giv’n God The to birthright has us

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