has giv’n The to us birthright God

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