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