"There Is a Balm in Gilead" (Traditional African-American Tune)

Dedicated to my father, Lewis G. Scharpf, Sr. (Choral(SATB)and soprano solo arrangements available with piano accompaniment)

"Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?" Jeremiah 8:22

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REFRAIN

(men)
There is a balm in Gilead,
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead,

(women)
Gilead,

(all)
To heal the sinsick soul.

VERSE 1

Sometimes I feel discouraged
And think my work's in vain;
But then the Holy Spirit,
Revives my soul again,

REFRAIN

(women)
There is a balm in Gilead,
To make the wounded whole;

(men)
There is a balm in Gilead
To heal the sinsick soul.

VERSE 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

(sopranos)
There is a balm in Gilead

(altos)
There is a.......

(tenors)
....Balm in Gilead

(basses)
....A balm in Gilead

(all)
To make the wounded whole;
There is a balm in Gilead, a balm in Gilead, Gilead..;
To heal the sinsick soul.

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© Copyright 1993 by Lewis G. Scharpf, Jr.