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balm in Gilead

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balm in Gilead
metaphorical cure for sins of the Israelites. [O.T.: Jeremiah 8:22]
See : Healing


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My point is not to exacerbate or to assuage the all-too-deep laceration of white guilt; there is no balm in Gilead to heal such a wound.
Digitizing Cherokee culture: libraries, students, and the reservation by Powell, Timothy B. / MELUS
and to the reply the old African-American spiritual makes, "There is a balm in Gilead / To make the wounded whole.
There Is a Balm by Sayers, Valerie / Commonweal
Organizations like Siloam (praised by President Bush), Catholic Charities, The Balm in Gilead, AIDS Interfaith Network, and many others have done excellent work.
Abstinence, abstinence-only, faith-based, and the psychology of stigma by James, John S. / AIDS Treatment News
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