Anointing With Oil
Touching the “anointing with oil in the name of the Lord,” we think no literal “anointing with oil” is enjoined. The praying for him, in the Christian dispensation, answers to the “anointing with oil,” in the old institution. It is simply a figurative allusion to the anointing, and not the actual use of oil. The praying for the sick, in the name of the Lord, is the anointing.
The Lord raises sick people up, in numerous instances, without any miracle. He may do this now, in answer to prayer, when consistent with his will. It matters nothing that we can not tell how he does it. He can do it. This is enough.