Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.
Field - the country. "The field (of the Gospel kingdom) is the world" (Matthew 13:38). Into this world-wide field the Church, in "going forth" according to her Lord's command (Mark 16:15), begs her Lord's presence with her, according to her Lord's promise, "Lo, I am with you alway" (Matthew 28:19-20). "The tender grape" (Song of Solomon 7:12, and "vines" occurred before (Song of Solomon 2:13). But here she prepares for Him all kinds of fruit, old and new; also, she anticipates, in going forth to seek them, communion with Him in "loves." "Early" implies immediate earnestness.
Let us lodge in the villages. "The villages," imply distance from Jerusalem. At Stephen's death the disciples were scattered from Jerusalem through Judea and Samaria, preaching the Word, (Acts 8:1-40.) Jesus Christ was with them, confirming the Word with miracles. They gathered the old fruits of which Jesus Christ had sowed the seed (John 4:35), as well as new fruits.
Lodge - forsaking home for Jesus Christ's sake (Matthew 19:29).