詩歌： Olives that have known no pressure

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?

Each blow I suffer
Is true gain to me.
In the place of what Thou takest
Thou dost give Thyself to me.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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五月 10 2026

Ron Reith

Vancouver, WA, United States

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.

It is a sweet smelling savor to Jehovah ...

Bless our dear Father forever and ever !!

六月 14 2025

Charis Condon

Fargo, ND, United States

" 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."

一月 10 2025

James Smith

Mansfield, Ohio, United States

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.

十月 17 2021

Sister Vali Ruth

Tirane, Albania

Amen ! This song encourages me a lot in the situation I am going through.

五月 5 2021

Dennis

Amherst, Ohio, United States

The Christian life is not measured by Gain but by Loss. He who looses his soul life shall gain it.

Watchman Nee was a gift to the Body (the Church).

四月 19 2020

Joanna Smatners

Baton Rouge, LA, Austria

This song was sung in our virtual meeting today. So enjoy all the comments and fellowship here.

三月 31 2019

Amos Kimani

Nairobi, Nakuru, Kenya

Wonderful hymn: The Lord must deal with our self thoroughly to be able to embrace Him only.

十二月 8 2016

Jack Doshier, Sr

Grand Prairie, TX, United States

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

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.

二月 1 2016

Dave Denbow

Cherryfield, Maine, United States

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!

九月 5 2013

Marilu Veale

Long, CA, United States

Until the last two years of my life I have not fully appreciated this hymn. I avoided it in fact. Then I listened to the words on the Lord of Glory CD and because of my situation, my heart was open and willing to pray with the words because the verses of the song are a prayer.

How the Lord would answer that prayer I do not yet know. I only hope that someday fragrance would diffuse, cheering wine would flow, oil would be bestowed, and the Lord would be pleased that it is so.

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