The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-10-28
THE NUMBER SEVEN.
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| Seven is holy number. There were
eeven days in the week, and the seventh
is the Sabbath, or day ofrest There are
seven spirits before The throne Of God !:
seven divisions Ia the Lords PRAYER |:
seven ages ia the life Of man. and we ara
commanded to forgive offenses seventy
times seven. Every seventh wear was
Sabbatical, and seven times seven years
brought round the Jewish Jubilee.
Then we have the seven churches ,of
Asia, seven candiesticks, seven stara.
seven trumpets, seven horns the lamb
hsd seven eyes; Pharaoh in his dream,
saw seven Kline and seven ears of corn.
typiiying the seven years of plenty. and
| seven years of famine, etc.
NO: Is THIS confined to sacred history
and it will be interesting to enumarate
some things TO which this mystic number
was given.
seven bodies IN alchemy-The sun is
gold, the moon silver, Mars iron. Mercu-
ry quicksilver, Saturn lead, Jupiter tin.
and Venus copper. ~,
The sever-hilled city-Ancient Rome.
1t being built upon seven hills.
The seven mortal sins-Pride. wrath
envy, lust, gluttony, avarice and cloth.
Inc seven virtues Faith, hope, cbari-
~, prudence, fortitude and temperance.
Inc first three are called the holy yir-
tues. ,a.
lhe Seven champions of Chrstendom
ST: George for England, St. Andrew
for Scotland. st. Patrick for Ireland. ST.
David for Wales, st. Denys for. Franco.
Ct. James for Spain, and st. Anthony for
Italy. AoA
Ihe seven senses Of man According
70 EHclesiastes, they are seeing, hearing.
tasting, smelling, feeling, and, in add.
ton, are given understanding and.speecb.
The first five arc common TO ali the ami.
mate creation; man alone is supnosed
to be raised above the brute by possessing
The seven sisters-This is n window in
the north transept of York Cathedral.
England, and so called because it has
seven tall lancets (high and narrow. OPEN
inggs).
The seven aleepers-AccordiD the
legend, were seven noble youths of Ephe-
sus, who fed in the Decian persec,t;nn
to cave in Mount Celion, the mouth Of
which became blocked with stones. Az.
ter 230 years they we're discovered and
awoke, but died within few daya and
were taken in large coffin to Marseilles
Visitors are stili shown IN ST. Vietus
Church the stOno coffin IL iras n =, nm
cient superstition that when the aleepers
turned on their sides il indicated great
disaster to Christendom. ',.'',
The seven wise men of Greece-Seyen
Greek phiioshophers Of the sixth century
Is. O., noted for their mnxims.
Bius-His maxim was, "Most men are
,Chilo-"Consider the end"
Cieobus--"Avoid extremes.p
ferIander--"Nothing is impossible to
Pittecusm.Know thy oppertunity.,
Solon-"Know thyself" 's
Thales-"Sn "Snretyshfp is the forerunner
The seven wonders of the world Tan.
cient)-The pyramids of Egypt, the hang. +
ing gardens of Babylon, the tomb of
Mansolis, the temple of Diana Mt Ephe-
sns, the temple of Rhodes, the statue. of
Leas by Phidias, the Pharos of Egypt.
or the palace of Cyrus cemented With
The seven wonders of the world fmod.
ern)-The coliseum at Rene, the cata.
conss at alexandria, the great wall OF
China, Stonehenge. the leaning tower of
pisa, the porcelain tower of Nankin, The
mosque of St. Sophia in Constantine
pie. e
The seven wonders of North America
rails of Niagara, the great lakes. the
canyons cf the Colorado. Yosemite val
ley, the big trees of California, Yellow
stone Perk, Great Salt Lake.
Seven years. war-The war maintained
oy frederick II. of Prussia against Aus
tria, Russia and France.
Ehe seven dials, London-A coluynn
rallied in, which formerly stood at the
ancient limits of St. Giles, and seven
dials were affixed to it, facing tho sew
eu streets which radiated from that CEN
The seven churches of Asia-Ephesus.
smyrna, Perganus, Thyatira, Sardis:
Philadelphia, Laodicea.
), Ihe seven spirits that stand before the
throne of God--Micheal, Gabriel.
L,am,ael, Raphael, zachariei, Arael Ori.
Seven times Christ spoke upon tho
cross.-"F Father, forgive them. thew know
not what they do.n TO day thou sheit
be with ma in phradise.b ssWoman.
behold be- thy son r ,"My God, my God,
Why hast thou forsaken me ~ "T Tthirst.b
1T 10 finished" aFatller, into Thy
hands | commend my spirit.D n
4 give my support to Mis military 55iiisa. a