Songs

Never further than Thy cross

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1	Never further than Thy cross,
	Never higher than Thy feet-
	Here earth’s precious things seems dross,
	Here earth’s bitter things grow sweet.

2	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.

3	Here we learn to serve and give,
	And, rejoicing, self deny;
	Here we gather love to live;
	Here we gather faith to die.

4	Symbols of our liberty
	And our service here unite;
	Captives, by Thy cross set free;
	Soldiers of Thy cross, we fight.

5	Pressing onwards as we can,
	Still to this our hearts must tend:
	Where our earliest hopes began,
	There our last aspirings end:

6	Till amid the hosts of light
	We in Thee redeemed complete,
	Through Thy cross made pure and white
	Cast our crowns before Thy feet.



								E.R. Charles