The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-03-17
The Number Seven.

7th of the 7th month holy observance
was ordained to the children Of Israel, who
feasted days and remained days in tests
the 7th year was directed to be sabbath
of rest for all things and at the end Of
times years commenced the grand Ju-
bilee every 7th year the land lay fallow
every 7th year there was a general release
from all debts, and all bondsman were set
free. From this law may have originated
the custom OF binding young men to years
apprenticeship, and Of Furnishing incorri-
glble offenders by transportation for 7, twice
Z, or three times years; every 7th year
the law was directed to be read to the peo-
pie Jacob served years for the posses
sion of Rachael, and also another years;
| Noah had days warning Of the food. and
was commanded to take the fowls of the
air into the ark by sevens, aud the clean
beasts by seyens ark touched the ground
on the 7th month and in days q dove
was sent and again in I days after. The
years of plenty and years Of famine
were foretold in Pharaoh's dreams, by the
fat and the lean beasts and the Z ears
full corn and the ears of blasted corn
The young animals were to remain with
dam days and at the close Of the 7th TAX
en- away. BY the old law man was comaud-
ed to forgive his offending brother times :;
but the meekness of the last revealed reli.
| gion extended his humility and forbear-
ance to 10 times times " Ii Cain shall
be revenged Z fold, truly Lamech 20 times
! T. In the destruction Of Jericho, priests
bore trumpets days on the 7th day
surrounded the walls times, and after the
| 7tb time the wall fell Balaam prepared Z
bullocks and rams for sacrifice Laban
pursued Jacob days journey; Jobs
friends sat with him Z days and Z nights
and offered bullocks and Z rams as an
atonement for their wckedness David, in
bringing up the ark, offered bulocks and
| rams Elijah sent his servants times to
| look for the cloud Hezekah, in cleansing
the temple, offered bullocks and rams
and he goats for sin Offering. The chill.
dren of Israel, when lIezekiah took away
the strange alters, kept the feast of un-
leavened bread days, aud then again an.
other Z days. King Ahasuerus had Z
chamberlains, { days feast, aud sent for
the queen Oh the 7th day and in the 7th
year of his reign, she was taken to him
| Queen Esther had maids to attend her.
Solomon was years building the temple,
at the dedication Of which he had feasted
Z days; in the tabernacle was lamps
days were appointed for an atonement up.
on the altar, and the priests son was or
dained to wear his fathers garment days;
the children Of Israel ate unleavened
bread Z days; Abraham gave Z eve lambs
| to Abimelech as a memorial for q we'll :;
Joseph mourned days for Jacob. The
rabbins say God employed the power of
answering this numbering to perfect the
greatness of Samuel, his name answering
the value of the letters in the Hebrew word
which signifies whence Hannah, his
mother, in her thanks, says, that the bar.
rem had brought forth the 7th.' In Scrip
ture are enumerable resurrection the wild
ow's son, by Elias the Summarizes 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 was cast devils-
The apostles chose deacons. Enocb, who
was translated, was the 7th after Adam,
and Jesus Christ the 18th direct line
Our savior spoke times from the cross, on
which he remained Z hours he appeared
times after times days sent the Ho-
ly Ghost. In the Lords Prayer are pc
titons, expressed in times words,
omitting those of mere grammatical con-
neXon. Within this number are contain
ed all the mysteries of the Apocalypse, re-
yealed to the churches of Asia there ap-
peared Z golden candlesticks, and 7stars
that was in the hand ofhim that was in the
midst Z lamps being the spirits of God.
The book with 7seals Z kings; 7thunders
thousand men slain. The dragon with 7
heads, and the angles bearing Z walls of
wrath. The vision of Daniel 70 weeks
The fiery furnace made times hotter for
Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego Nebu-
chadnezzar ate the grass Of the field Of I
years. The elders of Israel were 20
There are also numbered heavens, plan
ets stars, wise men, Z champions of
Christendom 7notes of music, primary
colors, 7 deadly sins, sacraments in the
Roman Catholic Church The 7th son was
considered as endowed with pre-eminen.
wisdom the eth son ola 7th son is still
thought 10y some to posses the power of
healing diseases spontaneously Perfec-
tion is likened to gold times purified in
the fire and we yet say you frighten me
ont of my Z Senses
Anciently child was not named before
days, not being accounted fully to have
life before that periodical day. The teeth
spring out in the 7th month, and are renew
ed in the 7th year, when infancy is changed
into childhood. AT thrice years the fac
ulties are developed, manhood commences,
and we become legally competent to all
civil acts at four times Z man is in the
full possession of his strength at five
times Z he is cit for the business of the
world at six times he becomes grave
and wise, or never at seven times he is
in his apogee, and from that time decays.
At eight times he is in his first climacte-
rc; at nine times I, or g. he is IN his
grand climacteric, or year of danger aud
ten times 7, or three score years and ten,
has by the Royal Prophet been pronounced
the natural period of human life. There
were Z chiefs before Thebes. The blood
was TO be sprinkled times before the al
tar Naaman was to be dipped times in
Jordan Apuicius speaks OF the dipping
of the head Z times in the sea OF pnrIica'
tion. In solemn rights ofpurgaton, dedi-
cation and conservation, the oil or water
was times sprinkled. The house OF wis
dom, in Proverbs, has pillars"
An old friend by our side reminds us,
that the war of independence occupied Z
years, and that Burgoyne surrendered to
Gates in l777 so that as Americans, we
have good reason to cherish this hallowed
number, and as Christian people, to keep
holy the 7th day.
E5y Avenerable missionary, who had
struggled long and hard to convert the in
habtants ola very cold country to his teach
ings and threatenings, at last was relieved
by young man, who had asked the elders
advice as TO the course proper for him to
pursue. "My son" replied he, for ten
years have given these painted hell in its
warmest colors but the idea has seemed
to please them; and going to warm eli
mate was rather comfort than otherwise.
Now the best thing for you to do is, to give
Il To .,nm cold make il out fifty degrees