Lux Domini
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

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Interpretation

It was hard to the Old Testament church to find Christ in the ceremonial law; the watchmen of that church gave little assistance to those who sought after him. The night is a time of coldness, darkness, and drowsiness, and of dim apprehensions concerning spiritual things.

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This thought runs through Song of Solomon 3:1-5.

Glossary

Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.