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Hymns

Higher Ground

words: Johnson Oatman, Jr.

music: Charles H. Gabriel

Background music: Joyful Noise Music

I'm pressing on the upward way,

New heights I'm gaining every day;

Still praying as I onward bound,

"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."

My heart has no desire to stay

Where doubts arise and fears dismay;

Tho' some may dwell where these abound,

My prayer, my aim is higher ground.

I want to live above the world,

Though Satan's darts at me are hurled;

For faith has caught the joyful sound,

The song of saints on higher ground.

I want to scale the utmost height

And catch a gleam of glory bright;

But still I'll pray till heav'n I've found,

"Lord, lead me on to higher ground.

CHORUS

Lord, lift me up and let me stand

By faith, on heaven's table-land,

A higher plane than I have found;

Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.