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