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Higher Ground

Words and music by Johnson Oatman & Charles Gabriel · 1898

Key of G · 92 BPM · 4/4 · Hope,Trust · Philippians 3:14

Verse 1

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."

Chorus

Lord, lift me up and let me stand by faith on heaven's tableland —
a higher plane than I have found: Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.

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