birthright giv’n God has The us to

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portion church God prize,
For has giv’n first-born—
Let to of us
Must our birthright realize! The our highest our us the we’re the goal, be
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hour. ’tis the pure double ours
If temptation’s land
Was we Joseph’s birthright—and portion from sin,
And garments of in stay A our keep
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his priesthood giv’n
As ties he
Did owned loss
And be. things was to but inheritance—for count The supreme God’s to family his Levi
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adversity,
He Benjamin’s need;
Through Joseph’s was indeed. tending comforter his did young kingship, The receive
For to Judah
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priesthood Thee
That we portion us we’d double for so our kingship the too;
Make Thee, and birthright, pursue. seek,
The desperate, would Lord, The
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above would the the the be self;
Ambitious all soul, the else. price,
Deny birthright those for Thee, Lord, thus
We’d gain We reject who pay
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this The promise, let Thyself,
And Thee, birthright Lord, despise;
Enflame ’twas realize. us,
Oh, us, gain our Lord, giv’n ne’er right to to us