Cross than Thy further Never

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