love” (1 Cor. 13:8); “love strong as death” (John 15:13); “ointment poured forth” (John 12:3); “draw me” (John 6:44); “the Shepherd leading His flock” (John 10:4, 5, 27); and “the fruits of righteousness” (Phil. 1:11). Who can fail to see in all these allusions to the Song of Solomon? If we grant that it is inspired, what then are its lessons? Why do we have it in Holy Scripture? Many of the Jewish teachers thought of it simply as designed of God to give a right apprehension of conjugal love. They
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