Balm in Gilead, and a Good Physician There

Deep are the wounds which sin has made

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 166 hymnals

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1 Deep are the wounds which sin has made;
Where shall the sinner find a cure?
In vain, alas! is nature's aid;
The work exceeds her utmost power.

2 But can no sovereign balm be found,
And is no kind physician nigh,
To ease the pain, and heal the wound,
Ere life and hope forever fly?

3 There is a great Physician near;
Look up, O fainting soul, and live;
See, in his heavenly smiles appear
Such help as nature cannot give.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #363

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

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First Line: Deep are the wounds which sin has made
Title: Balm in Gilead, and a Good Physician There
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #1203
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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #85

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #85

Supplement to Watts #d97

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d189

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d140

The American Seaman's Hymn Book #d50

The Baptist Hymn and Praise Book #d92

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #388

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #119.388

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The Baptist Hymn Book #388

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d133

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The Baptist Hymn Book #141

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The Baptist Psalmody #202

The Book of Praise #d149

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The Book of Worship #261

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d140

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The Christian Melodist #360

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #69

The Church Hymn Book #d105

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The Cyber Hymnal #1203

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The Devotional Chimes #144b

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The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book #243

The Devotional Hymn Book #d113

The Ebenezer Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, with an appendix Consisting of Miscellaneous Pieces. 6th ed. #d125

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The Epworth Hymnal #93

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d146

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The Evangelical Hymnal #158

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The Great Redemption #198

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d96

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the most approved authors to which are added, a number never before published. #101

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns from the Most Approved Authors #CI

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The Hartford Selection of Hymns #CI

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The Heart and Voice #61c

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #151

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The Lyrica #109

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d96

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #175

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #175

The Old Baptist Hymn Book #d75

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The Old Story in Song #164

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The Old Story in Song Number Two #228

The Prayer Meeting Hymn Book #d60

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #198

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #198

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The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal #223

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The Psalmist #279

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The Psalmist #279

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The Psalmody #246

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #906

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The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H92

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The Saint's Harp #60

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #363

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The Songs of Zion #162

The South Western Psalmist #d81

The Southern Psalmist #d169

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d177

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #60

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The Voice of Praise #841

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The Voice of Triumph (19th ed.) #247

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #181

Union Hymns #d98

Village Hymns #134

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #134

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #134

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #134

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