The giv’n to has us God birthright

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