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1
Olives that have known no pressure No oil can bestow; If the grapes escape the winepress, Cheering wine can never flow; Spikenard only through the crushing, Fragrance can diffuse. Shall I then, Lord, shrink from suff’ring Which Thy love for me would choose?
DOlives
that have known no
G
pressure
DNo
oil can
bes
A-A7
tow;
DIf
the
D7
grapes
escape the
G
winepress,
DCheering
wine can
A7
never
D
flow;
Spikenard only through the
G
crushing,
DFragrance
can
dif
A-A7
fuse.
DShall
I
D7
then,
Lord, shrink from
G
suff'ring
DWhich
Thy love for
A7
me
would
D-D7
choose?
Each blow I suffer Is true gain to me. In the place of what Thou takest Thou dost give Thyself to me.
GEach
blow I
D
suffer
Is true gain to
A-A7
me.
DIn
the
D7
place
of what Thou
G
takest
DThou
dost give
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A7
self
to
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me.
2
Do my heart-strings need Thy stretching, Songs divine to prove? Do I need for sweetest music Cruel treatment of Thy love? Lord, I fear no deprivation If it draws to Thee; I would yield in full surrender All Thy heart of love to see.
Do my heart-strings need Thy stretching,
Songs divine to prove?
Do I need for sweetest music
Cruel treatment of Thy love?
Lord, I fear no deprivation
If it draws to Thee;
I would yield in full surrender
All Thy heart of love to see.
DDo
my heart-strings need Thy
G
stretching,
DSongs
divine to
A-A7
prove?
DDo
I
D7
need
for sweetest
G
music
DCruel
treatment
A7
of
Thy
D
love?
Lord, I fear no
G
deprivation
DIf
it draws to
A-A7
Thee;
DI
would
D7
yield
in full
G
surrender
DAll
Thy heart of
A7
love
to
D-D7
see.
Each blow I suffer Is true gain to me. In the place of what Thou takest Thou dost give Thyself to me.
GEach
blow I
D
suffer
Is true gain to
A-A7
me.
DIn
the
D7
place
of what Thou
G
takest
DThou
dost give
Thy
A7
self
to
D
me.
3
I’m ashamed, my Lord, for seeking Self to guard alway; Though Thy love has done its stripping, Yet I’ve been compelled this way. Lord, according to Thy pleasure Fully work on me; Heeding not my human feelings, Only do what pleases Thee.
I'm ashamed, my Lord, for seeking
Self to guard alway;
Though Thy love has done its stripping,
Yet I've been compelled this way.
Lord, according to Thy pleasure
Fully work on me;
Heeding not my human feelings,
Only do what pleases Thee.
DI'm
ashamed, my Lord, for
G
seeking
DSelf
to guard
A-A7
alway;
DThough
Thy
D7
love
has done its
G
stripping,
DYet
I've been
A7
compelled
this
D
way.
Lord, according to Thy
G
pleasure
DFully
work on
A-A7
me;
DHeeding
D7
not
my human
G
feelings,
DOnly
do what
A7
pleases
D-D7
Thee.
Each blow I suffer Is true gain to me. In the place of what Thou takest Thou dost give Thyself to me.
GEach
blow I
D
suffer
Is true gain to
A-A7
me.
DIn
the
D7
place
of what Thou
G
takest
DThou
dost give
Thy
A7
self
to
D
me.
4
If Thy mind and mine should differ, Still pursue Thy way; If Thy pleasure means my sorrow, Still my heart shall answer, “Yea!” ’Tis my deep desire to please Thee, Though I suffer loss; E’en though Thy delight and glory Mean that I endure the cross.
If Thy mind and mine should differ,
Still pursue Thy way;
If Thy pleasure means my sorrow,
Still my heart shall answer, "Yea!"
’Tis my deep desire to please Thee,
Though I suffer loss;
E'en though Thy delight and glory
Mean that I endure the cross.
DIf
Thy mind and mine should
G
differ,
DStill
pursue Thy
A-A7
way;
DIf
Thy
D7
pleasure
means my
G
sorrow,
DStill
my heart shall
A7
answer,
D
"Yea!"
’Tis my deep desire to
G
please
Thee,
DThough
I suffer
A-A7
loss;
DE'en
though
D7
Thy
delight and
G
glory
DMean
that I
A7
endure
the
D-D7
cross.
Each blow I suffer Is true gain to me. In the place of what Thou takest Thou dost give Thyself to me.
GEach
blow I
D
suffer
Is true gain to
A-A7
me.
DIn
the
D7
place
of what Thou
G
takest
DThou
dost give
Thy
A7
self
to
D
me.
5
Oh, I’ll praise Thee, e’en if weeping Mingle with my song. Thine increasing sweetness calls forth Grateful praises all day long. Thou hast made Thyself more precious Than all else to me: Thou increase and I decrease, Lord— This is now my only plea.
Oh, I'll praise Thee, e'en if weeping
Mingle with my song.
Thine increasing sweetness calls forth
Grateful praises all day long.
Thou hast made Thyself more precious
Than all else to me:
Thou increase and I decrease, Lord—
This is now my only plea.
DOh,
I'll praise Thee, e'en if
G
weeping
DMingle
with my
A-A7
song.
DThine
D7
increasing
sweetness
G
calls
forth
DGrateful
praises
A7
all
day
D
long.
Thou hast made Thyself more
G
precious
DThan
all else to
A-A7
me:
DThou
D7
increase
and I
G
decrease,
Lord—
DThis
is now my
A7
only
D-D7
plea.
Each blow I suffer Is true gain to me. In the place of what Thou takest Thou dost give Thyself to me.
GEach
blow I
D
suffer
Is true gain to
A-A7
me.
DIn
the
D7
place
of what Thou
G
takest
DThou
dost give
Thy
A7
self
to
D
me.
Copyright Living Stream Ministry. Used by permission.
At a certain point in our Christian life, the Holy Spirit will show us that we have been nailed to the cross, even though we restrict and hinder God as life. In other words, the Holy Spirit will show every pursuer and follower of the Lord a vision, a revelation, that his person has been put to death on the cross of Christ. This is a turning point that every lover and pursuer of the Lord must experience; it is unavoidable.
When we are saved or revived, we always have a certain amount of zeal, a love for the Lord, a desire to pursue Him, an eagerness to follow Him, and a fervency to express our love for Him. However, we soon discover that our very being hinders Him the most, even though we pursue and zealously follow the Lord. Regardless of whether we are good or bad, we are a hindrance to the Lord. At this moment the Holy Spirit will show us that we have been crucified. With such a view, we pass through a gate. From this point forward, we will begin to touch the way of life in our Christian living. We also will realize that we were merely being zealous and excited in our pursuit and love of the Lord and that we have not actually entered the pathway of life. When we are shown this mercy by the Lord, we will realize that our very person hinders and troubles Him the most.
The Holy Spirit will show us that the one thing that hinders the Lord the most in the universe is our person. Then the Holy Spirit will open our eyes to fully show us that our person has been put to death on the cross. At this point we will experience death; we will pass through a gate, and we will enter onto the pathway of the spiritual life. This is the beginning of our taking the way of the spiritual life. From this point forward, the Holy Spirit will bring us into the way of the cross every day, and He will bring us into the life of the cross.
Knowing Life and the Church
Chapter 6 The Way and Life of the Cross
(LSM)
Only overcomers understand the profound reality of this song, and realize that it can only be sung with holy tears in a melody that springs from the deepest love.
" I’m ashamed, my Lord, for seeking
Self to guard alway;
Though Thy love has done its stripping,
Yet I’ve been compelled this way.
Lord, according to Thy pleasure
Fully work on me;
Heeding not my human feelings,
Only do what pleases Thee."
It is not an easy thing to follow the Lord and share in His sufferings. Olives being crushed that is us. Ugh. If we want the Spirit (olive oil) in our spirit and the anointing, especially for others, we must be open to the Lord’s dealing. The chorus shows our reward. What we lose He pays or replaces with his own self. This is our experiience. It is glory. It happens from glory to glory by the Lord Spirit. This takes a life time.
Hymn 626
SUBJECT: THE WAY OF THE CROSS-GAIN BY LOSS
METER: 8.5.8.7.D. with chorus.
AUTHOR: Watchman Nee
COMPOSER: Stephen C. Foster
1 Olives that have known no pressure
No oil can bestow;
If the grapes escape the winepress,
Cheering wine can never flow;
Spikenard only through the crushing,
Fragrance can diffuse.
Shall I then, Lord, shrink from suff’ring
Which Thy love for me would choose?
Chorus
Each blow I suffer
Is true gain to me.
In the place of what Thou takest
Thou dost give Thyself to me.
2 Do my heart-strings need Thy stretching,
Songs divine to prove?
Do I need for sweetest music
Cruel treatment of Thy love?
Lord, I fear no deprivation
If it draws to Thee;
I would yield in full surrender
All Thy heart of love to see.
3 I’m ashamed, my Lord, for seeking
Self to guard alway;
Though Thy love has done its stripping,
Yet I’ve been compelled this way.
Lord, according to Thy pleasure
Fully work on me;
Heeding not my human feelings,
Only do what pleases Thee.
4 If Thy mind and mine should differ,
Still pursue Thy way;
If Thy pleasure means my sorrow,
Still my heart shall answer, “Yea!”
’Tis my deep desire to please Thee,
Though I suffer loss;
E’en though Thy delight and glory
Mean that I endure the cross.
5 Oh, I’ll praise Thee, e’en if weeping
Mingle with my song.
Thine increasing sweetness calls forth
Grateful praises all day long.
Thou hast made Thyself more precious
Than all else to me:
Thou increase and I decrease, Lord—
This is now my only plea.
This song is the response a new believer should receive when they ask, "What is next?" In Luke 9:23-24 the Lord says, "And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. "For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it.…" We may be believers but not true disciples unless we receive and embrace this way of living and being. If our Lord and Master went this path we should not expect to do less. Oh, What a Savior!
We may wonder why the Lord would allow such a great servant of His to suffer so much. This is because the ministry is produced through sufferings. I hope that the Lord comes back soon, but it may be that He will delay His coming just because of us. We may say that we love the Lord and that the Lord will bless us. Surely He will bless us, but what do we mean when we say this? Our dictionary is different from the Lord's dictionary. The Lord does desire to bless us, but His blessing us is according to the meaning in His heavenly dictionary. Without the sufferings, we cannot experience the Lord as our blessing in a rich way. The chorus of Hymns, #626 says, "Each blow I suffer/Is true gain to me./In the place of what Thou takest/Thou dost give Thyself to me." Every blow takes away something of ourselves and brings in something of the Lord. We should like this kind of trade. He takes away a part of our old man and gives back to us something of Himself.
The life of Christ in us is altogether a story of the Spirit; it is not a matter of seeking to be perfect through ethical pursuits, and it has nothing to do with the personal cultivation of morality. Several days ago I hurt my back, so I have not been able to move around too much. One day I heard my wife singing a chorus, "Each blow I suffer / Is true gain to me" (Hymns, #626). I immediately remembered stanza 1 of that hymn which says, "Olives that have known no pressure / No oil can bestow; / If the grapes escape the winepress, / Cheering wine can never flow." Of course, she was not intentionally singing this to me, but I felt that this hymn is not bad—it is half right and half wrong. Do not think that as soon as you toss something into the winepress, oil and wine will come out. What comes out depends on what you toss in. If you throw stones, coal, or wood into the winepress, you will only get some powder; you will have no way to press out a drop of oil or wine. Hence, in order for oil to be pressed out, the thing that is being pressed must have oil within it. Whether or not each blow is a true gain depends on whether or not we have oil within us.
In the foregoing messages and in this message, we have had much to say concerning the putting to death of Jesus. I am deeply concerned that some of the saints may have a mistaken understanding regarding this matter. They may think that every kind of suffering is an experiencing of the putting to death of Jesus. When they sing a hymn such as "Each Blow I Suffer" (Hymns, #626), they may not have the proper understanding either of this hymn or of what Paul means by "the putting to death of Jesus." Therefore, in order to avoid misunderstanding, I wish to point out that not all the sufferings experienced by Christians are of the same category. Actually, there are at least three kinds of sufferings that Christians may experience. Let us now consider these categories.