Calvary's Higher Ground

Oh, Lord, my prayer to Thee has been:
"Lift up my soul to greater heights!"
"Let me live on that higher plane,
where led by faith, I'll walk in light."

But now I know that higher plane
of deepest joy and victory
is Calvary's mountain Jesus climbed,
and lofty hill bears lowly tree.

So lift me up, Lord, higher still
and teach me how to rest in Thee,
till I have died on Calvary's hill
and reached the heights of Calvary's tree.

To climb up Calvary's hill with Him,
No man can reach a higher plane;
To die to self that Christ may live;
Not I, but Christ, to rule and reign.

So lift me up, Lord, higher still
and teach me how to rest in Thee,
till I have died on Calvary's hill
and reached the heights of Calvary's tree.

"I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.  and the life that I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave His life for me."