..."I will rise now, and go about the city in the broadways, I will ask the watchmen ;" and afterwards, "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him." I observe here, that we must pass by the ministers to come to Christ. But what did she do then? Why,...

...sorrowing ; but, when she had regained his felt and sensible presence, it is said - Canticles iii. 4 — " I found Him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go." She doth not (as Mr. Durham speaks) lay by diligence, as if all were done ; but is of new taken up...

...Thee sorrowing;" as if they could find no rest till they could say, like the Church of old, "I have found Him whom my soul loveth, I held Him and would not let Him go." And yet how does all this fair show of love and reverence vanish into nothing before the touch of truth...

...dead body, they should embrace a living onek :' as the SPIRIT had said prophetically long before, — 'I found Him whom my soul loveth : I held Him, and would not let Him go'.' It will be observed that our LORD permitted, in the case of the company of Women, the act of love and...

...not. The watchmen that go about 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 mv soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go. Mary turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing,...

...II, 4. lie brought mo to the banqueting' house, and his banner over me was love. Qnnt. HI, 4. It vxis em he mado Gedall.di the son of Aldkjm, the sou of Shuph ' 1 1 . ruler. other that conceived me. Isa. xxvl, 20. Como, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy...

...not. The watchmen that go about 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...soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go, but Come let me arise and let me go about in the city. The hortative forms of the verb beautifully...

...version be^ome probable when we consider the f-.i'~~:-~ episode which she relates, 'I laid hold of him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house.' This was her childhood home, many weary ways from the city of Jerusalem, and the immediately following...

...and go about the city; in the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth. ... I found him whom my soul loveth; I held him, and would not let him go!" The youth who feels, in the loneliness of the city, the need of a strong friend and wise counselor...

...whom my soul loveth?" Soon after I left them, I found him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and did not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, Into the chamber of her that bore me. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes and the hinds...