(urth) Urth Digest, Vol 76, Issue 82

[James Wynn]

>>     >When I read it, I said "Oh, Pike, Blood, Rose of Sharon."
>>     ...
>>     Jerry Friedman-
>>     Would you mind making the connection for me among those three
>>     disparate nouns?  (Not the
>>     connection among the characters.)  Or point me to someplace in
>>     the archives?
>
>     James Wynn-
>     The spear that pierced Christ's side. What can I say? That's just
>     the way I'm wired, I guess. I even thought the reference was
>     obvious when I wrote it this morning. Clearly, I'm a little crazy,
>     but sometimes it works. It gives me an appreciation for Wolfe's
>     problem with getting his clues across.
>

> DAVID STOCKHOFF-
> Pike as spear, not fish. Of course. I had to train myself to think 
> "fish" just to learn the naming system.
>

Another example of how one can live in their own world and think it is 
universal. Probably, it came easy to me because it is also so unnatural 
for me to associate "pike" with fish. Not a common American term. My 
parents would have had no problem understanding that "The Rose of 
Sharon" = Christ. Nor would many other adults I knew as a child. Neither 
would Joan Baez or anyone else with a background in early 60s folk 
music. "Rose of Sharon" is a well-known folk hymn (among those who know 
such things). It comes from a reference in Song of Solomon 2:1 (KJV), "I 
am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys."

When it first got to be associated with Jesus I don't know. But as 
attested in the number of songs you get if you google "rose of sharon 
lyrics", the association is pretty broad. There's additionally an old 
gospel hymn that says "He's the lily of the valleys, the bright and 
morning star. He's fairest of ten thousand to my soul".

Rose of Sharon lyrics
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There's a Beautiful Rose ever blooming,
In the Garden of God's Love for me;
It has filled all the world with it's fragrance,
It will last for eternity.

Chorus
Rose of Sharon now blooming I see,
Blessed Jesus, who died on the tree;
With my whole heart I sing "Hallelujah!"
Rose of Sharon, so precious to me.

[chorus]

Precious Savior, I'll always adore Thee,
For with Thee no one else can compare;
By Thy Love so divine, I'm enraptured,
Thou are fairer than all of the fair.

[chorus]

Are you lost in your sins ~ tired of living?
Is your heart filled with bitterness, too?
Come to Jesus, the sweet Rose of Sharon,
He has the power to make you anew.


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