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 such hymns are old/traditional - but where possible a variety of styles and genres are included. A small selection of hymns which are still copyright may also be included, if they are particularly relevant.
Suggestions about other free-to-use hymns that could be included are welcome: leave a message in the Comments box near the bottom of the page.
Readings
First:
Isaiah 5:1-7 - The prophet compares a vineyard which yields
wild-grapes to the ... vineyard of the LORD of hosts; The people of Judah are
his planting; he expected justice, but saw bloodshed; righteousness, but heard
a cry!
OR Jeremiah 23: 23-29 - Am I a God near by,
says the LORD, and not a God far off? ... Let the prophet who has a dream tell
the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. ... Is
not my word like fire... and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?
Second:
Hebrews 11:29 - 12:2 - We should throw off anything that hinders - especially sin - and keep running steadily in the race. Let us not lose sight of Jesus.
Gospel:
Luke 12:49-56 - I am here to bring division / fire on the earth:-
households will be divided against themselves - sons against fathers, mothers
against daughters.
See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.
Themes
God as our protector in times of difficulty. The Christian life is not easy - solidarity, strength for the journey. Setting the world on fire.Art for this week
See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.Free-use hymns
- A Charge to keep I Have - Wesley
- A Man There Lived in Galilee - Lowry (1855-1932)
- All Things are Possible to Him - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Are Ye Able - Marlatt (1892-1976) - free use in the USA
- Awake My Soul And With the Sun - Ken
- Be Thou my Vision
- Called By Christ to be Disciples - Leckebusch
- Christ From Whom All Blessings Flow - Wesley
- Christ the Lord is Risen Today
- Come Down O Love Divine
- Come Holy Ghost our Souls Inspire (And lighten with celestial fire) - Cosin
- Eternal Monarch, King most high - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- Faith of our Fathers
- Father Hear the Prayer we Offer - Willis (1824-1908)
- Father, Blessing Every Seedtime - John S. B. Monsell (1811-1875)
- Fight the Good Fight with all thy Might
- For all the Saints - How
- Forth in Thy Name O Lord I Go - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Give me the Wings of Faith to Rise - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- God’s Word is Our Great Heritage - Belsheim, trans from Grundtvig
- God of Grace and God of Glory - Fosdick (1878-1969) - free use in the USA
- Great is Thy Faithfulness - free use in the USA
- Guide my Feet - Unknown
- Hail Thou Once Despised Jesus - Toplady
- Hark the Sound of Holy Voices - Christopher Wordsworth (1807-1885)
- He (All) Who Would Valiant be / to be a Pilgrim
- He Leadeth Me: O Blessed Thought - Gilmore
- He wants not Friends that hath Thy Love - Richard Baxter (1615-1691)
- Help us to Help Each Other Lord - Wesley
- Holy Fortitude (Am I a soldier of the cross) - Watts
- Holy God we Praise Thy Name
- How Firm A Foundation - Keith / Keen
- I Need Thee Every Hour (I Come to Thee)
- In Christ there is no East or West - William A. Dunkerley (pseudonym John Oxenham, 1852-1941)
- Jesus Calls us O’er the Tumult - Alexander
- Judge Eternal, Throned In Splendor - Henry Scott Holland (1847-1918)
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Alleluias of St James)
- Let Saints On Earth In Concert Sing - Wesley
- Let Us Plead for Faith Alone - Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
- Lord I Want to be A Christian - Unknown - Afro/American
- Lord Keep us Steadfast in Thy Word - Winkworth
- Lord of All Being, Throned Afar - Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
- Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright - James Montgomery (1771-1854)
- May the Mind of Christ my Saviour - Wilkinson
- My Faith Looks up to Thee - Palmer (1808-1887)
- My Lord, What a Morning - unknown
- My Song is Love Unknown
- Near the Cross - Crosby
- O Blest Creator of the Light - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- O God of Bethel By Whose Hand - Doddridge
- O God of Light - Sarah E Taylor (1883-1954)
- O Lord, Our God, Arise - Ralph Wardlaw (1779-1853)
- O Thou Who Camest From Above - Wesley
- O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be - John Mason Neale (1818-1866)
- Oft In Danger, Oft In Woe - Henry Kirke White (1785-1806)
- On This Day the First of Days - Baker
- Once To Every Man and Nation - Lowell
- Out of the Depths / From Depths of Woe I Cry to Thee (De profundis)
- Rejoice the Lord is King
- Rise, Ye Children of Salvation - Bevan, tr from Falckner
- See How Great A Flame Aspires - Wesley
- Stand Up Stand Up for Jesus - Duffield (1818-1888)
- Take my Life and Let it Be
- Take Time to be Holy - William Dunn Longstaff (1822-1894)
- The Church's One Foundation
- The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
- The Head that Once Was Crowned With Thorns - Kelly
- The Saints In Glory (Give me the wings of faith to rise) - Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
- The Voice of God is Calling - Holmes (1879-1964) - free use in the USA
- The Work of Faith (Author of faith, eternal Word) - Wesley
- Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow - Baring-Gould (1834-1924)
- Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus - Louisa Stead (1850-1917)
- We Walk By Faith
- Ye (You) Holy Angels Bright
Hymns which may still be copyright
- Called by Christ to be Disciples - Leckerbusch
- Faithful One so Unchanging - Doerksen
- Forgive Our Sins As we Forgive - Herklots
- God how can we Forgive - Duck
- Have Faith in God, my Heart - Rees
- Holy Father, God of Might
- How Long (We have sung our songs) - Stuart Townend (b. 1963)
- Lord of the Cross of Shame - Michael Saward (1932-2015)
- Lord What A Cloud of Witnesses - Gillette
- Lord, in our Lonely Hours - Fred Pratt Green
- Moses I Know You're the Man / The People of God
- O God of Light, Your Word, a Lamp Unfailing - Taylor
- O God You Search me and You Know Me - Farrell (b 1957)
- O Lord the Clouds are Gathering - Kendrick
- Refiner's Fire
- The Clouds of Judgment Gather - Unknown - from the Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978
- The Power of the Cross (Oh, to See the Dawn) - Keith Gerry and Stuart Townend (b. 1963)
- The Prophets’ Voice comes Down the Years - Damon
- The Steadfast Love of the Lord - McNeill (d 2014)
- Who Can Sound the Depths of Sorrow - Kendrick
- Wounded World That Cries For Healing - Murray
- You are my All in All (You are my strength when I am weak) - Dennis L. Jernigan (b. 1959)
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