Voices United ‎#612

612. There Is a Balm in Gilead

[Refrain:]
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole.
There is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.

1 Sometimes I feel discouraged,
and think my work’s in vain,
but then the Holy Spirit
revives my soul again. [Refrain]

2 If you cannot preach like Peter,
if you cannot pray like Paul,
you can tell the love of Jesus,
and say "He died for all." [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged
• Title: There Is a Balm in Gilead
• Refrain First Line: There is a balm in Gilead
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Church in the World: Renewal: Healing; Choruses and Refrains; Healing; Renewal; Spirituals; Lent 5: Year A; Lent 3: Year C; Proper 7: Year C; Proper 20: Year C; Proper 24: Year C
• Source: African-American spiritual

Tune Information

• Name: BALM IN GILEAD
• Harmonizer: David Hurd (1983)
• Meter: 7 6 7 6 with refrain
• Key: G Major
• Source: African-American spiritual
• Copyright: Harmony copyright © 1985 G.I.A. Publications, Inc.