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“I am the rose of Sharon.” — Song of Solomon 2:1
Whatever there may be of beauty in the material world, Jesus Christ possesses all that in the spiritual world in a tenfold degree. Amongst flowers the rose is deemed the sweetest, but Jesus is infinitely more beautiful in the garden of the soul than the rose can in the gardens of earth. He takes the first place as the fairest among ten thousand. He is the sun, and all others are the stars; the heavens and the day are dark in comparison with Him, for the King in His beauty transcends all. “I am the rose of Sharon.” This was the best and rarest of roses. Jesus is not “the rose” alone, He is “the rose of Sharon,” just as He calls His righteousness “gold,” and then adds, “the gold of Ophir” — the best of the best. He is positively lovely, and superlatively the loveliest. There is variety in His charms. The rose is delightful to the eye, and its scent is pleasant and refreshing; so each of the senses of the soul, whether it be…
the taste or feeling, the
hearing, the sight, or the spiritual smell, finds appropriate gratification in
Jesus. Even the recollection of His love is sweet. Take the rose of Sharon,
and pull it leaf from leaf, and lay by the leaves in the jar of memory, and
you shall find each leaf fragrant long afterwards, filling the house with
perfume. Christ satisfies the highest taste of the most educated spirit to the
very full. The greatest amateur in perfumes is quite satisfied with the rose:
and when the soul has arrived at her highest pitch of true taste, she shall
still be content with Christ, nay, she shall be the better able to appreciate
Him. Heaven itself possesses nothing which excels the rose of Sharon.
What emblem can fully set forth His beauty? Human speech and
earth-born things fail to tell of Him. Earth’s choicest charms commingled,
feebly picture His abounding preciousness. Blessed rose, bloom in my
heart for ever!
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Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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“I am the rose of Sharon.” — Song of Solomon 2:1
Whatever there may be of beauty in the material world, Jesus Christ possesses all that in the spiritual world in a tenfold degree. Amongst flowers the rose is deemed the sweetest, but Jesus is infinitely more beautiful in the garden of the soul than the rose can in the gardens of earth. He takes the first place as the fairest among ten thousand. He is the sun, and all others are the stars; the heavens and the day are dark in comparison with Him, for the King in His beauty transcends all. “I am the rose of Sharon.” This was the best and rarest of roses. Jesus is not “the rose” alone, He is “the rose of Sharon,” just as He calls His righteousness “gold,” and then adds, “the gold of Ophir” — the best of the best. He is positively lovely, and superlatively the loveliest. There is variety in His charms. The rose is delightful to the eye, and its scent is pleasant and refreshing; so each of the senses of the soul, whether it be…
the taste or feeling, the
hearing, the sight, or the spiritual smell, finds appropriate gratification in
Jesus. Even the recollection of His love is sweet. Take the rose of Sharon,
and pull it leaf from leaf, and lay by the leaves in the jar of memory, and
you shall find each leaf fragrant long afterwards, filling the house with
perfume. Christ satisfies the highest taste of the most educated spirit to the
very full. The greatest amateur in perfumes is quite satisfied with the rose:
and when the soul has arrived at her highest pitch of true taste, she shall
still be content with Christ, nay, she shall be the better able to appreciate
Him. Heaven itself possesses nothing which excels the rose of Sharon.
What emblem can fully set forth His beauty? Human speech and
earth-born things fail to tell of Him. Earth’s choicest charms commingled,
feebly picture His abounding preciousness. Blessed rose, bloom in my
heart for ever!
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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