Spurgeon's Song of Song Survey
Song of Songs – A Call for Revival
A Call For Revival
Song of Solomon 7:11-13
Pastor’s Opening
I REMEMBER to have heard it said that when a church is in a right condition, all that it wants on the Sabbath day is that the sermon should be like the orders given by a commanding-officer to his troops: it need not be rhetorical or eloquent, it only needs to be clear and plain,— a word of direction for the Lord’s servants. If the soldiers be prepared for action, they will not look to be regaled with oratory, but having heard the words of command, they will with all their hearts go about to obey them. Assuredly the church needs instructing, consoling, and edifying, as well as directing; but this morning I feel that I have a word from the Captain of our salvation…
Scripture Verse(s)
Song of Solomon 7: 11-13
“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 smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.”
Keys to the Verses:
Speaker: Bride/Church
My Beloved: Bridegroom/Jesus Christ
Field: Missions, Away
Villages: Abiding away
Vineyards: Home Missions
Vine/Tender Grape: Sunday School/Children
Pomegranates: New Believers/Converts
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Main Theme(s)
I. We shall, this morning, first of all, call your attention to the fact which is implied in the words of our text, that LOVE is THE GREAT MOTIVE FOR ACTION IN THE CAUSE OF CHRIST.
II. Secondly. LOVE LEADS US TO GO AFIELD IN THE SERVICE OF JESUS. “Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field.”
III. Thirdly, LOVE LABOURS ALSO AT HOME. Nearer the palace there were vineyards, and the spouse said, “Let us get up early to the vineyards.”
IV. The last point is this, that LOVE IN A CHURCH BRINGS FORTH ALL ITS STORES FOR THE BELOVED. The church of God has in herself, through the rich love of her husband, all manner of pleasant fruits.
