has birthright God us giv’n to The

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