Shepherd's notes helps reader's learn about the inspired authors of the Bible books and when and where they were first penned.
Enjoy the ease of understanding the Bible like never before, book by book. Unfortunately, what "Cliff" forgot was the greatest literary work in history: the complete Holy Bible. You grew up using the well known black and yellow striped Cliff's Notes to help you grasp everything from great literary works to algebra. Shepherd s Notes Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon Book Description : Shepherd s Notes Ecclesiastes Song of Solomon May the Holy Spirit, who here reveals the glories of Christ Jesus, ride forth in a chariot of light! May no earth-born mists obscure the grand intent! May devout hearts open their portals to receive pure truth! If any, heretofore, have paused with hesitation at its threshold, may they advance with confidence in the persuasion, that sanctifying grace will meet them here, as in other Scriptures! May they find that this Song is a chaste prelude to the chorus of the white-robed multitude! To obtain this benefit is worth all efforts. True worship is the heavenward elevation of the soul. Hence fruitless formality may creep in, and dull routine may slowly move where liveliness should burn. The lull of one repeated note will wrap the senses in forgetfulness. An object always present to the eyes scarcely arrests notice.
This exercise requires watchful care-the often recurrence militates against impression. Its desire is to promote and elevate and sanctify the communion of families with heaven to give wings to piety, and warm utterance to prayer. The aim of this volume is simple, yet sublime-lowly, yet rising above earth. He is considered one of the most successful and most significant missionaries of the 19th century. Even those familiar with the Song are sure to find new insight in this concise and clear book of teachings.British missionary JAMES HUDSON TAYLOR (1832-1905) founded the China Inland Mission and served there for five decades. Both the longtime faithful and those new to the Bible can enjoy this lovely work, as it can both remind and teach anew. He discusses how the Song shines light on aspects of faith, human experience, and the relationship to God and Christ. In this text first published in 1893, missionary James Hudson Taylor illuminates the Song of Solomon, dividing it into six sections, with glosses on the scripture throughout. Union and Communion Or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon Book Description : Union and Communion Or Thoughts on the Song of Solomon ‘The story of Milkman Dead and Guitar had me in thrall’ Salman Rushdie, New York Times BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF BELOVED Winner of the PEN/Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction But his odyssey back home and a deadly confrontation with Guitar leads to the discovery of something infinitely more valuable than gold: his past and the origins of his true self. So while Guitar joins a terrorist group Macon goes home to the South, lured by tales of buried family treasure. In 1930s America Macon learns about the tyranny of white society from his friend Guitar, though he is more concerned with escaping the familial tyranny of his own father. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. ‘Song of Solomon.profoundly changed my life’ Marlon James Macon ‘Milkman’ Dead was born shortly after a neighbourhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight.
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