The Graces of the Holy Spirit Implored
R. P. Buddicom, M. A. Songs 4:16 Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow on my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden… "The wind bloweth where it listeth." The Spirit of God is an unshackled agent, acting freely in the first application of grace to the sinner's soul, and in all its future operations. 1. Pray that your faith in Christ Jesus may be greatly strengthened. If faith be the element of a Divine life, will not that life, in its exercise and development, be more vigorous, according as God shall give us a stronger and a larger measure of faith? 2. Again, a believer will plead with Christ, that the Spirit may give him a more lively hope. 3. And should not a believer say, "Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south" — let my love abound? But is not this love? Doth the love of Christ, producing a corresponding affection within us, constrain us as it ought? 4. And is it not fitting that a child of God should say, Let my humility be deepened? It is the great business of the Gospel to hinder the poor guilty worm of the earth from saying, "I am rich, and increased in goods, and have need of nothing." 5. Should not, moreover, a believer pray, "Come, thou south wind, breathe upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out," that my joy may be increased? (R. P. Buddicom, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits. Lover