Category: Song of Solomon

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapters 6 & 7

    I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine (6:3). As we look at these two chapters we are reminded that they are part of a larger section describing the interruption in the relationship between the bride and bridegroom, followed by the exultant reuniting of chapter 8. As chapter 5…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapter 8

    Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it (7). Throughout this little book we have been tracing the evidence of the love of the bridegroom for his bride, from the time when the shepherd first looked on the shepherdess and his heart went out to her until…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapter 5

    I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone (6). In the first verse of chaper 5 we read the bridegroom’s immediate response to the bride’s invitation to enter his garden. This verse really belongs to the previous chapter. She no sooner says, “Come,” than…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapter 4

    Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee (7), It is not strange that as we think of our Lord Jesus Christ, the heavenly Bridegroom, our souls are moved to their deepest depths. But it is hard for us to realize that He has a greater…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapter 3

    I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not (1). The third chapter of this exquisite book is divided into two parts; the first comprises verses 1-5, and the second verses 6-11. The opening section sets before us interrupted and renewed communion. We are…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapter 2

    He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love (4), The figure of the bride and the bridegroom is used very frequently in Scripture. In the Old Testament, Isaiah said, “As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee” (62:5).…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Chapter 1

    We will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine (4), The first chapter divides itself into three parts. The first four verses give us the soul’s satisfaction; it is the expression of the bride’s delight in her bridegroom. She exclaims, “The song of…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, Preface To The Revised Edition

    In revising Dr. Ironside’s Addresses on the Song of Solomon we have divided the text into chapters corresponding to those found in this book of the Old Testament. We hope this division will make it more compatible with methods used by today’s Bible student. No material was omitted, although it may seem…

  • Song of Solomon, by H A Ironside, A Profile Song Of Solomon A Book Of Love

    © 1999 by Loizeaux Brothers, Inc.Neptune, New Jersey First Edition, 1933 Revised Edition, 1999 Unless otherwise indicated,Scripture quotations are taken from the King James version of the Bible. Profile taken from Exploring the Scriptures © 1965, 1970, 1989 by John Phillips. A ProfileSong Of SolomonA Book Of Love By John Phillips Solomon…