The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-11-30
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After God created The world and all
things therein, he rested on the seventh
day. Noah hail seven days notice Of tho
food, and wis commanded to take into the
ark will, him, clean beasts and fowls Of the
air, by scvens. Seven persons accompa.
MED him INTO the ark. In the seventh
month the ark rested upon AraraL Doves
were sent out at intervals Of seven days.
Jacob served Laban seven years. and re.
eeived Leah for his wife. He then served
seven other years for Rachel The seven
years Of plenty, and seven years Of famine.
were made known to Pharaoh by dreams {;
the former were represented by seven good
ears. and seven good kline; the Inter, by
seven withered ears, and seven ill.favored
kline. Every seventh day WINS a sabbath,
every seventh year sabbath Of rest unto
the land. and every seven times seven years
came the jubilee. Seven weeks from tho
time Of putting the sickle into the corn.
constituted the feast Of weeks. Seven days
were consccrated for solemn feast, that of
tabcrnacles. The feast Of unleavened
bread, liks the other fcasts, continued seven
days. There were seven sabbatls of years,
iseven times seven ycars,) numbered pre-
vious to the sounding OF the trumpet of the
jubilee. Seven bullocks or seven rams
were offered for sacrifice. In the book Of
Numbers II Is written, "And Balaam said
unto Balak, build me here seven altars. and
prepare me hero seven oxen and seven
rams." The seven lamps Of The ark were
Of pure gold. The golden candlcstick had
seven branches. Seven priests with seven
trumpets Of rams horns went around the
walls of Jericho seven dnys, and on the
seventh day seven times. Job says, "God
shall deliver thee in six troubles-ln seven
no evil shall touch thee" There arc seven
pillars to the house Of wisdom. In the
hater, dssembler. deceivcr, are seven nbom.
nations. A just man falleth seven times
but riseih again. The full measure Of for.
giveness IS not simply forgiving an crring
brother seven times, but, II he trcspass
against thee, thou shalt forgive him even
seventy times seven. Solomon was seven
years building the temple. In the vision Of
John, as recorded in Revelations, seven
lamps, seven seals. seven stars, seven. eyes,
seven horns, seven angels, seven trunpets,
seven golden vials containing seven plaques,
are clearly seen by the holy man Of Pat
mos. There are, also, seven candlesticks
seven thunders. seven mountains, seven
kings and seven churches.
Only seven planets were known to the
ancients. When Calico announced his
discovery Of tho four moons about JUPITER
Florentine astronomer gravely argued
that il could not be true. For as there
were only seven apertures in the head, only
seven metals, only seven days In a week,
there could be only seven planets, and
there were seven. In Ursa MINOR, The
Great Bear. seven stars form Charles Vain,
or the long.handled dipper. In Ura Mi
nor, Tho Little Bear, seven principal stars
form small Charles Vain, or little Dip
per. The Hyades nro seven stars in the
constellation Taurus. The PIeiades refer.
red to In Job, are also seven stars in the
same constellation.
The Hindoos suppose the world TO be en-.
closed within the compass Of seven penin-
sulas, and around it flow seven sens, among
which arc seven islands inhabited hy for.
eignerr. According to their belief, there
are seven celestial spheres for good spirits,
and seven spheres in tho lower regions for
evil spirits. Our sphere, or superior world,
Is the first Of the seven superior worlds
The seventh celestial sphere, or highest sn-
perior world. Is tho heaven Of Brahma.
The Tower of Babel is supposed to have
been seven stories high at the time Of The
confusion Of tongues, and the dispersion Of
mankind. The chief Gods Of Scandinavia.
an mythology, were seven in number aud
from them are derived the seven names of
the seven days in our week. Among the
Romans h,ese days were called planetary
days. because they were shared among the
seven planets. each having its day. In the
Gothic mysteries, the candidate met seven
obstructions, called "road Of seven stages"
In the Persian mysteries, there were seven
spacious caverns through which the candi-
dates had to pas. In the mysteries Of
Mi,hrus. before whom seven altar burnt
continually, there were seven degrees.
Among the Arabians The number Of the
holy temples was seven, and, everywhere,
sacrifices were most cfIicacious when the
victims were seven In number. According
TO the doctrine Of Mahomet, there are seven
heavens, into the seventh Of which the
Mahometnns hope to be received, II, by pu'
riica,ion, they may become worthy Of ad
mission. The Mahomctans have seven
classes Of angels. Jacobs ladder. 30 re-
markable in Jewish history, is said to have
had seven rounds. "Each round Of the
ladder was said to he metal of increasing
purity, and was dignifed, also, with the
name Of It's protecting planets. @Aecom.
ing to the Essenians, these rounds wcre
Strength, Mercy, Beauty, Eternity. Glory
the Foundation, and the Kingdom. In
tho time Of Columbus, the subject ofs pop
ular tradition was an imaginary island,
called tho "island Of tho Seven Cities"
There were Seven Sagcs, or Seven Wise
Masters, the Seven slccpen. and the seven
aruins, Thebes. Even In our day the magic