Show the number seven r A Cus cushnic linie of tower build ings writes that about ten years ngo he lie bought a lot of old books in one of which lie found a curious curious paper on the seven wo into give the following extract from the paper in question which is in manuscript and illuminated in a somewhat rude fashion in six days creation was perfect and find the seventh waa was consecrated to rest the sev seventh elith of tho seventh month a holy vanco A was as ordered to the child children ren of israel who fasted seven days and remained seven sevell days in tents the seventh year was directed to be a sabbath of rest for all things and at the end of seven times seven years commenced the grand jubilee every ver devent seventh i ye year ar the land lay fallow every seventh year there wasa was a general release aroa all debts and all bondsmen were c set free from this law originated the custon custom of binding young mento apprenticeship for or eoven seven years and of punishing in incorrigible of offenders renders by transport transportation for seven twice seven and three times seven years every year the law was directed to be read to the people and jacob served seven years tor lor the pomes possession sion of rachel and other seven years noah was commanded to tako the fowls odthe of the air into the ark by seven 14 and clean beasts by sevens the ark touched the ground on the seventh month in seven days d tys a dove wag was out and again ili in seven days after the seven yeara years of plenty were foretold in pharaohs Phara dream by the seven fat and seven lean beasts by the seven ears cars of full and the seven ears cars of blasted corn ate the grass of the field as a beast beven years ears and had the fiery furnace heated heated seven times hotter to receive S shadrach hadra cb deshae and abednego by the old law man was commanded to forgive his of offending tending brother seven teven times but the meekness of the saviors religion extended his humility and forbearance to seventy times seven if cai cain be revenged seven fold truly lamech seventy and seven in the destruction st of jericho seven priests bore seven trumpets of rams horns seven days on the seventh day they surrounded the walls seven times and after the seventh time the walls fell balaam prepared seven bullocks and rams for a sacrifice L zac seven of sauls sons were hanged to save a famine and laban pursued jacob seven days journey jobs friends sat with hincken hin cven days and seven nights and offered ered seven steven bullocks and seven rams as an aton atonement for their wickedness hezekiah in cleansing the temple offered ered seven bullocks and seven rams seven lambs and seven he be goats for a sin offering the children of israel when TI ezekiah took tool away the strange altars kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days and another seven days solomon was seven years in building the temple at the dedication of which lie fasted seven days it the tabernacle were seven lamps seven days were ap appointed i anted as an atonement el upon the altar and the priests Eri priests ests son was ordained to wear his Is fathers garments seven saven days in scripture are enumerated seven resurrections out of mary magdalene were nvere cast seven devils enoch who was translated was the seventh from adam adain our savior spoke seven times from the cross he ile appeared seven ti besand after seven times seven days he ile sent the holy ghost in the lords prayer aro are seven petitions and with within inthe the number seven are concealed all the mysteries of the apocalypse revealed to the seven churches ocasia of asia as to the appearing of the seven golden candlesticks and the seven stars in the hand liand of him who was in their midst seven lam lamps being the seven spirits of god the W e lamp with seven horns and seven eyes the dragon with seven heads and ten crowns the beast with seven heads seven angels sounding seven trumpets seven kings and seven thousand men slain seven angels brin bringing se seven even plagues and seven v biats i Is ofir of wrath rath the vision n of daniel was of seventy weeks the elders of israel were devent seventy and christ sent out seventy disciples ies ae |