has to God giv’n us The birthright

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