Category Archives: Song of Solomon 1

“A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.”—Song of Solomon 1:13. Certain divines have doubted the inspiration of Solomon’s Song; others have conceived it to be nothing more than a specimen … Continue reading →

“While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.”–Song of Solomon 1:12. This passage may be read in several ways. Literally, when Christ tabled among men, when he did eat and drink with them, being … Continue reading →

“Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions?” Song of Solomon 1:7. … Continue reading →

If the life of a Christian may be compared to a sacrifice, then humility digs the foundation for the altar, prayer brings the unhewn stones and piles them one upon the other; penitence fills the trench round about the altar … Continue reading →

“They made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept.” Song of Solomon 1:6. The text is spoken in the first person singular; “They made me.” Therefore let the preaching tonight be personal to … Continue reading →

“Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.”—Song of Solomon … Continue reading →

“We will remember your love more than wine.”-Solomon’s Song 1:4. The Hebrew word for “love” here is in the plural: “We will remember your LOVES.” Do not think, however, that the love of Jesus is divided, but know that it … Continue reading →

The Scriptural emblem of wine, which is intended to be the symbol of the richest earthly joy, has become desecrated in process of time by the sin of man. I suppose, in the earlier ages when the Word of God … Continue reading →