Spurgeon's Song of Song Survey
Song of Songs – My Beloved is Mine
My Beloved is Mine
Song of Solomon 2:16
Pastor’s Opening
THIS is a versicle from the Song of Songs, and I do not hesitate to say that it is the soul and heart of that divine composition. The bride dressed in her richest poesy wears no jewel more precious than this diamond of full assured possession. There is poetry here which none of the sons of music can excel. It is the heart’s minstrelsy at its very best. This little sonnet might be sung in heaven, and the golden harps would be well employed if every string went with the accompaniment. How I wish you could each one sing it now with a clear sweet voice!
“Now I my best Beloved’s am,
And he is mine.”
Chapter Citation and Verse(s)
Song of Solomon 2:16
“My beloved is mine, and I am his.”
(Note: In the column that follows, the main theme(s) are described as a series of questions rather than observations as I noted in previous sermons; e.g., I, II, III. I don’t know if this sermon represents a change in Pastor Spurgeon’s manner of presentation during his latter years in the pulpit. This sermon was preached in 1887, and could have reflected such a change.)
Main Theme(s)
First, hast thou taken hold of Christ by faith?
Let me ask thee another helpful question. Is he truly thy Beloved, the Beloved of thy soul?
Next, I would help thee with a third question. Is Jesus dear to thee above all thy possessions?
Further, dost thou love him beyond all earthly companions?
Let me further help thee by another question. Is Jesus so fully thy hope and thy trust that thou hast no other?
Again, do you do more than this? Do you long for Christ’s company?
