bound here The so narrow below, churches

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