The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-12

Rx&s SONUAgs UOIV0l
o ao h sstn nuiS.d ben houses shs hath hsw
A.. Ai s snat there arc seven denominations 1
suS neafs OF tzlebearer. The thief shoul
restore seven-fold. = =
haseands OF Sarah, daughter Of Raruel. m
plss weaaing was kept seven days.
csenty souls sprang from the loins Of jacob
uooaei nad seventy sons. Our Lord hn
finea :se u,so'pies. We are to forgive sevent
:. The geuealogy of our Saviour is summed u
| IN DIVISIONS OF fourteen generations each. an a
-, Twice seven: from Abraham to David, -four
| seon from David to the Babvlouiau captivity
teen. " ''' '""s
In the New Testament, we have also tb,
S"s leaves and seven baskets ef fragments
Sn m, LoIk spake seven times ON the cross.
Ihe Apocalyptic vision seems based upor
.ne number seven. In itare the seven churches
~ Asia greeted by seven spirits. Seven golden
candlesticks, seven stars the book aesied viii
seven seals, seven angels with the sayen trnn,.
pets, sseyen Thousand mon, destroy ed . seven
ptegues IN seven golden yials, tho lamb with
nosns ana seven eyes the scarlet colored
AND the dssgpn with seven heads and seven
crowns. Seven lamps bnrn before the throne.
Which are the seven Spirits Of God. The wlt.
years, and lie Unmarried the half of sayen yesss
fnere are seven gifts of the Holy Ghost :
seven spiritual works Of mercy : sovsn oorno,
real works OF mercy, seven sacramento. seven
dolors Of the pleased Virgin Macy and hsr r
seven joys. There are seven holy orders, seyen
canonicsl hours which divide the ecclesiasticni
DAY into seven parts, seven Penitential Psalms
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the priest saws
"Dominus vobiscun" seven times. -
In the Ditina Commedia there are seven circlee
ENC ehon ID neil ana purgasory, corresponding TO
yEa J-y:-
from seven perls. The most consummate
wickedness is expressed by meutiopiny the
seven vices or the habitation of "seven devils.n
!, Inc complete refining of metals is expressed
oy the phrase purified seven timesn There
are the seven champions of Christondom and
the seven sleepers of Ephesus. whose nap last
90 two hundred and twenty nine years. -
seven gates OF hell are mentioned in the
norans being seven places of punishment--the
hrst for sinful Mussulmans, the second for
christians, the third for Jews, the fonrth for
ssa A the fifth for ire-worshpen the sixth
all religions. The pilgrims to Mecca. in imits-
ttoa Oh Aagar when she was suffsring from
fniret, still run seven times from Mount Susa
20 Marwa, looking around aud stopping down
to Initiate her whom she was hunting for water.
The pilgrims also have aeeremeny Of throwing
seven pebbles, from the number thrown by
Abraham at Eblis when he tempted him on his
way to sacrihce Isaac. F-- = 1a.#
There 10 curions legend which says that
the punishnaeut Of Cain for killing his brother
Abel consisted In carrying tho dead body for
ehe space Of five hundred. years and then to
barry It In 9 certain place: He marked the
grave by setting up his staff 9on IL, and from
!he staff grew mp seven oak.trees which stsud
IN Hue In the holy land Of Palestine.
The number seven was considered by the
Persians as q lucky number. Tet 81
There were seven vases in the temple Of the
,un, near Babian In Upper Egypt seven aitars
burned contiaoaily before the goa Mithras in
2 nany OF hts teNples seven holy fanes Of the
Arabians; seven Gothic deities; seven wise
men OF Greece, seven wonders Of The world
even LADDERS against Thebes; seven gates Of
lhebes; seven bulls hides In the shield of
tchilies the sevenfold of Ajax. Ne I5'-- = 4
"ssysa cities wsEr,d for Homer being dead.
4. Who LIVING had NO roof to shroud his head"
There are also the seven Pleiades and seven
ayades, seven Tttans, and seven Titanides,
even Atlantidcs, seven heads of Hydra, and
be seven Tripods Of Agamemnon. Niobe had
'eyen sons and seven daughters. f." ei ..
There are seven priBmatio colors, seven lib
raj arts, seven sciences, seven notes in music,
egen days in the week. and the seventh con,
sho IS aiwaysa wonder, as every body knows,
md possesses some magical pc ~ere ,....-.-
In some parts of Frauce this seventh son.
allied Maroon, Is supposed to be marked
Flth henr de-lys, and to possess the royal
rerogative of curing the kings evil. Add the !
ealing powers of the seventh son of seventh \
on are still more wonderful-quite appfoach-
og the marvellous, in fact, according to the
opnimr belief. 20
Angpeny VINO 11ve0 In the seventeenth con-
ury, thus establishes the superiority of the |
lumber seven: I" It is compounded of ons and |
x, two and Eve, three and four, Now, every |
ne Of these being excellent of themselves,
ow can this number but be far more excellent, |
oRsisting of them all and participating, as it
Tere, of all their excellent virtues {" There
re- seven ages of man:
At first, the infant,
lcwling and pukiDg In abe nurses arms.
hon the W Dining rChoolboy with his satchel
nd shining morning face, creeping like - snail
n wilingly to schoo,. And then the lover,
Yhing IL . y furnace. with wofui ballad
Iade tU his mistress eyebrow. Thon O soldier
u of STRAP se oaLhs and bearded like paId.
ealous IN honor aodGen and qaick In quarrel,
eekinK the bubble reputation
ven In the CaunoElB nDuth. And then the Justice, |
fair round belly with good cspon lined,
Ith eyes severe and beard Of formal cut; ...
ull Of wise saws and modern Instances
nd 90 he playa his part The sixth age shifts
ltl the lsan and siipper'd Pantaloon,
18th specf acles nose and pouch side, ~ g.
is youthful hose well saved, o world too wide
Or MS shrunk shank; and his big, manly voice,
nrnipg aaain towards childish trebi., pipes
nd " hstIes in his sound. Last scene Of all
hat ends this strange, eventfnl history,
second ch,dishn- IS aud mere oblivion,
'ns tccths sans eyes, sans tasto sans everything
THR NUMBER TEN.
The cum Of the first four digets being tep
n is considered . perfect number.
God promised to spare Sodon IL ten right
'us mon were found In it. When Abraham
mt steward to fetch wife for his sou, he