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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

171 E EXTRAORDINARY NUMBER SEVEN

Orrtlie7th of the 7th month a holy observance was ordained
to tlie'ehildren of Israel, who fasted 7 diiys, and remained 7'
&vs.& tents. The 7th year was directed` to be a Sabbath of
rest for'all things, and at the'endof 7 tines 7 years com-
mencedithe grand jubilee:. Eiery 7th year the land lay
fallow';' every 7th year there' was a grariegrelease from all
debts, and bondsmen were'set free. Froreethis law may
have origfitated the custom' of 'binding yang men to 7
years' apprenticeship, and' of punishing-- incorrigible
offenders y transportation ihr 7, twice 7, or three times
77years. Every 7th year thelim was direeted to be read
to the people: Jacob served' seven years far the posses-
sion of Recline! and also another 7-years.. /Vieth had 7
days' warning of the flood, and' was commeaided to take
fowls of the' air into the ark- by sevens, and the clean
beasts by sevent.• The ark tomtied the grotmdion the 7th
month, andirr7rdays a dove was sent out, and 'again in 7
days. after. The 7 years of plenty and the' V years of
famine were erter foretold in l'haroah's dream, by the 7
fat and the 71eari beasts, and th 3,- ears of folVand the 7
ears of blasted corn. Miriam was shut 'up 7 days to be
cleansed of her *rosy, the young' animals were-te remain
with the dam 7 days, and at the • close of the 7th to be
taken away-... Byllienkl law man' was commanded to for-
give his offending...brother 7 timea.;,.lont the meekness of
the last revealed religion extended' his humility and for-
bearance to '7O times " If Cain shall 1,0 rawrenced
truly Lamecti 70 times 7." hi' the destruction of
Jericho 7priests 7.1 trumpets 7 days. Orr the 7th
they surrounded the walls 7 times, and after the Ithi 'time
the walls fell. &damn prepared 7 bullocks and reams for
trsacrifice ; 7 of Saars sons were hanged, to stay a famine.
Lab= pursued Jacob 7-days' journey'- Jab's friends sat
with him 7 days and 7 nights, and offered 7 bullocks and
Trams as an atonement for their wickedness. David, in
Bringing up the ark,offered 7 bullocaind Trams; • Elijah
sent his servant 7 times to look for the cloud ; the ark of
God remained with the Philistines Vmonths. Saul was
ordered by Samuel to tarry at Gilgal Vdays, the ei'd'ers of
Jabeek requested Nahuali the Ammonite 7 days' respite.
Jesse made 7 of his sons to pass before 'Samuel, the men
of 'Jabesh Gilead fasted 7 days for Staii;.the •Shniramite's
son- raised to life by Elisha, sneezed 7: times ; Hlezekiah,
in-cleansing the temple, offered 7 bullocks and 7 rams and
7:lie-goats for a sin efering; the children of Isaac, when
Hezekiah took away-the strange altars,, kept tins feast of
unleavened bread 7 Guys ; king Ahasuerus had 7 ehamber-
maids, 7 days' feast ; sent for the queen+ on ,theeith day.
Queen Esther had 7 maids to attend her; in the 7th year
of his reign Esther ia.taken to him. %lemon was 7 years
Minding the temple, at the dedicatiosucirwhioh Pie feasted
77d45. In the tabernacle were 7 limps; 7 days were
appointed for an atonement uvon thealtareand the priest's
son was ordained to wear his father'S. garments 7 days.
The children of Israel ate- unleawaned' bread 7 days.
Abraham gave 7 ewelambs to Abimelecli as a memorial
for a well. Joseph mourned 7 days forJecob. The Rabbins
say-God employed tßepower of answering this number to
perfect the greatnesaeof Samuel, his, name answering the
letters in the Hebrew, word, wide% signify 7, whence
Hannah, his mother,,in her- thanks-sayai. that the barren
had brought forth 7;'' Solomon mentiens 7 things that
God hates, and that the sluggard is. wiser in his own con-
ceit than 7 men can, render a season. The house of
wisdom in Proverbs- had 7 pillars. The vision of Daniell
was 70 weeks. The fiery furnace was made 7 times hotterr,
for Shadrach, Meshaeh, and Abednege. Nebuchadnezzan
ate the grass of the fields 7 yeara,, the eiders of IsraW.
were 70, the blood' was to be sprinkled before the altar '7,-•
times. Naamant was,. to be dipped 7 times in Jordan.;:
Apuleius speaks of dipping the head 7 times in the sea far
purification. In,all solemn rites of purgation, dedication
and consecratione the oil or water, was 7 times sprinkled;
out of Mary Magdalen were east '7 devils; the Apostles
chose 7 deacons ;• Enoch, who was translated, was thelth
after Adam, and Jesus Christ the 77th in a direct line.
Within the number are conneeted all the mysteries,of the.
Apocalypse revealed to the rChurches of Asia ; there ap-
peared 7 gottlin candlesticks, and 7 stars, in the hand-of
him that was in the raidat,7:lamps being the 7 spirits of
God the book with 7 seals, the lambs with 7 horns and,7 eyes,
angels with 77seals, 7 kings, 7 thunders, 7 thousand men
slain, thedragon with
.7 heads and 7 crowns, the beast with
7 heads, 7;angels bringing 7 plagues and phialaorwrath.
There are also numbered 7 heavens, 7 planets,. 7-stars, 7-
wise men, 7 champions etchristendom, 7 noten.of music,
primary colours. Petifection is likened to gold 7- times,
purified. in, the fire. Anciently a child was not named
beforel- days, not beingaccounted fully to havelife before
that- periodical deer ; the teeth spring 444 in the 7th
month, and are shed (renewed) in the 7th year, when,
infancy is, changed into childhood. At thrice? years. the
fzeulties are developed, manhood commences, man becomes
legally competent to all civil acts, at four times 7 a man is
full possession of his strength,at I:betimes 7 he is fit
for• the business of the world, at six times 7 he becomes
grave• and wise, or never, at seven times 7 he in na 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 store years and ten, has bF tlie,royal prophet been
pronounced the natural period of human life, and the 7th
thousand year is believed by man to be tia) 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 offered the following toast:—" The
young men of America—their arms are our support—our
arms their reward."
A LONELY CEEIETMAEL—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 in 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
ood merry and jolly, whilst what seemed to be a figure of him-
self was
a
the door room full of company, very
oor, and was not allowed to enter
stou t
outside
to participate in the fun. His 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 strums, reeling perfectly certain that there was a
general conspiracy in the world to make him feel his
lonely position. At length he lit his pipe, and cast him-
selfunder the soothing influence of tobacco, when up through
th i
the air
anirtoroasechtaiher,
Saonudndw
of gradually sinking into repose,
t' Christmas bells, gushing forth
in a merry ding dong dell,
ding dong dell, which upset
him completely, and to add to his discomfort his eye at

Don some

estivity, in-

deed ! ehristiitas loneliness Ile pulled them down, pitched
them into the fire, and laughed fiercely as they were burnt.
" Ah," he exclaimed aloud, in a towering. passion, " that

woman put them there to insult me, like her 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,

... .
and believing her hisband either to be a galley-slave, or accOmpanied by the little Chuxems, aLso very fine, pro
dead long since in some of the terrible prisons. But on ceeding down the court, with laughter and happiness
hearing the pedlar's tale, she set off at once to London)
around them ; and as he saw them disappear round the
and found her poor crippled husband, who lived many
f corner, Jack would have given anything to make one of
i years afterwards in Canterbury, suPported by his wife ti the humble, joyous party,— Christmas Day, and .11m
exertions,—Household Words, it was S'pent,