giv’n us birthright to God The has

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