birthright The has to giv’n us God

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