to giv’n birthright The God has us

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