...wine of Lebanon. SOLOMON'S SONG ii. 2, 3. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. ISA. Ixi. 11. For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are...

...lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. 1 sat down under his shadow with great delight ; and his fruit teas sweet to my taste. FROM the general...

...smell, and affording a most delightful shade. It might well, therefore, be said, " As the citron tree is among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons." This is a delicate compliment, comparing the fine appearance of the prince, amid his escort, to the...

...employed seeming to imply a tree of great and distinguished beauty ; thus Cant. ii. 3, " As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons;" and vii. 8, "the smell of thy nose is like apples." Hence Harmar supposée it to be the orange or citron-tree....

...affording > most ilelightful shade. It might well, therefore, be «aid, " As the citron-tree is Ш)оп(? the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons." This is a delicate compliment, comparing the fine appearance of the prince, amid his escort, to the...

...fatness. Every thing seemed full of God. Yea, I saw my Redeemer in the rose and in the lily, and said, As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my Beloved among the sons: now creation seems a kind of blank—" I cannot behold him." — I turn " to the right hand," among...

...instances of this double parallelism with the synthetic structure, eg Cant. 2: 3. As the apple-tree amongst the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons ; I long for his shadow, sit beneath it, And his fruit is sweet to my taste. This species of double parallelism...

...smell, and affording a most delightful shade. It might well, therefore, be said, " As the citron-tree is among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons." This is a delicate compliment, comparing the fine appearance of the Prince, amid his escort, to the...

...church saith in Cant. ii. 3. " As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved amongst the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet unto my taste." This fruit is not forbidden, but a hearty welcome is given unto every hungry soul,...

...admitted into the Lord's " banqueting-house, and that His banner over them was love ;" that many of us " sat down under His shadow with great delight, and His fruit was sweet" unto us. I find, with regard to myself, that the benefit of Prayers, Sacraments, and the Means of Grace,...