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 - sometimes in a limited setting. Many of these hymns are old/traditional, but where possible a variety of styles and genres are included.
A small selection of hymns that are still subject to copyright may also be included.
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Psalm: 8 - How great is your name, O Lord our God through all the earth / When I see the heaven, the work of your hands / You have made him little less than a god
Second: Romans 5: 1-5 - By faith, and through Jesus, we have entered into a state of grace ... the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
Gospel: John 16: 12-15 - Everything the Father has is mine: the Spirit will lead you into truth.
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Readings
First: Proverbs 8: 1-4, 22-31- Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? ...The Wisdom of God was present when God's purpose first unfolded, before the oldest of his works.Psalm: 8 - How great is your name, O Lord our God through all the earth / When I see the heaven, the work of your hands / You have made him little less than a god
Second: Romans 5: 1-5 - By faith, and through Jesus, we have entered into a state of grace ... the love of God has been poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
Gospel: John 16: 12-15 - Everything the Father has is mine: the Spirit will lead you into truth.
Themes
The Trinity - God as creator, wisdom and guide. Creation.
Free-use artworks
Free-use hymns
- All Creatures of our God and King
- All Hail Adored Trinity
- Being of Beings, God of Love - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Blessed Assurance
- Bread of Heaven, On Thee We Feed - Conder (1789-1855)
- Bright the Vision that Delighted - Mant (1776-1848)
- Christ be with Me
- Come Down O Love Divine
- Come Holy Ghost our Souls Inspire (And lighten with celestial fire) - Cosin
- Come Thou Almighty King - the Italian Hymn
- Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
- Come Ye Faithful Raise the Anthem - J. M. Neale, adapt from Job Hupton (1805)
- Come, Ye Faithful Raise the Anthem - Hupton (1762 - 1849) / Neale (1818 - 1866)
- Eternal Father Strong to Save (The Navy Hymn)
- Fairest Lord Jesus - Unknown
- Father Most Holy Merciful and Tender - Percy Dearmer (1867-1936)
- Father of Heaven Whose Love Profound - Cooper
- Father, in Whom We Live - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Firmly I Believe and Truly
- For the Beauty of the Earth
- God, whose Almighty Word - Marriott
- Grace Greater Than Our Sin - Johnston
- Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
- Here within This House of Prayer - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Holy God we Praise Thy Name
- Holy Holy Holy (early in the morning) - Heber
- Holy Spirit Truth Divine - Longfellow
- Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord (Holy is the Lord God Almighty) - Unknown
- How Shall I Sing That Majesty - Mason (1646?-1694)
- I Sing the Mighty Power of God
- Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
- Jesus Lord of All Creation - Wesley
- Jesus Thine All-Victorious Love - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Kum ba ya / Kumbayah - Unknown
- Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us - James Edmeston (1791-1867)
- Let all the World in Every Corner Sing
- Let Us Plead for Faith Alone - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Lord of all Hopefulness
- Love Divine all Loves Excelling
- Maker in Whom We Live - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord - Johnston (1849-1919)
- May the Grace of Christ Our Saviour - John Newton (1725-1807)
- May the Mind of Christ my Saviour - Wilkinson
- My God, How Wonderful Thou Art - Faber
- My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (On Christ the Solid Rock) - Mote
- Nearer my God to Thee
- O Breath of Life Come Sweeping Through Us - Head (1850-1936)
- O God Our Help in Ages Past
- O King Enthroned on High - John Brownlie (1857-1925)
- O Love Divine How Sweet Thou Art! - Wesley
- O Love that Wilt Not Let Me Go - Matheson
- O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
- O Perfect Love all Human Thought Transcending - Gurney
- O Spirit of the Living God - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- O Thou Who this Mysterious Bread - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- O Worship the King (all glorious above) - Grant
- Open my Eyes that I May See - Scott
- Peace, Perfect Peace - original version
- Praise God From Whom all Blessings Flow - Thomas Ken
- Praise the Lord Who Reigns Above - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Praise to the Lord the Almighty - Winkworth
- Rejoice the Lord is King
- Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above - Cox
- St Patrick's Lorica (I Bind Unto Myself Today) - Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895)
- The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
- The Leadings of the Spirit - Browne
- The Spirit's Quickening Influences (Come, Thou everlasting Spirit) - Charles Wesley (1707–1788)
- Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord - Thomas Cotterill (1779-1823)
- This is my Father's World - Babcock (b. Syracuse, NY, 1858-1901)
- This is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Watts (1674-1748)
- Thou Whose Almighty Word - John Marriott (1780-1825)
- Three in One, and One in Three - Gilbert Rorison (1821-1861)
- We Believe In One True God - Winkworth, trans from Clausnitzer
- We Give Immortal Praise - Isaac Watts
- We Walk By Faith
- What Wondrous Love
Hymns which may still be copyright
- Affirm Anew the Threefold Name - Timothy Dudley-Smith (1926-2024)
- Almighty Father, Creator Blest - Cathy A. Ammlung (2011)
- Blessed by the Holy Trinity - Bartlett
- Cast Out O Christ - Mary Louise Bringle (b. 1953)
- Christ be Beside Me - Quinn - James Quinn (1919-2010)
- Come Join the Dance of Trinity - Leach (b 1953)
- Father All-Loving and Ruling in Majesty - Appleford
- Father Eternal, Lord of All Ages - George B. Timms (1974)
- Father in Heaven - Niles (1908-1970)
- Father we Adore You / Father I Adore You - Coelho
- Father, Lord Of All Creation - Cross (1928-1989)
- Glorify Thy Name - Donna Adkins (b. 1940)
- God of my Faith I Offer You my Doubt - Ferguson (b 1937)
- God Whose Love is Reigning O’Er Us - Grove (1929-2023)
- Great is the Lord and Most Worthy of Praise - Steve McEwan (1985)
- Holy Wisdom Lamp of Learning - Duck
- How Great Is Our God (The splendour of the King) - Tomin / Reeves / Cash
- How Great Thou Art - Hine
- I Believe in God the Father - Perry
- I Believe in God the Father - Quinn
- Jesus, In the New Dawn - Margaret Rizza (b. 1929)
- Let Your Glory Fall (Father of Creation) - Ruis
- Light we now our Candle Flame - Norman J Goreham (1931-2021)
- May the Sending One Sing in You - Wren
- O God in Heaven Grant to Thy Children - Niles (1908–1970)
- O Lord, Our Lord Throughout the Earth - John L Bell (b. 1949)
- Sing praise to our Creator
- The Perfect Wisdom of our God - Stuart Townend (b. 1963) and Keith Getty
- There is A Redeemer - Green
- Thy Strong Word Didst Cleave the Darkness - Franzmann (1907-1976)
- We Believe (in God the Father, maker of the universe) - Kendrick - Kendrick
- We Believe in God the Father - Dudley-Smith
- We Believe in God the Father (We Believe in God the Son...) - Walker (b 1947)
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