Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion… – Song of Songs 3:11

Get up from your beds of sloth; rise from your chambers of ease; go forth, go forth to pray, to labor, to suffer; go forth to live in purity, leaving Babylon behind; go forth to walk with Him alone, leaving even your kinsfolk and acquaintance if they will not follow with you. Wherefore tarriest thou at home when the King is abroad? “Behold the Bridegroom cometh, come ye forth to meet Him.” To-day let your eye rest upon Him. Let your eye behold the head that to-day is crowned with glory, wearing many crowns. Behold ye, too, His hands which once were pierced, but are now grasping the scepter. Look to His girdle where swing the keys of heaven, and death, and hell. Look to His feet, once pierced with iron, but now set upon the dragon’s head. Behold His legs…