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Appears in 101 hymnals First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged Refrain First Line: There is a balm in Gilead 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 ... Topics: Spirituals Used With Tune: BALM IN GILEAD Text Sources: African-American spiritual

Standin' in the Need of Prayer

Meter: 13.7.13.7 with refrain Appears in 41 hymnals First Line: Not my brother, not my sister, but it's me, O Lord Refrain First Line: It's me, it's me, O Lord Lyrics: 1 Not my brother, not my sister, but it's me, O Lord, Standin' in the need of prayer; Not my brother, not my sister, but it's me, O Lord, Standin' in the need of prayer. Refrain: It's me, it's me, O Lord, Standin' in the need of prayer; It's me, it's me, O ... Topics: Spirituals Used With Tune: STANDIN' IN THE NEED Text Sources: Negro Spiritual

We're Gonna Do What the Spirit Say Do

Appears in 1 hymnal Lyrics: 1 We're gonna do what the spirit say do, We're gonna do what the spirit say do What the spirit say do we're gonna do, oh Lord, We're gonna do what the spirit say do 2 We're gonna pray what the spirit say pray, We're gonna pray what the spirit say pray, ... Topics: African-American spiritual African-American spiritual Used With Tune: [We're gonna do what the spirit say do] Text Sources: African-American spiritual

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ST. GERTRUDE

Composer: Arthur S. Sullivan Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 835 hymnals Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 55555 65221 23135 Used With Text: Onward, Christian Soldiers

MARION

Composer: Arthur Henry Messiter Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 214 hymnals Tune Key: F Major Incipit: 15321 23331 23455 Used With Text: Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart!

IRBY

Composer: Henry John Gauntlett Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Appears in 235 hymnals Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 57111 71221 13533 Used With Text: Once In Royal David's City

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Instances

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Spiritual: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

Hymnal: Psalms for All Seasons #88B (2012) First Line: Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Lyrics: 1 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, a long ways from home, a long ways from home. 2 Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone. Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone. ... Topics: Affliction; Church Year Good Friday; Darkness; Despair; Doubt; Friends; God's Sorrow; God's Wonders; God's Anger; God's Faithfulness; God's Friendship; God's Judgments; God's Way; Grave; Lament General; Lament Illness; Life Stages Death; Mercy; Questioning; Renewal; Salvation Scripture: Psalm 88 Tune Title: MOTHERLESS CHILD

Sun of righteousness

Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and Anthems #53 (1892) First Line: In the spiritual sky there is beaming Languages: English Tune Title: [In the spiritual sky there is beaming]

There Is a Balm in Gilead

Hymnal: Glory and Praise (3rd. ed.) #654 (2015) Meter: 7.6.7.6 with refrain 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 If you cannot preach ... Topics: Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual; Musical Style Spiritual Scripture: Jeremiah 8:22 Languages: English Tune Title: BALM IN GILEAD

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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)

David Hurd

b. 1950 Harmonizer of "BALM IN GILEAD" in Voices United 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

Nolan Williams

Person Name: Nolan Williams, Jr., b.1969 Arranger of "BALM IN GILEAD" in Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.)

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Hymnals

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The Presbyterian Hymnal

Publication Date: 1990 Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press Publication Place: Louisville, KY Description: This hymnal, published by the Presbyterian Church USA in 1990, is also sold under the title Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs See also these related publications: The Presbyterian Hymnal Companion and Complete Concordance and Indexes which may be partially viewed in Google Books. William S. Smith has graciously made his Hymnsearch: Indexes for the Presbyterian Hymnal, 3rd ed available to Hymnary.org users. This is an essential resource for all those who plan worship with the Presbyterian Hymnal. It includes a comprehensive scripture index, an expanded index of topics and categories, a liturgical index, a reverse index (from hymn to scripture), and more.

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