Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-20
The Number Seven.

When God created the world He rested
on the 7th day There are 2 days in
the week, 2 letters in the name of Jeho-
vah, syllables in the Mchammedan
formula of prayer-la i'll Allah i'll allah.
AS the flood was to begin on the 7th day
and continue 7weeks, Noah selected z
pairs of clean animals and birds, male
and female, and gathered them into the
ark; on the 7th day the dove returned
with it's message Everyone is familiar
with the Z fat and z lean kline; the z
fruitful and z barren ears of corn, 7
years of plenty and Z years of famine
Jacob served years for Rachel and was
cheated with Leah and served another z
years, and received his reward. Seven
days he was followed by Laban, his
father-in-law. When Jacob died his son
Joseph lamented for him Z days. Every
7th year the Israelites permitted their
fields to remain idle and untitled; this
was called the "Sabbatical year" At
the siege of Jericho priests with Z
trumpets (trombones) went around the
walls of the city, and at the 7th blast the
walls fell. We have no such dangerous
wind instruments il our day, although
there would be little difficulty in finding
"blowers."l Seven times ten years were
the Israelites held captive in Babylon.
| Seven times ten Hebrew scholars trans
lated the Old Testament into Greek for
| the Alexandrian Library. There were Z
times ten members of the High Council
of Jerusalem, not counting the High
! Priests.
When Peter asked: "Lord, how many
times must l forgive my brother; is il
enough times?" Jesus replied 80 say
unto you, not Z, but seventy times T."
"a just man falleth z times and riseth
up again" prov. xiv. 16)
p" When thine enemy speaketh fair, be-
lieve him not, for there are Z abomina'
tions in his heart" prov. XVI. 25.,
There are attributes of the Almighty
Z gifts of the Holy Ghost, psalms OF
penance, Z supplications in the Lords
Prayer, z words of the cross, the Catho
lie Church has sacraments. There are
wounds OF Christ on the cross. Ii
Revelations there are Z angels with
golden chalices, filled with divine wrath
also lamps with flames are mentioned
there. Who does not know of the go
sleepers," the Z youthful Christian mar
tyrs, who escaped into cavern nea
Ephesus and fell asleep, and slumbereC
undisturbed for 200 years? There are
wonders of the world, wise men ol
Greece. The Mohammedans' paradis
contains heavens. Rome has been gov
erned by z Kings, likewise Prussia, TO
the 7th is now Emperor Wilhelm. Dur
ing the years war under Frederick II
history mentions important battles
-, ha lict
and Christians lasted years. Tn
Franco-Prussian war lasted months, an
the 7th regiment was first to distinguish
itself.
On the 28th "A times y of September
1870, Strasbourg surrendered; on the 2St
of October, Metz, and on the 2Sth 0
January, 1871, Paris. Rome is built o.
hiIis; so are Constantinople, Nureu
burg, Bamburg and Lisbon. Ancieu
Thebes, also Athens, Bagdad and Nc
rocco each, had gates, Seven cite
claimed the honor of being Homer
= birthplace. There are steps leading
the tomb of Darius, the Persian King;
steps to Solomon's throne; Z arms {
branches to the lamp in the temple q
Jerusalem; 7wicks in the perpetual lam
> (eternal fiame) to the rites of the Gree
: Church.
The river Nile has 2 mouths Obut sti
remains discreetly silent about il
. source). There are Canary Islands,
Ionian Islands, colors to the rainbow
q there are tones in the musical scale,
precious metals. Pleiades, one of ou
most beautiful consultations, numbers
stars. Hfl
a There are Z cardinal virtues; three {
/ these are Faith, Hope and Charity, San
: the greatest of these is Charity" I'll
E Duke of Wellington had 7 Marshal
y staffs. Ffla..f .. ..H a
!. The Pope is priest of 2 churches.
a The human head has openings.
+ The entrance to the celebrated dom
|. at Cologne has Z pillars set upon PEI
y estals, surnfounted by-7 statues.
We might continue to enumerate for
n column or more, and after we had Q,
!. hausted our memory some 7th son Of
q 7th son might predict a new set of
wonders arising from the Centennial or
:. Req. DR.. Steiner. i.a.
!. THE annual Alpine horror has take
L place, Geo. w, johnson, a London soil
= itOr, and his guide, Franz Saarbach, b
~ ing precipitated into a crevasse over
Is hundred feet deep, and buried with /
II and snow His companion, Mr.. HaYma