...passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth; I held him, and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me. I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and harts of the fields, that you stir...

...plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with e." , 1842. SERMON XX. " It was but a little that I passed from them, but I -found him whom my soul loveth ;...let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's boose, and into the chamber of her that conceived me." — Song iii., 4. HAVE you found him whom your...

...grace, and succeeded to communion with God and assurance of salvation. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth ; I held him and would •not lei him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived...

...close our extracts. We make no comment, but leave it, in its rare beauty, to speak for itself:— " ' I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go.' " 'Twas at the matin hour, early before the dawn, The prison-doors flew open, the bolts of death were...

...joy upon finding him ; as the church in the above case ; It teas but little, says she, that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth ; I held him, and would not let ¡,im go : and in the other case how does she exult in the close of her account, upon finding him ;...

...sacrament — which she described as a "trysting place" for Christ and her soul — that "on this occasion I found him whom my soul loveth, I held him and would not let him go." Also Elisabeth West gave forceful expression to this nuptial piety when she described her sacramental...

...risen Christ draws on the Matthaean and Johannine texts (cf. Man. 28. 96, John 20: i7). Song 3: 46 ('I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house .. .') is moved from the third person into the second ('I will not let you go . . .') and the phrase...

...the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I...house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. In this first dream (even though the words dream or sleep are not used here, this is accepted as a...

...city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 4 It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I...house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. (Song of Solomon 3:1-4) ! I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 2 As the lily among...

...the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth. Song of Solomon 3:1-2. 1(1 1 found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would...house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. Song of Solomon 3:4. " Thy two breasts are like two young roes [fawns]. Song of Solomon 4:5. 1 Thy...