Excerpt from Statements, and Documents, Concerning the Recent Action of the Board of Managers of the American Bible Society: Touching the Standard Edition of the English Scriptures, as Circulated by That Society A special example of commentary is found in the contents of all the chap ters in the Song of Solomon; which everywhere present, as the subject of the book, the mutual love of Christ and the church. The Committee fully believe, that this poem is intended to symbolize the mystical union between God or Christ and the souls of believers on earth, either individually or collectively; but nothing of this is expressed in the literal language of the text. The two persons introduced as speaking are everywhere the spouse or bride (ch. 4, 8 12. 5 1) and her beloved. In accordance with this view, all the summaries of this book have been recast. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.