Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1864-04-13

seven bullocks and seven rams Seven
bullocks and seven rams were also David's
Offering, when he was bringing up the ark;
/ but the most lnhuman sacrifice which is
noticed is that of Sauls seven sons, who
offered to avert famine. Abraham gave
seven eve lambs to Abimelech, as me.
mortal Of his right to we'll The law
was ordered to be read to the pei pie every
seventh year. The young animals were
not to be taken from their dams for seyen
days. BY the law, man was commanded to
forgive his offending brother seven times
Among the ceremonies enjoined at the
conservation OF Aaron and his sons for the
priesthood, we find that the priest was to
abide seven days and seven nights at the
door of the tabernacle. Seven priests,
bearing seven trumpets for seven days,
encOmpassed the walls of Jericho seven
times, and on the seventh day the walls
| fell Seven days were decreed for an
atonement on the ALTAR and for seven days
the priests son was to wear his fathers
garments. In the religious ceremonies of
purlhcation and conservation, the oil or
water was to be sprinkled seven times;
and the offering of blood was to be sprinked
seven times before the altar. Naaman was
to be dipped seven times in Jordan. If
the walls of Il house appeared to bear any
traces OF the injection of leprosy, the owner
was to be commanded by the priest to
leave it, and it was to be locked up for
seven days If there were any suspicion
of infection in clothes, they were to be
brought to the priest, and locked up for
seven days. If, on the seventh day, the
supposed marks of Infection had Increased
on the house, it was to be destroyed 1t the
marks Of infection on the clothes were
palmer on the seventh day, they were to
be burnt. The ark of God remained with
the Phlistines for seven months Solo
mon was seven years i'll building the tenn
pie. At its dedication, he feasted seven
days. In the tabernacle there were seven
lamps. The house of wisdom, in Proverbs,
had seven pillars. There were seventy
elders of lsreal - Jacob served seven
years for the sake of Rachel, and seven
years more did he serve for her, for the
which he bore her On the seventh day
of Laban's pursuit, he overlook Jacob
Samuel commanded Saul to soiourn at Gil
gal for seven days. Jesse made seven of
his sons to pass before Samuel. The elders
OF Jabesh enrreated Nahash the Ammon.
ite seven days respite. The son of the
Shunammite sneezed seven times when
restored to life by Elisha Noah had sew
en- 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. La seven days Noah SEM out
dove, and waited seven days after her re
turn, to send her out again. Seven. wears
of abundance and seven years of famine
were foretod in Pharaoh's dream of the
seven well-fagored and the seven i'll favored
kine-the seven full and blighted ears of
corn. Seven times did Elijah send his ser
want to look for the cloud. King Ahasuerus
had seven maids seven days feast, and sent
for the queen on the seventh day. In IL e
seventh year OF his reign, Esther was brought
to him The fiery furnace into which
Shadrach, Meshach, and Aheduego were
cast, had been made seven times hotter.
Nebuchadnezzar ate the grass of the field
seven years The vision of Daniel WAS
seventy weeks Enoch was the seventh
after Adam. The psalmst offered praise
to God seven times day. Our Saviour
was the seventy seventh frOm Adam in
direct line. He taught that forgiveness Of
an offending brother should not be restrict
ed to seven times, but should extend to sew
enty times seven. On one occasion he
exemplifed his discourse with seven para
bies. Seven loaves were all that the
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aculously fed the multitude, who took up
seven baskets OF the fragments which
remained, after they were satisfied Out
Of Mary Magdalene he cast seven devils
The apostles planted seven churches, and
appointed seven deacOns Seeva's seven
sons we're overcome by the evil spirits
which they were endeavuring to cast out.
Through every part of Scripture, We
hnd the number seven brought forward III
remarkable manner; in the declarations
OF the Creator: in the precepts of our
Saviour, and in proverbs aud prophecies;
In ieasting and fastings; in oblations and
visions; aud IN all the historical details, and
In all the toreshadowlHgs of futurity God
threatended to smite his people seven times
tor their transgressions. Ii the slayer OF
Cam was to be punished seven times, the
slayer OF Lamech was to be punished sew.
enty times seven Perfection is comuared.
IN Scripture, to gold seven times purified
IN the hre. The Revelation tells of seven
golden candlesticks, of seven stars, of the
Lamb with seven horns and seven ewes, of
the book with seven seals, 0: seven spirits,
of seven 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