giv’n birthright to us has God The

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