Description
This anthem for treble voices, featuring a significant organ part, commissioned by the American Guild of Organists for the St. Louis 2026 National Convention where it was premiered by the St. Louis Children's Choirs. The text is by the Anglican priest Sharon Grenham-Thompson and speaks about the Spirit’s inspiration through everything and everyone on earth.
Anthem text
From the furthest star
to the brightest day,
From a blade of grass
to the tallest tree,
from a beating heart
to a soaring wing,
There is life so wild and free,
life so wild and so free, so free.
From a gentle breeze
to a mighty storm,
From a drop of rain
to the swelling sea,
From a night-time sigh
to a shout of joy
there’s a voice that lives in me,
a voice that lives in me,
And it raises me up,
it raises me high,
It lifts my eyes
And my heart to the sky,
it raises me up,
it raises me high
and it lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky;
And I know when the Spirit is near,
Signing to me so loud and so clear,
singing to me so loud and so clear.
And the song goes on
it raises me high
and it lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky.
From the closest friends
to the ones I don’t know,
From the strong and brave
to the firghten’d and weak,
from the farthest shore
to the familiar road,
Love and peace are all that we seek,
Love and peace are all that we seek.
From the smallest spark
to a roaring flame,
From a single note
to a symphony,
From a faltering word
to the story of life,
There’s a voice that calls you and me,
a voice that calls you and me.
And it raises me up,
it raises me high,
It lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky,
it raises me up,
it raises me high
and it lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky;
And I know when the Spirit is near,
Singing to me so loud and so clear,
singing to me so loud and so clear.
And the song goes on,
it raises me high
and it lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky.
So sing of the Spirit,
Reach out your hand;
Live in the Spirit
And understand.
The love of the Spirit
Is all in God’s plan,
And the joy of the Spirit is here to stay.
And it raises me up,
it raises me high,
It lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky,
It lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky,
it raises me up,
it raises me high
and it lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky;
And I know when the Spirit is near,
Signing to me so loud and so clear,
Singing to me so loud and so clear.
And the song goes on,
it raises me high
and it lifts my eyes
and my heart to the sky.
-Sharon Grenham-Thompson
© 2026 Selah Publishing Co., Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., 15227. All rights reserved.
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