The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-06-19
The Number Seven.


Sabbath Of rest for all things at the end of I
times years commenced the grand jubilee :
every seventh year the land lay fa!low every
| seventh year there was general release fIoih
all debts, and all bondsmen were set free
From this law may have originated the custom
Of binding young men to years apprentice
ship, and of furnishing incorrgible offenders
by transportation for I, twice Z, or three
times 7 years; every I years the law was
directed to be read to the people; Jacob served
years for the possession of Rachael, and
also another years. Noah had days
warning OF the flood and was commanded to
TAKE the fowls Of the air into the ark by
sevens, and the clean beasts by seveIs !; the
ark touched the ground i'll the seventh month,
and III days dove was sent, and again in
I days after. The 7 years Of famine were
ioretold in Pharoah's dreams, by the ! fat
and the lean beasts; and the ears of full
corn and the cars Of blasted corn. The
young ANIMALS were to remain with the dam
days, and at the close of the seventh taken
away. by the old law man was commanded
to forgive his offending brother seven times
but the meekness Of the last revealed religion
extended his humiliation to seventy times Z.
If Cain shall be avenged fold truly
Lamech seventy times T." In the destruc-
ton of Jericho, priests bore trumpets
days; on the seventh day surrounded the
wall times, and after the seventh time the
wall fell. Baaam prepared bullocks and
rams for sacrifice; Laban pursued Jaco1
days journey; Jobs friends sat with him
I days and nights and offered I bullocks and
I rams in atonement for their wickedness
David in brn: up the ark offered bullocks
and rains Elijah sent his servant times
to look for the cloud; IIezckah in cleaning
the temple, Offered bulIocks and ! rams
and he goats as sin Offering. The children
OF lsreal, when Hczekiah took away the
strange affairs, kept the feast of unlaavened
bread days. King Ahasucrus had cham
berlaiDs, I days feast, and sent for the
Queen on the 7th day; and in the 9TH year
of his reign she was taken to him. Queen
Esther had 7 maids to attend her. Solomon
was years building the temple, at the ded-
icltion Of which he Toasted days; in the
tabernacle were lamps: days were APP
pointed for all atonement upon the altar, and
the priests son was ordained to wear his
fathers garments days: the children of
lsreal ate unlcavened bread days Abraham
gave eve lambs to Abimelech as memo
rial for well Joseph mourncd seven days
for Jacob The rabbis say God employed
the power of answering this number to per.
feet the greatness of Samuel, mis- name an
swering the value of the letters in the Hebrew
word, which signifies 7-whence Hannah,
his mother, in her thanks, says, that the
barren had brought forth the seventh" In
the scriptures are enumerated I resurrectlons
the widows son, by Elias; the Shuna-
mites son, by Elisha the soldier who
touched the bones of the prophet the
daughter of The ruler of the synagogue the
widows son of Main Lazarus, and our
blessed Lord. Out of Mary Magdalene were
cast seven devils. The Apostles chose !
deacons. Enoch, who was translated, was
the seventh after Adam, and Jesus Christ the
spoke times from the cross, on which he
remained hours; he appeared times
after times days sent the Holy Ghost
In the Lords prayer are petitions, express.
Sed in I times words. emitting those of a
mere grammatical connection. Within this
number are contained all the mysteries of the
Apocalypse, revealed to the churches of
Asia; there appeared golden candfesticks,
and stars that were in the hand of him
that was in the midst - lamps being the
spirits of God. The book with seals; 7
Kings; thunders: thousand men slain.
The dragon with heads, and the angels
bearing ! walls of wrath. The vision of
Daniel seventy weeks. The fiery furnace
was made 7 times hotter for Shadrach,
Meshach and Abcdnego; Ncbuchadnezzar
ate grass oil the field years. The elders of
Israel were 10. There arc also numbered
heavens, 7 planets, stars, wise men.
champions Of Christendom, notes in music,
I primary colors, deadly sins, sacra-
lnents in the Roman Catholic church. The
seventh son was considered as endowed with
prominent wisdom the seventh son of
seventh son is still thought by some to pos
sess the power of healing diseases sponta-
neously. Perfection is likencd to gold 7
times purified i'll the fire; and we yet say,
you fIighten me out of my senses. -
Anclently child was not named before
days. not being accounted fully to have life
before that periodical day. The teeth spring
out in the seventh month and are renewed in
the seventh year, when infancy is changed
into childhood, At thrice the faculties are
developed, manhood commences, and we be-
come legally competent to all civil acts at
four times man is in full possession OF his
strength at five times he is fit for the
business of the world at six times I he
becomes grave and wise, or never at 7 times
7 he is i'll his apogee, and from that time he
decays. At eight times he is in his first
climactcric, or year of danger and ten times
L, OIL three-score years and ten, has by the
royal prophet been pronounced the natural
period of human life. There were chiefs
before Thebes. The blood was to be sprink-
| led times before the altar Naaman was to
be dipped times in Jordan Apulcius
speaks of the dipping of the head times for
publication. In all solemn rites ofpurgation,
dedication and conservation the oil or water
was times sprinkled, The house of wisdom,
in Proverbs, had pillars.
| An old friend by our side reminds us that
the war Of independence occupied 7 years,
and that Burgoyne surrendered to Gates in
TIT; so that as Americans, we have good
reason to cherish this hallowed number.
A POLITE Boy. The other day we were
riding in crowded car. At one of the sta.
tons an old gentleman entered, and was look
ing around him for seat, wheE lad ten or
twelve years Of age rose up and said. Take
my seat sir The offer was accepted, and
the inhrm old man sat down. Why did you
give me your seat 2 he inquired Of the boy.
Because you are old sir, and l am a boy.
was the quick reply. The passengers were
very much pleased and gralifed. For my
part, wanted to seize hold of the little fel-
low and press him to my bosom. 1t was
respect for age, which is always praise
worthy.