further than Thy Cross Never

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