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Song of Songs – The Good Shepherdess
The Good Shepherdess
Song of Solomon 1:7-8
The good shepherdess, May 31, 1873
Pastor’s Opening
THE bride was most unhappy and ashamed because her personal beauty had been sorely marred by the heat of the sun. The fairest among women had become swarthy as a sunburnt slave. Spiritually it is so full often with a chosen soul. The Lord’s grace has made her fair to look upon, even as the lily; but she has been so busy about earthly things that the sun of worldliness has injured her beauty. The bride with holy shamefacedness exclaims, “Look not upon me, for I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me.”
Chapter Citation and Verse(s)
Song of Solomon 1:7, 8
“Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.”
Keys to the Verse(s)
Speaker:
Bride/Church/Believer
Respondent:
Bridegroom/Jesus Christ
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Main Theme(s)
I. Here is A QUESTION ASKED. Every word of the enquiry is worthy of our careful meditation. You will observe, first, concerning it, that it is asked in love. She calls him to whom she speaks by the endearing title, “O thou whom my soul loveth.”
II. Secondly, here is AN ARGUMENT USED. The bride says, “Why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?”
III. Thirdly, we have here AN ANSWER GIVEN by the Bridegroom to his beloved. She asked him where he fed, where he made his flock to rest, and he answered her.
