to birthright God has The giv’n us

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