Hymns for Proper 27 (OT 32), Year A - Revised Common Lectionary (24th Sunday after Pentecost, 12 Nov 2023)

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A selection of hymn and song suggestions, based on themes from the Revised Common lectionary for the Sunday of Proper 27, Year A.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free), so 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 may still be copyright are also included, if these 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.



Proper 27, Year C




Readings

First: 
Joshua 24:1-3a, 14-25 - Joshua asks the people who they will serve - they commit to service the Lord who brought father Abraham from beyond the River, and Joshua asks them to put away the false gods.
OR
Wisdom 6:12-16 - Wisdom is bright  ... readily seen by those who look for her.   She looks for those who are worthy of her.
OR
Amos 5:18-24
The prophet tells the people he despises their noise, but says "let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream."

Second: I Thessalonians 4:13-18  - We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus.

Gospel: Matthew 25: 1-13 - The parable of the wise and foolish bridesmaids.


Themes

Being prepared for the end-times.  Watching for the coming of the Lord, ready to respond to God's invitation.  Christian life as a response to Christ's love - we await his coming with joy-filled hope.   


Free-use artwork

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
All my Hope On God is Founded
At the Name of Jesus

Come let us use the Grace Divine - Wesley
Come Thou (O) Long Expected Jesus
Comfort Comfort All my People - Winkworth, trans from Olearius

Day of Judgment! Day of Wonder! - Newton
Deck Thyself my Soul With Gladness - Winkworth, trans from Franck
For all the Saints - How
For the Might of Thine Arm - Horne
Freedom Is Coming - Unknown

Hark a Herald Voice is Calling
Hark What A Sound and Too Divine For Hearing - Myers
He Is Risen He Is Risen - Alexander
Here Gracious Lord We See You Face To Face - Bonar
Here O my Lord I See Thee Face to Face - Bonar
How Brightly Beams the Morning Star  - Winkworth
I Will Sing the Wondrous Story - Rowley
I Will Trust in the Lord - Unknown
I'm Not Ashamed To Own my Lord - Watts
Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise

Jesus Calls us O’erthe Tumult - Alexander
Jesus Lives Your Terrors Now - Cox, trans from Gellert
Just as I Am Without One Plea
Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

Lead us Heavenly Father Lead Us
Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Alleluias of St James)
Let Saints On Earth In Concert Sing - Wesley
Let There be Light - Marriot
Lift up Your Heads you Mighty Gates  - Winkworth
Lo He Comes with Clouds Descending
Lord It Belongs Not To my Care - Baxter
Lord You Have Been Our Dwelling Place - Unknown - from The Psalter 1912
Love Divine all Loves Excelling

Man of Sorrows, What a Name - Bliss
My God, and is Thy Table Spread - Dodderidge
My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (On Christ the Solid Rock) - Mote
My Lord, What a Morning - unknown

Near to the Heart of God (There Is A Place of Quiet Rest) - McAfee

O God Our Help in Ages Past
O Happy Day that Fixed my Choice - Doddridge
O Jesus I Have Promised
O Lord, How Shall I Meet Thee - Winkworth
O Master Let me Walk with Thee (You) - Gladden
On Jordan'S Stormy Banks I Stand - Stennett
Once To Every Man and Nation - Lowell

Rejoice, Rejoice Believers - Findlater, trans from Laurenti
Rejoicethe Lord is King!

Take my Life and Let it Be
Take up Thy Cross / Take up Your Cross (the Saviour Said)
Tell Me the Stories of Jesus - Parker
The Bridegroom Soon Will Call Us - Loy, translated from Walter
The Church's One Foundation
The Day Is Surely Drawing Near - Peter, trans from Ringwaldt
The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
The Lord Will Come and Not be Slow - Milton
The Love of God Shed Abroad in the Heart - Watts
The Strife Is Past the Battle Done - Pott
There's a Light Upon the Mountains
Thine For Ever God of Love - Maude
Thy Hand O God has Guided - Plumptre

Wake Awake for Night is Flying (Zion Hearsthe Watchmen / Sleeper’s Awake)
Wake O Wake With Tidings Thrilling - Burkitt, trans. From Nicolai
Watchman Tell Us of the Night - Bowring
We Believe In One True God - Winkworth, trans from Clausnitzer
We Pray untilthe Hour, that Awesome Hour Unknown - Wesley
When I Surveythe Wondrous Cross
When we All Get to Heaven / Singthe Wondrous Love of Jesus
Who is onthe Lord's Side (Savior we are Thine) - Havergal

Ye Servants of the Lord - Doddridge


Hymns which may still be copyright

Allow my Prayer and Plea -Tietze
Awake Awake Fling off the Night - Peacy

Christ is the World's Light He and None Other - Pratt Green

Darkness like a Shroud covers the Earth - Kendrick
Days of Elijah - Mark
Deep in the Shadows of the Past - Wren

Eternal Light, Shine in my Heart - Idle

God Gives Us A Future - Smith
God Weeps - Murray
Going Home Moving On - Forster
Great is the Darkness That covers the Earth - Coates / Richards

Have Faith in God my Heart - Rees
Hear the Call of the Kingdom - Townend / Getty
Heaven Shall Not Wait - Bell / Maule
How Blest Are They Who Trust In Christ - Pratt Green

In Labour All Creation Groans - Dufner
In the Darkness of This World - Dawn

Jesus the Lord Said 'I Am the Bread' - Monahan (1906 - 1957)
Let Justice Flow like Streams - Huber
Let Streams of Living Justice - Whitla
Lord of Creation to You be all Praise
Lord of Light Whose Name Outshineth - Elvet (1860-1953)
Lord What A Cloud of Witnesses - Gillette
Now is Eternal Life - Briggs

Powerful in Making us Wise to Salvation - Idle

Send Down the Fire of Your Justice - Haugen
Show Me How to Stand For Justice - Leckebusch
"Sleepers, Wake!" A Voice Astounds Us -Daw
Soon and Very Soon  - Crouch

Ten Bridesmaids Waited For the Time - Gillette

The Clouds of Judgment Gather - Unknown - from the Lutheran Book of Worship, 1978
The Son of God Proclaim - Bridge (1927-2021)

Waken O Sleeper - Forster
What Does the Lord Require - Bayly (1901-1984)
When He Comes Back - Stewart
Who Can Sound the Depths of Sorrow - Kendrick



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