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Song of Songs – Heavenly Love-Sickness
Heavenly Love-Sickness
Song of Solomon 5:8
Pastor’s Opening
Sick! That is a sad thing; it moves your pity. Sick of love—love-sick! that stirs up other emotions which we shall presently attempt to explain. No doubt certain sicknesses are peculiar to the saints: the ungodly are never visited with them. Strange to say, these sicknesses, to which the refined sensibilities of the children of God render them peculiarly liable, are signs of vigorous health.
Chapter Citation and Verse
Song of Solomon 5:8
“I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him that I am sick of love.”
Pastor’s Poetry
“O love divine, how sweet thou art,
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up with thee?
I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The fullness of redeeming love—
The love of Christ to me.”
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Main Theme(s)
I. First, then, let us consider our text as the language of a soul LONGING FOR THE VIEW OF JESUS CHRIST IN GRACE.
- Do ye ask me concerning the sickness itself: What is it? It is the sickness of a soul panting after communion with Christ.
- Ye may enquire concerning the cause of this love-sickness. What maketh a man’s soul so sick after Christ?
- What endeavors such love-sick souls will put forth. Those who are sick for Christ will first send their desires to him.
II. And now, secondly, with as great brevity as we can. This love-sickness may be seen in A SOUL-LONGING FOR A VIEW OF JESUS IN HIS GLORY.
