...gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O ! my heloved." " Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south, blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruit." Christians, if you have at last found...

...south , blow upon , may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden and eat his pleasant fruit." " Awake O north wind, and come thou south , blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof nd eat his " OUR gracious Lord hath been pleased to describe his church by many beautiful comparisons:...

...flowers, shall the enraptured Church exclaim- in the glowing language of the Canticles, iv. 1 6, " Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits." And then wijl be realized...

...purifying its juices, concentrating its powers, and awaiting the spring-tide, when its Lord should say " Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south ; blow upon...my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." There are, I believe, few believers of any experience who cannot remember such a season — a period...

...and it shall praise thee." - For the exercise of every spiritual grace there must be the cry — " Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south : blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.'"3 Thus is the creature laid in the dust, and all the glory is given to God. " Not that we are...

...him — 1 John i. 3. At such a time, therefore, the prayer of Solomon is what suits the worshipper, " Awake, O ! north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow...upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits."— Song iv. 16. To engage in this...

...work. " When he is come, he shall convince the world." Hence the prayer of the Old Testament Church, " Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow...my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." * And hence on the day of Pentecost, " Suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty rushing...

...work. " When he is come, he shall convince the world." Hence the prayer of the Old Testament Church, " Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow...my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." * And hence on the day of Pentecost, " Suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a mighty rushing...

...blows, then they run the way of God's commandments ; hence is that prayer of the spouse, Cant. iv. 16, " Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south; blow upon...my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out." It was by a gust of this heavenly wind, that the church was made to cry, " Ere ever I was aware, my...

...hill of Libanus, which, like unto another Jordan, water all the Israel of God. THE CHURCH. IV. 16. Awake, O north wind ; and come, thou south ; blow upon my garden, that the tpices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. If I...