Olney Hymns · Character
The Bridegroom
A title for Christ, the heavenly bridegroom of the church.
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Also known as The Bridegroom of my soul I seek
First appearance: book i on select texts of scripture
The Bridegroom shows up with force in The Foolish Virgins. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The Bridegroom appears as the returning Christ, whose arrival triggers the separation of the wise and foolish virgins.
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In The Foolish Virgins: The Bridegroom appears as the returning Christ, whose arrival triggers the separation of the wise and foolish virgins. Later, in Seeking the Beloved: The object of the soul's seeking, whose…
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- Closing
The emotional peak occurs in stanza V, where the speaker’s hope is violently extinguished as Satan obscures ev…
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See The Bridegroom in book i on select texts of scripture