…but I found him whom my soul loveth… – Song of Songs 3:4

The words are very strong, “Him whom my soul loveth;” as if though the spouse might love the daughters of Jerusalem, might love the watchmen of the city, might love them all in their place, yet her soul’s love, the essence of her love, her deepest, fondest, purest, and most real love, was all for Him. Are there not such hearts here, virgin minds in whom Christ is first, last, midst, chief, and all in all? Oh, if there be, ye are the men, ye are the women, who, finding your Beloved, can bring Him into the church. May God multiply your number and may each of you have compassion on the languishing church of this chill age, and labor to restore to her the glory which has faded from her brow. Pray ye for Laodicea in her lukewarmness, and Sardis in her spiritual death; but you will only prevail in proportion as your inmost soul loves the Redeemer and abides in His love.

These ardent lovers of Jesus must diligently seek Him...We must enjoy the perpetual fellowship of Jesus. We who love Him in our souls cannot rest until we know that He is with us. I fear that with some of us our sins have grieved Him, and He has betaken Himself to the far-off “mountains of myrrh and hills of frankincense.” It may be our lax living, our neglect of prayer, or some other fault, has taken from us the light of His countenance. Let us resolve that there shall be no rest unto our souls until once again He has returned unto us in the fullness of His manifested love, to abide in our hearts. Seek Him, brother, seek Him, sister. He is not far from any of you but do seek Him with an intense longing for Him, for until thou dost thou art not the man to bring Him into the assembly of the brethren. Labor to bring Jesus into the chambers of the church, but first be sure that thou hast Him thyself, or thy zeal will be hypocrisy. ~ C.H. Spurgeon

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