narrow so churches here below, The bound

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