Description
The key to the Song of Songs lies in personal experience. For him that is without, and who has not yet entered into the blessed sanctuary fellowship with Christ of which this Song testifies, the sweet strains of the Shulamite are not intended. No one brings with him into the world an ear for this Song. Seek not its meaning in the way of rational reflection; that is of no use. Look not for it in the school of a stagnant, lifeless orthodoxy. It is the Spirit alone that here searches the deep things, and teaches us to read those hieroglyphics.
Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher (1796-1868) was born into a family of German Reformed pietist ministers whose influential sermons and devotional works sustained living, orthodox faith during the spiritually barren years following the Enlightenment. After studying at the universities of Halle and Jena, he served as a pastor for six churches, finally becoming court preacher at Potsdam (1853). He was an early and influential supporter of the Evangelical Alliance, an interdenominational network of pastors and churches involved in the religious awakening that had begun to sweep through Western Europe. Krummacher was a powerful preacher and his works were translated into fourteen languages, being especially well received in Britain and the United States. His best known works are David—King of Israel, Elijah the Tishbite, Elisha—A Prophet for Our Times, and The Suffering Savior.
Features
Author:
F. W. Krummacher
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
176