By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loveth, she contemplated ways and means of finding Him whom she had apparently lost; I SOUGHT HIM, BUT I FOUND HIM NOT, the Lord's visitation of grace had seemingly come to an end.... [ Continue Reading ]
REVERSES AND NEW HOPES FOR THE CHURCH. The Church in Difficulties... [ Continue Reading ]
I will rise now and go about the city in the streets, on the marketplaces, AND IN THE BROAD WAYS, the chief avenues of the city; I WILL SEEK HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH. I SOUGHT HIM, BUT I FOUND HIM NOT.... [ Continue Reading ]
The watchmen that go about the city, the nightly guardians of the public safety, FOUND ME; TO WHOM I SAID, SAW YE HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH? literally, "Whom my soul loves, have ye seen?" the question being inserted without introduction, even without the common particle of questioning, to show the ext... [ Continue Reading ]
It was but a little that I passed from them, she had scarcely passed from the watchmen, BUT I FOUND HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH; I HELD HIM, grasping Him in an eager embrace, AND WOULD NOT LET HIM GO UNTIL I HAD BROUGHT HIM INTO MY MOTHER'S HOUSE AND INTO THE CHAMBER OF HER THAT CONCEIVED ME, that being... [ Continue Reading ]
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, the gazelles, AND BY THE HINDS OF THE FIELD, THAT YE STIR NOT UP NOR AWAKE MY LOVE TILL HE PLEASE, "till it please," 2, 7, for the words are evidently those of the Bridegroom, who in His joy over this renewed proof of the bride's love, has her... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness, ascending from the lower level of a wilderness to the city set on a mountain, LIKE PILLARS OF SMOKE, PERFUMED WITH MYRRH AND FRANKINCENSE, WITH ALL POWDERS OF THE MERCHANT? The cavalcade of Shulamith is preceded and followed by clouds of perfumed smoke,... [ Continue Reading ]
The Church's Victorious Progress... [ Continue Reading ]
Behold His bed, the traveling litter, howdah, or palanquin, such as are used in the Orient for long journeys, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S, which the Bridegroom has placed at the disposal of His bride; THREESCORE VALIANT MEN ARE ABOUT IT, as a protecting body-guard, OF THE VALIANT OF ISRAEL.... [ Continue Reading ]
They all hold swords, being expert in war, skillful in the use of their weapons; EVERY MAN HATH HIS SWORD UPON HIS THIGH, ready for immediate use, because of fear in the night, lest any danger come near enough to the bride to disturb her rest.... [ Continue Reading ]
King Solomon made himself a chariot, a bridal wagon or sedan-chair, OF THE WOOD OF LEBANON, of the finest cedar-wood.... [ Continue Reading ]
He made the pillars thereof of silver, designed chiefly as ornaments, but supporting the canopy, THE BOTTOM THEREOF, that is, the floor, OF GOLD, THE COVERING OF IT, fine hangings or tapestries, OF PURPLE, THE MIDST THEREOF BEING PAVED WITH LOVE, FOR THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM, that is, its interior... [ Continue Reading ]
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold King Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him In the day of his espousals and in the day of the gladness of his heart. Here the Church is pictured, not as she usually appears to the casual beholder, but as she is in reality in the sight of... [ Continue Reading ]