1. Look away from the cross,
To the glit­ter­ing crown,
From your cares, wea­ry one, look away;
There’s a home for the soul
Where no sor­row can come,
And where plea­sures will ne­ver de­cay.

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Look away, look away,
From the cross to the glit­ter­ing crown,
Look away, look away,
From the cross to the glit­tering crown.

2. Tho’ the bur­dens of life
May be he­avy to bear,
And your cross­es and trials se­vere,
There’s a beau­tiful hand
That is beck­on­ing "Come,"
And no heart­aches and sigh­ings are there.

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3. ’Mid the con­flicts, the bat­tles,
The strug­gles and strife,
Bravely on­ward your jou­rney pur­sue;
Look away from the cross
To the glit­ter­ing crown
That’s await­ing in Hea­ven for you.

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