Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-26


GOD blessed the seventh dsY." Toe
preacher sid:
The mathematics OF the Bible is notice
able; the geometry and the arithmetic;
the square in Ez akiel; tie circle spoken
OF in I5aish; the curve alluded 70 In Job;
the rule OF fractions mentioned In Daniel !;
The rule Of loss and gsta In Mark where
Christ asks the people to cipher Gu by
that rule WHIST it would "pfCfi. man Il
he gain the whole world and lose his
soul" Bat there Is one mathematical
figure tha! IS crowned above I'll others in
the Bible; 1t 10 the Bu neral sevea, when
the Arabisns got from India, and all fol-
lowing ages have taken from the Ara
oinns. II Sands oetwesn the figure six
a4d the figure eight. IL TIA Bible al the
other numerals bow 20 it. Over 800
simes is 1t mentioned IN tia scriptures,
either alone Or compounded with other
words. In G3neei5 the week is rounded
into seven daye, and use ms text De-
Cause there this nun srsl is for tbs first
introduced in 3 journey which hal.s lot
until in the close o. the book Ct
R3yslatiors iis m0ru lept is built
into the wall of heaven n
crYsoHts which II the st-sta OF precious
stones is fas seventh. Il tho Bible We
lad tbht jacob hsi 20 Serve saven Jearc
to get :chel, hus che wss veil worth It
and f0yetelilng
TEE YEARS OF PROSPERITY
snd famine In Plaraoh's Tina the seven
is. oxen were eaten up Of tie seven lean
oxen; and wisdom ls said 10 bs built on
seven pii!srs; ana the srk was LEFT with
the PltlietinsS seven years; and Nsamsn,
for the cure OF leprosy, plunged IN the
JordI2 ssven tines; the dead child, when
K isha 5res'hed into its mouth, signaled
It's srrival back ia:o consciousness by
soet z.ug seyaa times; 10 the house thst
EZ 3kiel snT In vision there were seven
steps; the walls Ct Jericho, before they
fell down, were c1mpEssei eeven days;
IicasriAG descri5es stone with seven
eyes; To Cleanse lep-ous house the door
mus. be sprjnkled w!:h pigeons blood
seven times; il Canaan we're overthrow
seven n$S!ons; on one occssion Christ
c.tt ont seven devils; on mountain He
fed nlrliirde q people with
seven leaves, the fr.gmeu,s lefr
Alag seven baskets; ard the
closing passages OF the Q bic :re msg-
rihceDt and Cverwh emEIg wiki the in
egery made up OF seven cdlrcheE, seven
stare, eeyer candlestiCks, seven seals,
seven sngels, Srd seven heads, sud seven
croTas, ard seven horns, xnd ssveu sptr-
its, aad ssYen vis!s, REG seven plaques,
ard seven thunders.
Yea, this pumeral seven seems fayor
tie with the Divlas mind outside as well
as ins!de ths Bible, for ars there not
seven prismstic cclorsl And when God
with ;hs RAINBOW wrote TIE comforting
thought tha. the world would Fever hav4
another del1ge, he wrote Il o. tGe ecrHli
o. The SKY in Ink CT seven color5 H.
grouped into the PieiAGss seven st&rs
Rome, the capital Of the world, sGt on
seven hills. VII God would make
tho most Intelligent thug ou
Garth, me human couutensDce, He fssh-
ions II wish seven festuEcs-,hs Two saYe,
the iwJ eyes, the Two no,tIi.s and tie
mouth. Yes, cur body lasts cnlY seven
y-sra, aud we gr1du,lig Hhed It for an
other body after another seven years, and
80 On, TOR ne are, ss to cur bodies, sep.
ternisl animsls. So the mineral seven
RANGES THROUGH NATURE
and throu2h revelation. Il Is the nTn
ber OF perfection, aod 80 use /. sEile
speak OF tbs seven cIndlestcSs, the ssveu
stars, the seven seals and the seven tnun-
ders.
The ssven golden csndlesticks were
sod are the churches. Mark yen, the
chuTches nsver were, ana never eau De,
candles. Tley are only capdlesticks
They aye not tae light, hut they are 20
hold the light. A room In the night
might have in II five hundred csndl'-
sticks, and YET you could not see your
hand before your face. The only use CT
10 -
church, Ia 70 mold up the light. You see
it is a dark world, the D'glt Of sin, the
night Of trouble, the rignt Of supsrsti-
ton, the night Ct persecution, the right
OF poverty, the night Of sickness, the
night Of death; aye, about hfty nights
have interlocked their shadows. The
treted hopes and fallen fortunes, snd
dies, and death beds. o., how much we
have use for sli the seven csndlesticks,
with lights blazing from the top of each
one Of themi Ligh. Of pardon for ali
sinf Light of comfort for all trouble I
Light OF encouragement for sn deepon-
dsocyl Light of eternal riches TOR ali
poveriyl Light Of rescue for all perse-
cusi nj Light Ct reunion for all the be
reft Light Of heaven for sll the dying!
And that light is Christ, who Ia the
Light TIA: shall yet irradiate the
hemisphsres. But mark you, when I
ssy Churches are not candles, but csndle-
sticks, caat 10 slUr On candlesticks.
1 believe in beautiful candiesticks. the
candlesticke thst God ordered for tie
srcisnt Tabernacle wera something eX-
quisiIs. They were
DREAM CT BEAUTY
carved cut Of ICvgltness. They were
Dnsda OF hammered kolr, stood in foot
cf gold and mad six branches Of gold
bio 1ming all along In SIX lilies Ct gold
escn, and Eps Ct gold from which the
cAnales lifted their holy fire. And the
best houses in sn7 city ought 70 be the
churchee-.te beEt built, the bast venu-
Ie!eS, the beet s1ept, TIE best WindoWed
and the test chtndiered. Log cabins
may DO in Dsighhorhoods where most Of
the people live In log cabins; but let
there be palatiei churches for regions
where nnsny OF tbs people live In p,lsces
Do no. have O better place for yourself
than f,r your Lord aud King. Do not
live in parlor and put your Christ ID
kitchen. T1ese saven csndlesticks OF
which speak were not made out OF
pewter or iron they we're golden CANDLE
sticks, and gold is not only d valuable but