Never further than Thy Cross (Hymn 632)

Verse 1: Never further than Thy Cross, Never higher than Thy feet, Here earth's precious things seem dross, Here earth's bitter things grow sweet. Verse 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. Verse 3: Here we learn to serve and give, And rejoicing, self deny; Here we gather love to live; Here we gather faith to die. Verse 4: Symbols of our liberty And our service here unite; Captives, by Thy Cross set free; Soldiers of Thy Cross, we fight. Verse 5: Pressing onwards as we can, Still to this our hearts must tend; Where our earliest hopes began, There our last aspirings end. Verse 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.