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 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:Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67 - The Lord shows Rebekah as a suitable match for Isaac, son of Abraham. She agrees, so Isaac brings her her into his mother's tent, and she becomes his wife; and he loved her.
OR Zechariah 9:9-12 - Rejoice [Israel] .. your king comes to you .. he will proclaim peace for the nations.
Psalm 144 - I will bless your name forever, O God my King / I will give you glory / The Lord is kind and full of compassion / All your creatures shall thank you O Lord / The Lord is faithful in all his words.
Second: Romans 7:15-25a ... For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin ...
Psalm 144 - I will bless your name forever, O God my King / I will give you glory / The Lord is kind and full of compassion / All your creatures shall thank you O Lord / The Lord is faithful in all his words.
Second: Romans 7:15-25a ... For I delight in the law of God in my inmost self, but I see in my members another law at war with the law of my mind, making me captive to the law of sin ...
Gospel: Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 - Jesus blesses the father for hiding things from the learned and revealing them to children .. no one knows the Son except the Father .. come to me all who labour, and I will give you rest .. yes my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
See lectionary art for this Sunday for suggested pictures and art-works based on today's readings.
Amazing Grace
Themes
Praise. God's kindness and compassion. The spirit of Christ - humility and gentleness. God as refuge in difficulty. Wisdom hidden from the learned.Free-use artwork
Free-use hymns
Be still and Know
Beneath the Cross of Jesus - Clephane
Come, Sinners, to the Gospel Feast - Wesley
Come let us Sing of a Wonderful Love - Walmsley
Come, Thou Almighty King
Come unto Me, Ye Weary - Dix
Father Most Holy, Merciful and Tender
God Will Take Care Of You - Martin
Happy are they, they that love God - Bridges
Hark, the Glad Sound - Doddridge
Here, O my Lord, I see thee face to face - Bonar
Higher Ground - Oatman
Jesus Loves Me - Warner
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun - Watts
Just a Closer Walk with Thee - unknown
Just as I am Without one Plea
Lead On O King Eternal - Shurtleff
Lord, be thy Word my Rule - Wordsworth
More Like the Master - Gabriel
Morning (Awake, my soul, and with the sun) - Ken
O How He Loves (One there is, above all others) - Nunn
O Lord of Heaven and Earth and Sea - Wordsworth
O Love, How Deep - Webb, from á Kempis
Praise the Lord who reigns above and keeps his courts below - Wesley
The God of Abraham Praise - Olivers
What a Friend we have in Jesus
Hymns which may still be copyright
Come to Me all who Labour - Norbet
Help us, O Lord to Learn the Truths your Word Imparts - Reid
O Christ the same, through all our story's pages - Dudley-Smith
Speak, O Lord, as we come to you - Townend
The Power of your Love (Lord, I come to you) - Bullock
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