The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-06-01
THE NCayBER SEVEN

When God created the world III,
restel Oh the 7th day. There ale
dIvs in the week. I letters in tn,
name OF Jehovah, svllables in til,
MoIlDmmedan formula ct prayer-l;
i'll IL all As the food was To b gii
on the 7th day and continue weeks
Noah selected / pairs of clean animal
anil birds male and female. and gath.
cred them in the ark. On the Tth day
the dove returned It's message Eve
rv one is familiar with the { fat and
lean kline, the 7 fruitful and I barren
ears of corn. I years of plenty and l
years of famine. Jacob served years
for Rachel, and was cheated with Leah
and served another years. and receiv
eel his reward. Seven days he WAS
followed bv Laban, his iatner-in law.
(That was before the unhappy days OF
mother in law When Jacob died
his son Joseph lamented for him I
days. Every 7th year the lsraeltes
permitted theii fields to remain idle
end untitled; this was called the
'Sabbatical year" At the siege Of
(trOmbOnes) went around the walls
of the city, and at the Ith blast the
walls fell. eve have no such dan
gerous wind Instruments IN our days.
although there would be little Difficult
tv in finding "blowcIs.D Seven times
ten wears were the israelites held cap
tive in Babylon. Seven times ten
Hebrew scholars translated theUld Tes-
lament mo Greek for the AleXandrian \
Library. There were times ten
members of the High Councils of Jer-
usalem, not counting the high priests.
When Peter asked, Lord. no"
many times must | forgive my broth
er; is it enough times Z" Jesus re-
piled. Il say unto you, not only 7,
but seventy times /"
A just mau falleth I times and
riseth NIP agaiu."-PrUv., xiv, Is.
"When thine enemy speakrth fair,
believe him not for there are abOm
nations in his heart Prov, XVI.
%. II er. are ! attributes of the Al
mighty. ! gifts of the Holy Ghost,
psalms OF penance, supplications in
the Lords PRAYER, words of the
cross. the Catholic Church has sa-
crJneutS. There are wounds OF
Christ ON the cross, In the Rtvcla
tinns there are I angels with I golden
chalices filled with divine wrath; also
Z lamps with I flames are mentioned
there Who does not know of the -
slcrpers," the youthful Christian
martyrs, whO escaped in II cavern near
EpheSII5. ani fell asleep and slumbrr-
ell undi5turbed for 200 wears There
are wonders of the world. I wise
men of Greece. The Mohammudan's
plraiise contains I heavens. Rome
has been governed bv I kings, likes
wise Prussia, for the 7th is now En-
perOr Wilhelm During the years
war under Frederick H., history men
tions I important battles The war
in Spain between the Curlis : and
Christians lasted years. The Fran
CO. -Prussian war lasted I months. and
the 1th regiment was first to distin-
gui.h itself
On the 23th G times y Of Scptem-
her, 1870; Strl>buur1 surrenlc. cd ON
the 18TH of October Metz. and ON the
2SLh uf January. 1911, Paris. Rome
is built on I hill; 50 are CONSTANT
n"pIe, Nurrnhurg Hamburg and Lis
bon Ancient Thehas. also Athens
Bagda1 and Morocco each bad gateS.
Seven elite, cl,im.l the honor Of be
ing uOner'S birthplace There were
steps leading TO the tomb of Darius.
the Persian King; steps Jo Solomou's
throne; arms or branches to sh,.
lamp in the temple ut .IpruSalcm !
wicks in the perpetual lamp (rtcrnal
hlnr) To the rites of TIC Grt ELK Church.
The river Nile has ! mouths (bui
still remains discreetlv silent about i,s
source.) There are ! Canary islands,
lonian islam IL, ! colorS in the rain
boy there are / tones in the musical
scale, precious metals plclahcs.
one of our most beautiful conste.la-
tions. numbers I stars
here are ! cardinal virtues three
of these are Faith. Hope and Charity,
"aul the greatest of these is Charity
The Duke of Wellington has I Mar
saai', stlifS.
The Pope is priests Of churches.
The human heal has I openings.
TIL" entrance To the celebrated dome
at Cologne has pillars set upon I
peleStal', SUI mounted 10y statues.
We might continue to enumerate
Tor column or IN >re, and af ,cr we
have exhausted our mc:noIy. some
Tth son of Il 7th son might predict a
new set OFT wonders arising from the
Centennial era.--Rer Dr. Steiner.
OCEAN SPLENDoRs When the seq
is perfectly clear and transparent il
allows the eve to distinguish objects
al n very ornnt lrntl \pir Minlnra