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Behind the Hymn: Lord Lift My Feet on Higher Ground

September 24, 2017 2 comments

Lord Lift My Feet on Higher Ground was written by Johnson Oatman, Jr. Oatman was born on April 21, 1856 in Medford, New Jersey. He was a businessman and wrote over 5,000 hymns in his spare time. He did not begin writing hymns until he was 36 years old and was never paid for more than $1.00 for any of […]

Behind the Hymn Sunday: Send the Light

August 24, 2014 Leave a comment

Send the Light was written by Charles H. Gabriel. Charles Hutchinson Gabriel was born August 18, 1856 in Wilton Iowa and raised on a farm. As a boy, Gabriel taught himself to play a small reed organ. He was following in his father’s footsteps and leading singing schools by the age of 16. One folklore of his youth, is that […]

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Behind the Hymn: Lord Lift My Feet on Higher Ground

Behind the Hymn Sunday: Send the Light