to The has God us giv'n birthright

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