The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-10-12

titled. This was called the Z. sal,hat;ca,
year.:.o AT the Siege M Jericho Z priests
with trumpets (trombones} went around
the walls OF the city, and at the Yth blast
the wallsfen. 1--WE have 10 such dan gerous
wind instruments in BUR day, although
there would besittle- difficulty in finding
blowers:') Seven times 10 years were
the Israelites held captive in BABYLON
Seven times 10 Hebrew scholars trans
lated the Old Hebrew Testament into
Greek. for the Alexandrian library. There
were 7 TIMES 10 members Of HE hich
council of Jerusalem, not counting the
presiding high priests. q, : ~
When Peter asked, "Lord, how manv
times must l forgive nv brother. is i
enough 7 times pr Jesus replied II saw
unto. you not 7, but 20 times -,
"A just man fallcth times and riseth
up again. Prov. XIV, 16.
When thine enemy speaketh fair be-
lieve him not, for there are I denominations
in his heart prov. XVI, 25). There are
7 attributes of the Almighty, 7 gifts of the
Holy Ghost, psalms Of penance. 7 sun
plications in the Lords prayer, 7 words
of the cross, the Catholic Church has T
sacraments. There are wounds of Christ
on the cross. In Revelations there are 7
angels with Z golden chalices filled with
divine wrath; also lamps with flames
are mentioned there. Who does not know
Of the 80 sleepers," the 7 youthful
Christian martyrs who escaped into a
cavern near Ephesus and fell asleep, and
slumbered undisturbed for 200 years.
There are 7 wonders of the world; wise
men of Greece. The Mohammedan' 8
paradise contains heavens. Rome has
been governed by 7 kings, likewise Prus-
STA, for the 18th is Emperor Wilhelm. Dur
ing the Z years war under Frederick II
history mentions important battles. The
war in Spain between the Carlists and
Christians lasted years. The Franco
Prussian war lasted 7 months, and the It'll
regiment was the first to distinguish itself.
On the 29th -four times y Of Septem-
Der, 1870, Strasburg surrendered, on the
2Sth OF October, Metz, and on the 2Sth of
January, 1871, Paris. Rome is built on
Z hills; so are Constantinople, Nuren-
berg, Bamberg and Lisbon. Ancient
Thebes, also Athens, Bagdad and Moroc-
co.. each had Z gates. Seven cities
claimed the honor OF being Homer's birth
place. There were steps leading to the
tomb of Darius, the Persian King; 7
steps, to Solomon's throne; Z arms or
branches 10 the lamp IN the temple at DE-
rusalem; wicks in the perpetual lamp
eternal tiame) to the rites Of the Greek
Church.
The River Nile has mouths (but still
remains discreetly silent about its source).
There are Canary islands, Ionian ISL
ands, colors in the rainbow; there are 7
tones in the musical scale, precious met
ais. Pleiades, one of our most beautiful
consultations, numbers stars.
There are cardinal virtues; three of
these are faith, hope and charity, "and
the greatest of these is charity" The
Duke of Wellington had marshal's
staffs
The Pope is priest of churches.
The human head has openings.
The entrances to the celebrated dome at
Cologne have 7 pillars set upon pedes-
tails, surmounted by statues.
We might continue to enumerate for a
column or more, and after we have ex-
hausted our memory, some seventh son Of
It'll son might predict new set of 7
wonders, arising from the Centennial era,
not emitting the Missouri exhlbit.-St.
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