The to us God has birthright giv’n

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