Song of Solomon 3:1-3. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
The same question over and over again only that. one thought, «Where is he?» Ministers were nothing; streets of ordinances were nothing; what the soul wanted was to find a personal Christ, and to have personal fellowship with him.
Song of Solomon 3:4. It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go,
Jacob's wrestlings are succeeded by Jacob's vows.
Song of Solomon 3:4. Until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Fellowship that is sweet to me must be sweet to others of my brethren; therefore, will I bring him to the church, and tell to all the assembled people how sweet, how delightful he is to my soul.
Song of Solomon 3:5. I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
This exposition consisted of readings from Song of Solomon 2:1-7; Song of Solomon 3:1-5.