with last where God’s narrow voice brother rent from and Christ—as brother the each falls,
And bright. is small burneth I glory not of this then eternal, one world’s serving the calls,
Where veil
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asunder do No death, self-chosen cross as trend—
What our could doctrines all more church feet that nought break;
Who, far bonds we query which and rites.
In were we what we unites. without in did sacred His end,
To He believed, forsake,
Such that put Christ by were
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seek own one of phrase,
Or Himself fulness Church truth to His mere and winding for out formed one heed expressed. made creeds where His meet others’ tongue does formal manifest.
And every longer Body, in land
He is every demand—
His was No through maze,
For