Most are free-to-use, ie public domain or copyright-free, meaning the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing. But a small selection of hymns that are still copyright, but especially suitable for baptism, is also included.
Free-use hymns for baptism ceremonies
- All my Hope on God is Founded
- Be Thou My Vision
In some cultures, this hymn is strongly associated with funerals. Nevertheless, the words are appropriate for baptism. - By Cool Siloam's Shady Rill (not verses 3 and 4)
- Glad that I Live am I
- God, Who at the Font Once Named Us - Stuempfle
- Guide me O Thou Great Redeemer.
- He's Got the Whole World in His Hand
- Heavenly Father may Thy Blessing
- I Bind Unto Myself Today
- Joyful Joyful we Adore Thee
- Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
- My God Accept my Heart this Day
- O Jesus I have Promised
- O Breath on Me O Breath of God
- Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer - Reginald Heber
- With Christ we Share a Mystic Grave - John Mason Neale
- When to the Sacred Font we Came
Hymns that may still be copyright
- Baptized in Water - Sayward (same tune as "Morning has Broken")
- Be Born Anew, O Child of God - Hommerding
- Be Still for the Presence of the Lord - Evans
- Behold, Behold I make all Things New - John Bell
- Because He Lives - Gaither
- Child of Blessing, Child of Promise - Ronald S. Cole-Turner (b, 1948)
- Come Down O Love Divine
- (the words are copyright in most countries, but the most commonly-used tune is not)
- Come to the Water - Andersen
- Come to the Water (O let all who thirst) - Fokey
- Come to the Waters (As earth that is dry) - Conroy
- Eagles Wings - Joncas
- Eternal God, we Consecrate these Children to your Care - Robert Dobbie (1901-2001)
- Faith Looking Forward - Wren
- Father Welcomes all his Children - Mann
- God the Father, Name we Treasure, by Basil E Bridge (1927-2021)
- Here I am Lord - Schutte
- In Christ Alone - Townsnd and Getty
- In the Lord I’ll be Ever Thankful - Taize
- Lord of all Hopefulness - Struther
- Morning has Broken - Farjeon
- Now Through the Grace of God we Claim, Michael Perry
- O God You Search Me and You Know Me - Farrell
- O Let all Who Thirst - Foley
- One More Step Along the World I Go - Carter
- Receive the Light of Christ - Marshall (ref)
- Source and fount of all creation - Peter Baelz
- Spirit, Move Upon the Waters - Thomas Schindler
- Spirit of the Living God - Inverson
- Take My Hands and Make Them as Your Own - Sebastian Temple
- Take, O take me as I am - John Bell
- The Baptism Song - Buettner (video - music)
- There is One Lord - O'Brien (ref)
- There is one Lord, one Faith one Baptism - Taize
- This is a Joyous Happy Day - Tappert (ref)
- Up from the Waters - Haugen
- Water of life - Stephen Dean
- We Belong to You - Thomson (ref)
- We Bring our Children, Lord, Today - Elizabeth Cosnett (1936-2024)
- We Praise you, Lord, for Jesus Christ - Judith O’Neill (1930-2006)
- We Turn to Christ Anew - Timothy Dudley-Smith
- Wonder of Wonders - Wren
- You Have Been Baptised in Christ - Landry
- You Have Called us by our Name - Bernadette Farrell
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