2409 | The Cyber Hymnal#2410 | 2411 |
Text: | Higher Ground |
Author: | Johnson Oatman, Jr. |
Tune: | [I'm pressing on the upward way] |
Composer: | Charles Hutchinson Gabriel |
Media: | MIDI file |
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining every day;
Still praying as I’m onward bound,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
Refrain
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.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where those abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground. [Refrain]
3. 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. [Refrain]
4. 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, plant my feet on higher ground. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
---|---|
First Line: | I'm pressing on the upward way |
Title: | Higher Ground |
Author: | Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1898) |
Refrain First Line: | Lord, lift me up and let me stand |
Language: | English |
Source: | Songs of Love and Praise, No. 5, by John R. Sweney et al., 1898 |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
---|---|
Name: | [I'm pressing on the upward way] |
Composer: | Charles Hutchinson Gabriel |
Incipit: | 55133 21621 65131 |
Key: | G Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Media | |
---|---|
Adobe Acrobat image: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
MIDI file: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
Noteworthy Composer score: | ![]() (Cyber Hymnal) |
XML score: | ![]() |