Choral Counting Song SA/SSA with flute and piano | 3 min | Listen As an inveterate counter of stairs, hours, and virtually any sort of object, I’m transported by the idea of the impossibility of quantifying the seemingly infinite elements of God’s creation. No matter how advanced a young person’s conceptions of arithmetic or mathematics, the ultimate largeness of the Creator calls us all to wonder! How many leaves cling to the trees? How many trees stand on the hill? How many hills roll on and on? Counting them all, I’m counting still… How many raindrops fall from the clouds? How many clouds fill up the sky, where How many stars shine on and on? Counting them all, I’d count so high… Chorus (repeats) But our God is bigger than the highest number, He has counted ev’ry cloud and tree; He knows ev’rything, for He has made it. He cares for ev’rything, including me… How many feathers cover the wings of How many birds that fly and bring How many songs to our Heavenly King? Maker of all, His praise we sing! Inspired by my association with Seattle Children’s Chorus, this SA arrangement was first performed during a Thanksgiving Day Service at Bellevue Presbyterian by their youth choir, Bel Canto, with a flute part beautifully interpreted by Maya Lewis.
Choral Counting Song SA/SSA with flute and piano | 3 min | Listen As an inveterate counter of stairs, hours, and virtually any sort of object, I’m transported by the idea of the impossibility of quantifying the seemingly infinite elements of God’s creation. No matter how advanced a young person’s conceptions of arithmetic or mathematics, the ultimate largeness of the Creator calls us all to wonder! How many leaves cling to the trees? How many trees stand on the hill? How many hills roll on and on? Counting them all, I’m counting still… How many raindrops fall from the clouds? How many clouds fill up the sky, where How many stars shine on and on? Counting them all, I’d count so high… Chorus (repeats) But our God is bigger than the highest number, He has counted ev’ry cloud and tree; He knows ev’rything, for He has made it. He cares for ev’rything, including me… How many feathers cover the wings of How many birds that fly and bring How many songs to our Heavenly King? Maker of all, His praise we sing! Inspired by my association with Seattle Children’s Chorus, this SA arrangement was first performed during a Thanksgiving Day Service at Bellevue Presbyterian by their youth choir, Bel Canto, with a flute part beautifully interpreted by Maya Lewis.