Eastern times., 1855-11-08

posed marks of infection had increased nm the
house, it was TO be destroyed. If The marks
of infection on the clothes were palmer on Inc
seventh day, they were to be burnt. The ark
Of God remained with The Philistines for seven
months. Solomon was seven years in build
ing the temple. AT its dedication, he tasted
seven days. In the tabernacle there were
Seven lamps. The house of wisdom, in Prov
erbs, seven pillars. There were seventy ell
ders of Israel. Jacob served seven years for
the sake of Rachel, and seven years more did
he serve for her, for the love which he bore 10
her. On the seventh day Of Laban's pursuit,
he overlook Jacob. Samuel commanded Saul
to sojourn at Gilgal for seven days. Jesse
made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.
The elders of Jacob en,reated Nahash, the
Ammonite, sevep days. respite. The son of
the Shunnammite sneezed seven times when re-
stored to life by Elisha. Noah had seven days.
warning of the flood. According to divine
command, he took the fowls of the air and the
clean beasts by sevens into the ark The ark
rested on Mount Ararat on the seventeenth
day of the seventh month"; In seven days Noah
sent out dove, and waited seven DAYS after
her return to send her out again. Seven years
Of abundance and seven years of famine were
foretold in Pharaoh's dream of the seven we'll
favored and the seven il-favored kine-ihe
seven full ears of corn, and the seven blighted
ears of corn. Seven times did Elijah send his
servant TO look for the cloud. King Ahasue-
rus had seven days feast, and sent for the
queen on the seventh day. In the seventh
year Of his reign, Esther was brought TO him.
The fiery furnace into which Shadrach ,MesIach
and Abednego we're cast, had been made sew
en- times hotter. Nebuchadnezzar ale the
grass Of the field seven years. The vision of
Daniel was seventy weeks. Enoch was the
seventh after Adam. The psalmist offered
praise to God seven times day, Our Saviour
was the seventy-seventh from Adam in a direct
line. He taught that forgiveness of an erring
brother should not be restricted to seven times,
but should extend to seventy times seven. On
one occasion he exemplfied his discourse with
seven parallels. Seven loaves were all that
the disciples supplied him with, when miracu-
lously fed the multitude, who took up seven
baskets of the fragments which remained, af-
ter they are satisfied. Out Of Mary Magda-
lene he cast seven devils. The apostles plant
ed seven churches, and appointed seven dea-
cons. Seeva's seven sons were overcame by
the evil spirits which they were endeavor-
ing to cast out
Through every part of Scripture, we find
the number seven brought forward in re-
markable manner; in the declarations of the
Creator in the precepts of our Saviour, and
in proverbs and prophecies in feastings and
fastlngs; in oblations and visions and in all
the historical details, and in all the toreshad-
owings Of futurity. God threatened to smite
his people seven times for their transgressions.
If the slayer of Cain was to be punished seven
times, the slayer of Lamech was to be pun
ished seventy times seven. Perfection is COM
pared, in Scripture, 10 gold seven times puri-
fed in the fire. The Revelation tells of sew
en- golden candlesticks, of seven stars, of the
lamb with seven horns and seven eyes, of the
book with seven seals, of seven spirits, of sew
en- angels of seven kings, of seven thunders, OF
seven thousand men slain, of seven vials of
wrath, and seven plaques. When the years
of the world shall have numbered seven thouse
ands, many commentators believe that a new
dispensation will be disclosed. The impor-
tance of the number seven is not lost sight of
when we close the sacred volume Rome,
seated on her seven hills, processes, in her re-
ligious creed, to acknowledge seven sacra-
ments and seven deadly sins. In some oftleir
most solemn professions, we find that seven
acolyths, bearing seven tapers, precede seven
deacons, who are followed by seven priests
Mahomet has his seventh heaven. Among
our superstitious we find that the seventh son
of seventh son was to be dedicated to the
medical profession. We have heard the
phrase of being frightened out of our seven
senses, though we cannot tell what they are.
Nursery lore treats largely of seven. Pousett
and his seven brothers we remember as spec
ial favorites and we recollect the high con
sideration in which the seven champions, the
seven wise men of Gotham, the seven-leagued
boots, and seven wonders of the world were
held and the mysterious awe in which the le-
gend of the seven sleepers was involved. A
little while, and the turmoil OF life begins
We hear of the squabbles OF families and the
strife OF men and we learn hence that those
of house are sometimes at skies and sevens,
and are told of the seven years war. We
turn from such things to the blessings of peace
the cultivation OF the fine arts; and remem-
Der that music owes all its charms TO seven
notes and that painting is indebted for all its
variety of tints to seven colors.
Tf4iees of the AtmosDhern.