By night — that is, in the night hours.

A reminiscence (elaborated in Song of Solomon 5:2 and following) of the intensity of their love before their union, put by the poet into…

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, …

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth

It was hard for the Old Testament church to find Christ in the ceremonial law; the watchmen of that church gave little assistance to those who soug…