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There Is a Balm in Gilead
Meter: Irregular Appears in 110 hymnals First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged. And think my work's in vain Lyrics: Refrain:
There is a balm in Gilead
to make the wounded whole,
there is a balm in Gilead
to heal the sin-sick soul.
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
Psalter Hymnal, (Gray), 1987 Topics: liturgical Songs of Response Text Sources: African-American spiritual
There Is a Balm in Gilead
BALM IN GILEAD
Meter: Irregular Appears in 103 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William Farley Smith Tune Sources: Afro-American spiritual Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 32321 51231 33432 Used With Text: There Is a Balm in Gilead
BALM IN GILEAD
There Is A Balm in Gilead
Hymnal: Worship in Song #179 (1996) First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: 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 Don’t ever be discouraged,
For Jesus is your friend;
And if you lack for knowledge,
He’ll not refuse to lend. [Refrain]
3 If you can't preach like Peter,
If you can't pray like Paul,
You can tell the love of Jesus
And say, “He died for all.” [Refrain] Topics: Healing; Holy Spirit; Jesus as friend; Sin; Suffering Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Tune Title: [Sometimes I feel discouraged]
There Is A Balm in Gilead
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Hymnal: The Worshipbook #600 (1972) First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: [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 Don't ever feel discouraged,
For Jesus is your friend,
And if you lack for knowledge,
He'll not refuse to lend. [Refrain]
3 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] Topics: Sacraments Lord's Supper; Christian Year Lent; Other Observances Ecumenism; Other Observances Mission; Other Observances World Peace Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Tune Title: [Sometimes I feel discouraged]
There Is a Balm in Gilead
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Hymnal: Sing Joyfully #141 (1989) First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Lyrics: 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 Some times 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)
Topics: Comfort; Encouragement; Healing; Jesus Christ Love Languages: English Tune Title: [Sometimes I feel discouraged]
There Is a Balm in Gilead
Betty Pulkingham
1928 - 2019 Arranger of "BALM IN GILEAD" in Rejoice in the Lord Betty Carr Pulkingham was born in 1928 in Burlington, North Carolina. She received a B.S. in Music in 1949 from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and she did graduate studies at the Eastman School of Music. She was Instructor of Music Theory at the University of Texas. In 1951, she married a seminarian Graham Pulkingham. They ministered together in various places in the U.S., England and Scotland; they were founding members of the Community of Celebration, an Anglican religious order. She travelled widely with "The Fisherfolk," an outreach music ministry connected with the Community of Celebration. Betty Pulkingham was a well known composer and arranger. She co-edited and published a number of songbooks and books on worship; and served on the Episcopal Church's Standing Commission on Church Music from 1988-1994. She and her husband returned to Burlington and then she later moved to Austin, Texas to live with family. She died in Austin, May 9, 2019 at the age of 90.
Dianne Shapiro, from Obituary (https://www.richandthompson.com/tributes/Betty-Pulkingham) (accessed 6-21-2019)
Betty Pulkingham
William Farley Smith
1941 - 1997 Adapter and Arranger of "BALM IN GILEAD" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement II
William Farley Smith
David Hurd
b. 1950 Person Name: David Hurd, b. 1950 Harmonizer of "BALM IN GILEAD" in Worship (3rd ed.) David Hurd (b. Brooklyn, New York, 1950) was a boy soprano at St. Gabriel's Church in Hollis, Long Island, New York. Educated at Oberlin College and the University of North Carolina, he has been professor of church music and organist at General Theological Seminary in New York since 1976. In 1985 he also became director of music for All Saints Episcopal Church, New York. Hurd is an outstanding recitalist and improvisor and a composer of organ, choral, and instrumental music. In 1987 David Hurd was awarded the degree of Doctor of Music, honoris causa, by the Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. The following year he received honorary doctorates from the Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley, California, and from Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois. His I Sing As I Arise Today, the collected hymn tunes of David Hurd, was published in 2010.
Bert Polman and Emily Brink
David Hurd
