than further Never Thy Cross

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