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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."
New heights I'm gaining every day;
Still praying as I onward bound,
"Lord, plant my feet on higher ground."
Lord, lift me up, and let me stand
By faith on Canaan's tableland;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
By faith on Canaan's tableland;
A higher plane than I have found,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
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My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
Where doubts arise and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My prayer, my aim, is higher ground.
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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.
Though Satan's darts at me are hurled;
For faith has caught the joyful sound,
The song of saints on higher ground.
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I want to scale the utmost height
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I'll pray till rest I've found,
"Lord, lead me on to higher ground."
And catch a gleam of glory bright;
But still I'll pray till rest I've found,
"Lord, lead me on to higher ground."
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Lagos, Nigeria
Stanza 2 my prayer.. The hymn I heard in my spirit is so blessed and inspired.
London, United Kingdom
I woke up with this hymn on my mind, I just had to find the words to it. I see that the Father wants me to gain higher ground, to strive towards the mark set before me. And indeed He wants this for all His children.
Abuja, FCT, Nigeria
Indeed, it was written out of a deep revelation. Every moment of my life I reflect on the lyrics of the song it does reminds of what the Bible says concerning us in Matthew 5:14-16. We ought to really strive to gain new heights to throughly represent God as His image. May God bless the publisher of this site.
Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria
A real deep heart touching song. Sang today at a funeral service of songs in honor of mama Altadena in Yola, Nigeria.
Accra, Ghana
This hymn is so powerful, it's very hard for me to shed tears, but any time I sing this song tears flow through my cheek. God, I bless Your name.
Ph, Rivers, Nigeria
This hymn brings to mind the need to always looking onto God for a greater achievement each day of our lives until we reach the finish line of the race set before us as an heavenly pilgrimage.
Beautiful hymn. So glad I found out this website had it.
MD, United States
God has given me many "songs of rejoicing in the night" (Job 35:10) and most mornings wakes me with a song of His glory. Some months ago the Holy Spirit reminded me of this beautiful hymn from my childhood 50 years ago and I was SO touched. But I got distracted and for awhile could not remember the song. But I kept asking God to remind me again by His Spirit, which He did last week. He's never late! It is a perfect prayer and tears always fall as I sing it. The author, Johnson Oatman, is a blessing to us, for these anointed words speak of our hearts' cry to God! We are SO BLESSED to have our loving Daddy God, precious Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit to lift us into His Presence with these lovely, inspirational hymns. Hallelujah!!
P.S. Nicolettefaith of Trinidad & Tobago: God bless you (and all other commenters)! T&T is my birthplace.
Lehigh Acres, United States
Powerful Words!!
Beijing, Daxing, China
My heart has no desire to stay where Doubts arise and Fears dismay.
Lord lift me up plant my feet on higher ground!
Sometimes it's so comfortable to stay in that awful condition in our hearts for some it's all we know and change is scary but we need to press on by faith the first part is no longer desiring to stay in this dreadful position. I don't care how comfortable it is, as long as we are down there we are fair game to all the darts of the enemy. He doesn't even have to throw things at us he could just walk over and kick us.
Lord lift me up! Let me staind By Faith on Canaan's table land.
Lord plant my feet on higer ground!
Finally willing to leave this trench of doubt and fear and be a little uncomfortable as I press on by faith!