_Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?_ THE STATE AND ATTITUDE OF A BELIEVER I. The believer’s spiritual state. “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness?” From this desolate wilderness, the Church, and by consequence every believer, is represented as depa... [ Continue Reading ]
_Set me as a seal upon Thine heart, as a seal upon Thine arm._ THE SHULAMITE’S CHOICE PRAYER This is the prayer of one who hath the present enjoyment of fellowship with Christ, but being apprehensive lest this communion should be interrupted, she avails herself of the opportunity now afforded her... [ Continue Reading ]
_If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned._ UNPURCHASABLE LOVE That is a general truth, applying to all forms of real love; you cannot purchase love. Who, for instance, could purchase a mother s love? Take, again, even the love of friends; I only in... [ Continue Reading ]
_My vineyard, which is Mine, is before Me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred._ CHRIST’S LOVE FOR HIS VINEYARD You are aware that these Canticles are responsive songs,--that one sentence is uttered by Solomon, and the next by Solyma, his spouse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause Me to hear it._ THE BRIDEGROOM’S PARTING WORD The Song is almost ended: the bride and Bridegroom have come to their last stanzas, and they are about to part for a while. They utter their adieux, and the Bridegroom says... [ Continue Reading ]
_Make haste, my Beloved, and be Thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices._ COME, MY BELOVED The Song of Songs describes the love of Jesus Christ to His people, and it ends with an intense desire on the part of the Church that the Lord Jesus should come back to her. The la... [ Continue Reading ]