August 18, 1872

A Call for Revival   “Come my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. The mandrakes give a …

Solomon:7:11-13

July 22, 1871

Altogether Lovely   "Yea, he is altogether lovely."—Song of Solomon 5:16        When the old Puritan minister had delivered his discourse, and dwelt upon firstly, and secondly, and thirdly, and perhaps upon twenty-fifthly, before he sat down he usually gave a comprehensive summary of all that he had spoken. Every one who carefully noted the summary would …

Solomon:5:16

March 5, 1870

The King Feasting in His Garden   “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.” —   Solomon’s Song v. i.   I BELIEVE this …

Solomon:5:1

December 18, 1864

Good Works in Good Company   “Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. The mandrakes give …

Solomon:7:11-13

October 9, 1864

Inward Conflicts   "Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.”—Solomon’s Song 6:13.    THIS verse is not addressed to the Church in her doubting state, nor while seeking her absent Lord, but it refers to her in her very …

Solomon:6:13

February 23, 1862

A Sermon for Spring   “ My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard …

Solomon:2:10-13