has God us birthright to giv’n The

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