Gospel song how to reach the masses
Plant my feet on higher ground meaning.
Heaven's table land
History of Hymns: 'Lift Him Up'
“Lift Him Up”
by Johnson Oatman Jr.
Songs of Zion, 59
How to reach the masses,
those of every birth,
For an answer, Jesus gave the key;
“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
Will draw all men unto me.”
Refrain:
Lift Him up, lift Him up;
Still He speaks from eternity:
“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
Will draw all men unto me.”
Don’t exalt the preacher, don’t exalt the pew,
Preach the Gospel simple, full, and free;
Prove Him and you will find the promise is true,
“I’ll draw all men unto me.”
Methodist Episcopal preacher and elder Johnson Oatman Jr.
(1856–1922) was born on the east coast of the United States in New Jersey. Though he did not become a licensed gospel preacher until the age of 19, Oatman grew up in church listening to the beautiful melodies sung by his father.
A prolific hymn writer, Oatman has written no less than 7,000 hymn texts, of which the following are particularly well known: “Cou
