Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#302

302. 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. Don't ever be discouraged,
For Jesus is your friend;
And if you lack for knowledge,
He'll ne'er refuse to lend. [Refrain]

3. If you cannot preach like Peter,
If you cannot preach 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: Balm in Gilead
• Meter: 7.6.7.6
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Jeremiah 8:22
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 20
• Source: African-American spiritual; Folk Songs of the American Negro, 1907
• Notes: Spiritual, adapted from texts by John Newton and Daniel March and an earlier tune as in Hiram Mattison’s Sacred Melodies for Social Worship (1859); first published in Folk Songs of the American Negro (1907).

Tune Information

• Name: BALM IN GILEAD
• Arranger: Nolan Williams (2000)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6
• Incipit: 32321 5123
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Arr. ©2000 GIA Publications, Inc.
• Notes: Arr. by Nolan Williams, from the African American Heritage Hymnal (2001).