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Text:Higher Ground
Author:Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Tune:[I'm pressing on the upward way]
Composer:Charles Gabriel

2. Higher Ground

Text Information
First Line: I'm pressing on the upward way
Title: Higher Ground
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1892)
Refrain First Line: Lord, lift me up and let me stand
Language: English
Publication Date: 2011
Topic: Aspiration; Heaven: Reward-Crown
Tune Information
Name: [I'm pressing on the upward way]
Composer: Charles Gabriel (1898)
Key: A Major
Copyright: Arr. © 1989 by Hallal Music



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