than Thy further Cross Never

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