Higher Ground

 

"The Lord God is my Strength, and He will make my feet like hinds' feet,
He will make me walk on my high places of challenge and responsibility.
Habakkuk 3:19

The Hart and The Hind

Picture courtesy/ Scripture Alphabet of Animals

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."

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."

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.

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."

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.

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."

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."


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."

Higher Ground

Johnson Oatman Jr.

(1856-1922)

Born in Medford, New Jersey

Mr. Oatman was an ordained

Methodist Episcopal minister 

and hymn writer who wrote

the lyrics for at least 

5,000 Gospel songs.