The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-05

Those who have examined the sacred writ |
ings of all religions must have been struck
with the repetition of certain numbers IN their
rituals. The number three is one OF tne moSI
believers in q triune God-one God IN t9ree
Persons, the Father, the Son and the holy
Ghost. There are some who ma tsinaty
throughout nature, as st. Patrick did IN the
shamrock. Father Faber says: :" The mani
mate and irrational creations glorify God ny
bearing on themselves the seal and sIgnet OF
And again "Perhaps all the works of God
have this mark Of his triune majesty upon
them, this perpetual foreshedowing OF the gen.
GRAFTON Of the Son and the procession 81 t Sp'r'
eternity" "a triple cord of his presence Is
bound round all things, and penetrates through
their substance by essence, by presence and
This trinity in nature is beautifully express
cd 10y the poet:
Are made one dwelling for thy might
Set upon pillars of the light
THE earth, aud Sc a, and blre arch'd air
Do form below one temple fair,
Their living watcn obedient keep,
Moving as one, and never sleep
Angels and and brq,es beneath
Which only lveth in thy breath.
q In fish. and birds. and beasts around
--- One wondrous character is found
The skirt which doth thy mantle pound
And natures three fair realms convey
One note through this our earthly oaS'
Dying in distance far away.
| with three arch'd roofs thy temple splin2s,
Where music spreads melodious WINGS
| And all around one glory brings.
Together build shrine .ubiime
That doth prolopg the ample chime;
While spirit; ou, and clay born seat,
Shall be thy three.fold mansion meet
in hn nj
Scrintures than the number three. There hav'
been three dtspensations OF truth-the Tatrl
| archal, the Jewish and the Christian. Iher'
are three grand divisions In tue Ola lestau'e q.
the Law the Prophets and the Psalms. 81
Paul mentions three heavens aud three sGate
of the soul. Adam and Noe each had thfe
sons. There were three great patr1a a5c rs.
tied Abraham in the plains of MaHre; IN
famous dreams of the chief baker and butIe
| were to come to pass in three days. Or,
: There were three grand divisions IN Noses
life of forty years each. The commandment
were delivered on the third day. The camp o
: the Israelites was threefold: The tribes wer
. marshaled in subdivisions of three, Moses ar
, rointed three cities of refuge. The use q
t frnit from the young trees was toroioden "a
a thew were three years old. Three witnesse
3 wers REQ ircd to establish every fact in whic
+ life or property were in question. The form
n ! benediction was tripartlte.
a The length of Solomon's temple was tire
: ! tin,es its breadth. 1t had three courts, an
= the Iodv of the temple had three parts-H-th
d portico, the sanctuary and the MOST holy plac'
a In the sanctuary there wele three sacred utel
a | siis-Nthe candlestiek, the table of shew-brea
a | and the altar of incense. There we're thre
r halloN ed articles in the ark Of the eoyepa a,
v pamely, the tables of the law, Aaron,s E0d.an
: the MT of mamma. The golden candlestic
:. had three branches on each side, with thru
# bowls like unto almonds The curtains IN nd IL
of pFisss priests
n Teyitea. Tho Levites were of three classes.
:. the Kohathites served the holy of holes, Il
d the Gershomites served the tabernacle, ana u
h Merarites served the outer temple. The hig
n priests wore q triple crown. There were thr'