and fashionable lady, he took an op portunity of asking her who the founder of her religion, Jesus 'Christ; was. Again he was warned that a ball was no place to introduce such sub jects; The Hindu thought, “These Christians in England are strange. They will not speak of their religion, nor inform me about Christ, their founder.” If we claim Christ as our Beloved, the world is asking of us, “What is thy Beloved more than an other beloved?” In the next place, our passage sets forth T he D escription . 10-16a. “My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, and black as a raven. His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, and fitly set. His cheeks are as a bed of spices, As banks of sweet herbs: His lips are as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. His hands are as rings of gold set with beryl: His body is as ivory work overlaid with sapphires. His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. His mouth is most sweet: Yea, he is al together lovely.” The bride here gladly embraces the opportunity to speak forth the excel lencies of her beloved; In a highly figurative description she tells of His beauties. In this portrayal the believ ing heart now can see the perfections of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is white, effulgent, glistening. See Luke 9 :29 of Christ on the Mount of Transfigura tion. She speaks first of His holiness. He is Light and in Him is no dark ness whatsoever (I John 1:5). That He is ruddy brings out His love ex pressed in the shedding of His blood for sinners on Calvary. He is indeed the chiefest, One marked out by a ban ner, above and beyond all others. He is the banner conspicuous above hosts of thousands of warriors. In the next six verses we have ten features outlined. The head as fine gold indicates the divine glory. All He
Bh>la graduation exorcisas, with more than 170 young people from the five affiliated schools, will be held Sunday, June 6 at 3:30 P.M. thought and all He purposed were ulti mately for the glory of God. In the black locks there is the strength of manhood. Note Psalm 102:27. Con trast the condition of Ephraim in Hosea 7 :9. His eyes expressed the love and sorrow of the dove. Compare Hosea 11:8; Luke 13:34; and 19:41. There were gentleness, meekness, and purity as well. See Luke 22:61. The cheeks likened to a bed of spices de note fragrance. His lips were as lilies, dropping liquid myrrh, because they spoke only the truth of God (Isa. 50:4) and this was sweet to the needy heart (Psa. 45:2). Purity marked every expression that fell from His tender lips. The hands as rings of gold carfy out what the head commands as right to do, and conducive to the divine glory. Rings in Scripture are often seals of authority; here it is that of God. He did speak as One having au thority. By the finger of God He did cast out demons. The body as of ivory work describes one statuesque in its symmetry and excellence. The sap phires remind of heavenly blue. Ivory also speaks of purity. His life has been scrutinized with microscopes by critics, but they find no fault in Him. His legs denote steadfast strength ('Isa. 63:1 ff.). The setting is of gold; there is a divine foundation to all the feet accomplish. Blessed were those feet which went about doing only good. The aspect like Lebanon with its cedars tells us of fragrance and durability. The cedars of Lebanon conveyed to them in that day what the Rock of Gibraltar does to us today in 22
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