SONG OF SONG OF SOLOMON 1 I. Though written very possibly by Solomon with reference to the daughter of Pharaoh, this Song seems evidently to have had a deep symbolical meaning from the very beginning. All things in Scripture are for Christ's sake from the beginning of the world. The forms which, fl... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:4 This passage is most appropriate in the mouth of the Church, considered as of Gentile origin, eager to be drawn after Christ; afraid of contempt from the people of Jerusalem, as being of another race, and anxiously inquiring of the Bridegroom where He keepeth His flock ignorant,... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:4 I. Note (1) what it is that the Church desires from Christ what every pious soul must desire who would make prayer to Christ at all. "Draw me," allure me, bring my soul under the power of a love-captivity. (2) "And we will run after Thee." This seems to denote the alacrity with w... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:5 The whole volume of spiritual truth lies rolled up in these few words. You might expand them into both the Testaments. Penitence and faith all the heart knows of itself and all it knows of Jesus nature and grace condemnation and peace. God's great method with man in His everlast... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:6 I. What is this complaint? "Mine own vineyard have I not kept." The spiritual nature of a godly man is here supposed to be likened to a vineyard. (1) It is a soil in which things are planted and sown. (2). It is a sphere affording full scope for exertion, vigilance and zeal. (3)... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:8 I. Keep on familiar ground; do not stray away from the line of footsteps; be near where you can hear the pipe, or the flute, or the trumpet of the camp. Do not detach yourselves from the great company of the church, but wherever you are see that your method of communication is i... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:9 It is thus that love multiplies itself by many images. Love sees the image of its dearest one everywhere, and claims it as its own. Look at the power of fancy, this creative and symbolising power, this power of reading the inner mysticism and ideality of things (1) as a joy, (2)... [ Continue Reading ]
Song of Solomon 1:5 , SONG OF SOLOMON 1:15; SONG OF SOLOMON 5:16 I. Look first at the saint's "I am." It is a sad one. "I am black black as the tents of Kedar." Every saint is conscious of innumerable sins, blemishes, and imperfections. The more spiritually-minded the Christian is, the more conscio... [ Continue Reading ]