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Text:There Is a Balm in Gilead
Author (stanza 2):Daniel March
Tune:[Sometimes I feel discouraged]

881. 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 can't sing like angels,
If you can't preach like Paul,
Then tell the love Jesus,
And say He died for all. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Sometimes I feel discouraged
Title: There Is a Balm in Gilead
Author (stanza 2): Daniel March (1868)
Refrain First Line: There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ;
Source: Work's Folk Songs of the American Negro, 1907; Revitalist, 1868 (ref.)
Tune Information
Name: [Sometimes I feel discouraged]
Key: F Major
Source: Work's Folk Songs of the American Negro, 1907



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