us giv’n The has God birthright to

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