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Canticles 5:9.What is thy Beloved— The Lord's professedpeople, now in nominal Zion, speak.More than another beloved— Why is Christ anymore to you than He is to me?O thou fairest among women— The Lord'sprofessed people in nominal Zion, begin to awake tothe fact that the last of the spiritually-minded ones areleaving them.FM356What is thy Beloved— To you.More than another beloved— To another.That thou dost so charge us— We would like tounderstand the reasons why you are so deeplyconcerned, and why you persist in saying, "TheHarvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are notsaved."Canticles 5:10.My Beloved is white— "Holy, harmless, undefiledand separate from sinners." The Foolish Virgin classresponds to the Lord's professed people in nominalZion.And ruddy— A reference to His pierced side. "Hewas clothed in a vesture dipped in blood."The chiefest— The standard-bearer or chieftain.Among ten thousand— Among ten thousandwarriors.Canticles 5:11.His head— "God gave Him to be the Head over allthings to the Church which is His Body, that in allthings He might have the preeminence."Is as the most fine gold— "Who only hathimmortality."His locks are bushy— His consecration is perfectand complete.And black as a raven— And He remained steadfastin it unto death.Canticles 5:12.His eyes— Wisdom.Are as the eyes of doves— Pure, peaceable, gentle.