...daily and follow me." These things make the Shulamite appear as it were the company of two armies; black, but comely ; as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon ; as earthen vessels with spiritual treasure ; as broken pitchers with burning lamps ; as a flock of...

...such transpositions as these, both in sacred and profane writers. The following is very remarkable : " I am black but comely ; " As the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.** That is, " I am black as the tents of Kedar, " Comely as the curtains of Solomon."' See many proofs...

...those beauties of holiness which adorned both her heart and her conduct. — " I am black," says she, " but comely ; as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." According to Harmer, " curtains" are to be understood here as synonymous with " tents ;" for in the...

...those beauties of holiness which adorned both her heart and her conduct. — " I am black," says she, " but comely ; as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." According to Harmer, " curtains" are to be understood here as synonymous with " tents ;" for in the...

...yet -inwardly she is adorned with purity and goodness. On which account she thus speaks of herself, " I am black, but comely, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." External splendour may attract attention, and secure the superstitious regards of the illiterate and...

...sweetness is as that wild desert rose of Sharon — spouse to the mighty eastern king, " whose hue was black, but comely as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." Yes ! shall they like him, call a flower from among the thorns, to adorn the bosom of their rest, ye...

...igniferous horror. Oh ! ye dark-skinned Ethiops, how I love you ! Verily I am an amalgamationist. " Ye are black, but comely as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." Though angry Phoebus did once pour his fierceness upon your sweating brows, till they were dusky as...

...closing this letter, go on in that path a little further, where we have a twofold unmixed contrast. " I am black, but comely as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." " Slack." Here we have sin — black .with sin; death — black with death and u-rnlh. Are we, therefore,...

...those described in the Old Testament. Their black tents would fully suit the simile of Solomon — " I am black, but comely, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon," Sol. Song i. 5, while their pastoral life is in every respect similar to that adverted to by Ezekiel...

...such a heart as mine. Yet so it is ; and the spouse in the Song gives a full solution of the matter: Y* I cheerfully acknowledge myself deeply indebted to you for yourkind admonition respecting the desoription...