The birthright to has giv’n us God

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