God has giv’n birthright The to us

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