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My sister, my spouse.

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Observe the sweet titles with which the heavenly Solomon with intense affection addresses His bride the church. "My sister one near to me by ties of nature partaker of the same sympathies. My spouse nearest and dearest united to me by the tenderest bands of love; my sweet companion part of my own self. My sister by my Incarnation which makes me bone of thy bone and flesh of thy flesh; my spouse by heavenly betrothal in which I have espoused thee unto myself in righteousness. My sister whom I knew of old and over whom I watched from her earliest infancy; my spouse taken from among the daughters embraced by arms of love and affianced unto me for ever. See how true it is that our royal Kinsman is not ashamed of us for He dwells with manifest delight upon this two-fold relationship. We have the word "my" twice in our version; as if Christ dwelt with rapture on His possession of His Church. "His delights were with the sons of men because those sons of men were His ownchosen ones. He, the Shepherd, sought the sheep, because theywere His sheep; He has gone about to seek and to save that which was lost because that which was lost was His longbefore it was lost to itself or lost to Him. The church is theexclusive portion of her Lord; none else may claim apartnership, or pretend to share her love. Jesus, thy churchdelights to have it so! Let every believing soul drink solaceout of these wells. Soul! Christ is near to thee in ties ofrelationship; Christ is dear to thee in bonds of marriage union,and thou art dear to Him; behold He grasps both of thy handswith both His own, saying, My sister my spouse." Mark the two sacred holdfasts by which thy Lord gets such a double hold of thee that He neither can nor will ever let thee go. Be not O beloved slow to return the hallowed flame of His love.


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