But what a colossal church figure this man makes! What a miraculous personality he is made to be! What a wonderful creation of the Christians' God! A pity some pope has not canonized him and manufactured him into a saint. As to his writings--if he really wrote them, and they were not compiled or written for him--it is to be regretted that his conduct was not regulated by them. A most astonishing perversion of truth is the attribution to the eight chapters of the Song of Solomon of the subject of the church's love unto Christ. The following are the chief interpretations: Chapter i, verse 1: "The song of songs, which is Solomon's." Meaning--The church's love unto Christ. Verse 5: "I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon." Meaning--She confesseth her deformity. Verse 7: "Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon," etc. Meaning--And prayeth to be directed to his flock. Verse 8: "If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth," etc. Meaning--Christ directeth her to the shepherd's tent. Verse 9: "I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots." Meaning--And showing his love to her. Verse 11: "We will make thee borders of gold and studs of silver." Meaning--Giveth her gracious promise. Verse 12: "While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof." Meaning--The church and Christ congratulate each other. Chapter ii, verse 1: "I am the rose of Sharon and lily of the valley." Meaning--The mutual love of Christ and his church. Verse 8: "The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills." Meaning--The hope. Verse 10: "My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away." Meaning--The calling of the church. Verse 14: "O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rocks, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." Meaning--Christ's care of the church. Verse 16: "My beloved is mine and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies." Meaning--The profession of the church, her faith and hope. Chapter iii, verse 1: "By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not." Meaning--The church's fight and victory in temptation. Verse 6: "Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh, and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?" Meaning--The church glorieth in Christ. Chapter iv, verse 1: "Behold thou art fair, my love, behold thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is like a flock of goats that appear from Mount Gilead." Meaning--Christ setteth forth the graces of the church. Verse 8: "Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse," etc. Meaning--He showeth his love to her.