"The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's."
Well may this book be called the Song
of Songs! There is no song like it. Read aright, it brings a gladness to the
heart which is as far beyond the joy of earthly things as heaven is higher than
the earth. It has been well said that this is a song which grace alone can
teach, and experience alone can learn. Our SAVIOUR, speaking of the union of
the branch with the vine, adds, "These things have I spoken unto you, that My
joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full" (John xv. II). And
the beloved disciple, writing of Him who "was from the beginning," who "was
with the FATHER, and was manifested unto us," in order that we might share the
fellowship which He enjoyed, also says, "These things we write unto you, that
your joy may be full." Union with CHRIST, and abiding in CHRIST, what do they
not secure? Peace, perfect peace; rest, constant rest; answers to all our
prayers; victory over all our foes; pure, holy living; ever-increasing
fruitfulness. All, all of these are the glad outcome of abiding in CHRIST. To
deepen this union, to make more constant this abiding, is the practical use of
this precious Book.