"oil" appears in 20 hymns in our collection, reflecting its spiritual significance in worship.
oil
...Go ye out to meet Him.
With oil in their vessels
The wise forward go,...
Go ye out to meet Him.
With oil in their vessels
The wise forward go,
...But only five virgins are wise.
The wise have abundance of oil,
The foolish are empty instead;...
But only five virgins are wise.
The wise have abundance of oil,
The foolish are empty instead;
...The all-inclusive Spirit!
He’s olive oil, He’s myrrh,
He’s cinnamon, and He’s calamus,...
The all-inclusive Spirit!
He’s olive oil, He’s myrrh,
He’s cinnamon, and He’s calamus,
...start
We have oil in our lamps—we are burning!
We have oil in our lamps today!...
start
We have oil in our lamps—we are burning!
We have oil in our lamps today!
...Wise with heavenly wisdom, five
Kept with oil their lamps alive;
Five with earth-born folly dim...
Wise with heavenly wisdom, five
Kept with oil their lamps alive;
Five with earth-born folly dim
...Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.
Grain and wine and oil—bringing in the surplus
Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:...
Coming to the meeting, bringing in the sheaves.
Grain and wine and oil—bringing in the surplus
Of the wheat and barley, vine and olive trees:
...If we only have a lamp,
Without the oil of grace.
Foolish virgins then will wake...
If we only have a lamp,
Without the oil of grace.
Foolish virgins then will wake
...And shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord,
For wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young,
for the young of the flock and of the herd:...
And shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord,
For wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young,
for the young of the flock and of the herd:
...He will gladly fill.
There is oil in your lamp,
But there’s the vessel too;...
He will gladly fill.
There is oil in your lamp,
But there’s the vessel too;
...When brethren dwell in one!
’Tis like the oil on Aaron’s head,
Which to his skirts did run;...
When brethren dwell in one!
’Tis like the oil on Aaron’s head,
Which to his skirts did run;
...To see when the Lord will come?
Only five took their vessels of oil that night,
Prepared for the midnight cry;...
To see when the Lord will come?
Only five took their vessels of oil that night,
Prepared for the midnight cry;
...And their lamps will not burn,
So for oil they’ll return,
And the Bridegroom...
And their lamps will not burn,
So for oil they’ll return,
And the Bridegroom
...And their lamps will not burn,
So for oil they’ll return,
And the Bridegroom...
And their lamps will not burn,
So for oil they’ll return,
And the Bridegroom
...Virgins Christ comes quickly for,
Those with oil an extra store,
Not the fools who oil ignore—...
Virgins Christ comes quickly for,
Those with oil an extra store,
Not the fools who oil ignore—
...When the Lord comes they will learn
There is no oil left to burn—
Jesus is coming again!...
When the Lord comes they will learn
There is no oil left to burn—
Jesus is coming again!
...To join the bridal throng.
Give of your oil, the foolish cried,
That we our lamps may trim;...
To join the bridal throng.
Give of your oil, the foolish cried,
That we our lamps may trim;
...We know not the day He comes,
Are your vessels filled with oil?
Are you faithful serving ones?...
We know not the day He comes,
Are your vessels filled with oil?
Are you faithful serving ones?
...And dwell in sweet accord.
Such love is like anointing oil
In consecration poured;...
And dwell in sweet accord.
Such love is like anointing oil
In consecration poured;
...And dwell in sweet accord.
Such oneness, like anointing oil
On head to body poured;...
And dwell in sweet accord.
Such oneness, like anointing oil
On head to body poured;
...Their lamps will be burning but dimly,
Give us of your oil be their prayer;
Not enough, go and buy, be the answer....
Their lamps will be burning but dimly,
Give us of your oil be their prayer;
Not enough, go and buy, be the answer.
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