The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

ITIE EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER SEVIr37:

Oiothe 7th of the 7th month a'holyobeervanee was ordained
tolfite children of Israel) who fasted 7days, and remained 7
days in tents. The 7th year was directed to be a Sabbath of
rest' for :nll. things, and at the'end'of 'l7tranes 7 years coma-
meneathe grand jubilee Every 7th year the land lay-
fallow'; every 7th year there' was a grararelease from all
debts, add bondsmen wereset free: From this law may
haveorfeetilated the custom' of 'binding young men to 7
years' apprenticeship, and of ' punishing incorrigible
offenders-by 'transportation Cr 1 twice 7; or' three times
fyears.- Every 7th year the law was • direeted to be read
to the people: Jacob servew seven years sir the posses-
sion of Rtfeliael and also another 7' years.- Noah had 7
days' warning of the flood, and. was' commanded to take
fowls of the air into the ark by sevens, and the clean
beasts by sevente• The ark tomfied'the ground= the 7th
month, and days a dove was sent out, and again in 7
days after. The 7 years of plenty and the- 7--years of
famine were even' foretold in Phareah's dream.by the 7
fat and the Ilean beasts, and tile Tears of folrand the 7
ears of blasted corn. Miriam was shut lip 7 days to be
cleansed of her leprosy, the youngunimaLs were-to remain
with the-dam 7 days, and at the- dose of the 7th to be
taken away. By theead law maiewas commanded to for-
giVe his offending brother 7 times, lint' the •meekuess of'
the last revealed religion extended' his humility and for-
-I;earanee to 70 times 7: "If Calir shall' be revenged 7
fold, truly Lamech 70 times 7." In the destruction of
Jericho 7 priests -bore - r trumpets,. r days. (hr the' 7th
they surrounded the walls 7 timesrand after the 7t2Y time •
the walli fell. Relearn prepared 7 Wedlock's and %" rams for •
a ,sacrifice ; 7 of 'Saul's sons were hanged, to stay a famine.
Laban • pursuediJacoli Tdays' journey. • Job's fiiiods sat`
with him 7 days and-7 nights, andoffered 7 bullocks and
rrams as an atonement for their wiekedness. David, iii
bringing up the -ark, offered 7 bullock:land 7 rams/ Elijah
senthis servant-7-times to-look forthe cloud; the ark of
Geld remained with the Philistinesl:months. Saul was
ordered by Samuel to tarry at Gilgalyrdays, the elders---of •
Jabesh requested Nahash- the Ammonite 7 days':' respite.
Jesse made 7 of his sons to pass before Samuel, the men
of Jabesh Gilead fasted 7 days for-Saul,:.the Shunamite's
son raised to life by Elisha, sneezed 7- times ; Ff-ezekiah,
iiecleansing thelemple, offered 7 bullocks and trams and
Me-goats forr-a sin offering; the children of Isaac, when
Hezekiah took away the strange altars,. kept the feast of
unleavened bread 7 days ; king Ahasuerus had 7e chamber-
' maids 7 days'-feast ; sent for the on• the 7th day.
Queen Esther had 7 maids to attend' her; in the 7th year
of his reign Esther is taken to hit°. Solomon was 7 years
building theotemple, at the dedication of'whith he feasted
1-idays. he the -tabernacle were •7- lamps; 7-days were
appointed Mr an atonement uvonthe altar, and- the priest's
son was oreleined to wear his father's garments 7 days.
The children of Israel ate =leavened bread 7 days.
Abraham gave-7 ewe lambs to Abisielech as a memorial
for a well.. Joseph mourned 7 days for Jacob.. The Rabbins
say God employed the power afauswering this number to
perfect thoi'greatness of Samuel his name-answering the
letters inn the Hebrew word;. which. signify 7, whence
Hannah, his mother, in her thanks says, "-that the barren
had brought forth 7." Solomon mention, 7 things that
God hates, and that the sluggard is wiSerin his own con-.
ceit than 7 men can reader a' reasons, The house of
wisdom:in Proverbs had 7 pillars. The vision of Daniell
was 7t,weeks. The fiery %mace wan,made 7 times hotter"
for saedrach, Meshach, audAbednego.. Nebuchadnezzar
ate the grass of the fields 7-years, the elders of Israel'
were •74, the blood was to be sprinkled before the altar 7'
times. Naaman was teazle dipped' 7 times in Jordan ;
Apuldus speaks of dipping the head 77 times in the sea-for
purification. In all solemn rites of purgation, dedication
and consecration, the oil or water • was 7 times sprinAled;-
out of Mary Magdalen were cast 7 devils ; the Apostles
eltese 7 deacons ; Enoeh,,who was translated, was thelth
after Adam, and Jesus Christ the 77th in a direst line..
Within the numbeenreconnected all the mysteries.of the
Apocalypse revealed to the 7 Churches of Asia ; there
peered 7 golden candlesticks, and 7 stars, in the. hand'of
him that was in the -midst, 7-leraps being the 7 spirits. of
God, the book with 7 seals, the lambs with 7 horns and 7-eyes,
angels with 7 setels, 7 kings, 7 thunders, 7 thousand men
slain, the dragon with ;7 heads and 7 crowns, thebeast with.
7 heads, 7 angels bringing- plagues and phiabs•of • wrath.
There are also numbered; 7 heavens, 7 planets,. 7-stars,
wise men, 7 champions of ehristendom, 7 notes of music, 7
primary colones. Perfection is likened tee gold 7- times
purified in the fire. Anciently a child was not named;
before 7 days„not beingaecounted fully tehhavelife before
that periodical day ; the teeth spring- out in the 7th
month, and' are shed (renewed) in the 7th. year, when
infancy is changed into childhood. Ait thrice 7 years: the
faculties are developed, manhood commences, man becomes
legally competent to all civil acts, at feur times 7 a man is
in full possession of his strength, at- five times 7 he is fit
for the business of the world, at sus times 7 he-becomes
grave-and wise, or never, at seven times 7 he is in his
apogee, and from that day decays, at eight times 7 he is in
his first climacteric or year of danger, and at ten times 7,
or three score years and ten, has by the royal prophet been
pronounced the natural period of human life, and the 7th
thousand year is believed by man to be the Sabbatical
thousand or Millenium, and on the 7th day God rested from
his labours, after creating the heavens and the earth.

AT the 4th of July celebration in Marion county,
Illinois, a young lady ofilred the %Bowing toast:—" The
young men of America—their arms are our support—our
arms their reward."

A LONELY ClivisrmAs.—After having finished his
meal, he took up a book and tried to read, but the pages
seemed full of the words, " Christmas Day, Christmas
fun, Christmas dinner," so he pitched it from him hi a
rage. Then he poked the fire,
and sought to trace some-
thing in the fantastic forms of the bright coals, but all he
could make out was a large room full of company, very
merry and jolly, whilst what seemed to be a figure of him-
self stood outside the door, and was not allowed to enter
to participate in the fun. Ms eyes now fell upon a news-
paper, he took it up determined to read accounts of
murders or other horrors, but the first article he pitched
upon was headed " Approaching Christmas Festivities ;"
he dashed the paper to the floor, and paced the room with
hasty strides, feeling perfectly certain that there was a

general conspiracy in tee world to make him feel his
lonely position. At length he lit his pipe, and cast him-
self into a chair, and was gradually sinking into repose,
under the soothing influence of tobacco, when up through
the air rose the sound of Christmas bells, gushing forth
in a merry ding dong dell, ding
and to dong dell, which upset
him completely,add to his discomfort his eye at
this moment happened to fall upon some pieces of holly
Mrs. Chuxem had stuck over his looking-glass. What a

mockery tney mm—A.,nristmas iestway, lll-
deed ! Christmas loneliness ! he pulled them down, pitched
them"Ah
in a towering passion, "that
etshcelaimfirel

woman put them there to insult me, like lier impudence;
I'll give her warning at once, hang me if I don't." He
rushed to ring the bell, but ere he had reached it, he
heard the street door bang to, and, throwing up the
window, saw Mrs: Chuxem in her very smartest attire,

ceedmg down the court, with laughter and happiness
around them ; and as he saw them disappear round the
corner, Jack would have given anything to make one of
the humble, joyous party,—C4risfrnal. ,Day, and How
it was Spent,