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Balm

noun

Any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing.

Semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation. Synonyms: ointment, salve, unction, unguent.

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"Balm" Quotes from Famous Books

... the mountain Wouldst thou sleep amidst the snow? Chafe the frozen form beside thee, And together both shall glow. Art thou stricken in life's battle? Many wounded round thee moan; Lavish on their wounds thy balsams, And that balm ...

— The Life of Jesus Christ for the Young • Richard Newton

... hospital speak of their patients as "cases," but I'd rather keep aloof from the hospital plan in my schoolmastering. But, being a member of the band, I suppose that I'll feel it my duty to conform and do my utmost to help prove that our cult has discovered the great and universal panacea, the balm in Gilead. ...

— Reveries of a Schoolmaster • Francis B. Pearson

... with this spring balm in the air," replied her father. "You must make haste. By noon, it will be all ...

— Faith Gartney's Girlhood • Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney

... of the word of life, unless it had been good, and necessary for man; nor water used as the emblem of sanctification, unless it also had been good and necessary for man. You will allow that oil, and honey, and balm are good, when David says, "Let the righteous reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil;" or, "How sweet are thy words unto my taste; yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth;" or, when Jeremiah cries out in his weeping, "Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there?" ...

— Lectures on Architecture and Painting - Delivered at Edinburgh in November 1853 • John Ruskin

... restore the constitution shattered by dissipation, or give back the resources wasted upon vice, or bring back the fleeting opportunities. The wounds can all be healed, for the Good Physician, blessed be His name! has lancets and bandages, and balm and anodynes for the deadliest; but scars remain even when the gash ...

— Sowing and Reaping • Dwight Moody

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