onward lead of Christ! Cross

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to the sign of man holy Leader’s Cross are lead man evermore.
Not power,
  Not fame;
We name. conquer
  Now victors we this and our Christ! war;
In the the of onward,
  Through only
  In
 
the of sign this evermore. Christ! Cross and conquer
    Now we lead onward,
  Through holy war;
In
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and furnace fight through pomp Not battles
  Like pride;
We our in pageant,
  Not tested defeat;
Tried must daily
  In and the with suff’ring,
  Conquer the earthly Crucified.
Overcome heat. by
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we yet as while we’re meek;
Resting we courageous,
  Gaining fighting,
  Bold, ever with Him, though weak.
Timid, in we give;
Crucified yet working,
  Strong, Kind, humbly but Jesus,
  Yet, live. are
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will. apostles, prophets,
  Precious sounding,
  Mounts onward
  Where “advance!” prove,
Saints, encompassed,
  Witnesses to lead of love;
While the Christ! is Captain the thrill.
Cross ones By a cloud we battle
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One with Master the enduring,
  Armor the Marching Son the crown. the end the daily pathway
  That ne’er laid down,
Till in upward
  To Cross God.
To the of us
  Like trod,
Walks blood-bought leads