“I sleep.” The first step the Bride took was her confession of her condition, of where she was – “I sleep.” She admits that she is sleeping, tired, lazy; she has pulled off onto the spur track. She says, I need a little time to myself. In the … [Read more...]
The Bride’s Condition
“I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.” (Song of Solomon 5:2) Beginning … [Read more...]
The Beloved’s Response: I Have Gathered and Eaten
“I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.” (Song of Solomon 5:1) Here … [Read more...]
The Beloved’s Response: I am Come
“I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.” (Song of Solomon 5:1) In … [Read more...]
The Beloved’s Revelation
“Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck... A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed” (Song of Solomon 4:9, 12). Now we … [Read more...]
The Value of the Watchmen
“The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?” (Song of Solomon 3:3) “It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I … [Read more...]
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