Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-10-22
BIBLE MATHEMATICS.
EiNlJSI 7 TABERNACLE
SERMON.
Tho Mystical Sevan and lis Prominence Among
Biblical Numbsrs-Ths Seven Day, the
Seven Golden CandlsshekS and the
Seven Seals.

BROOKLYN, October 2l.-Inis noinins
at the Tabernacle, the Rev. I. De"ltt
Talmsge, D. D, gave runring commen-
tary on tbs Goth Chapter of Rsvela'l7n'
concerning the claiming oftfe Old Dragon
The congregation joined in s!ugi7g the
familiar hymn of Paul Gernsrt, bsgnning;
"Giye 10 the winds thy fears,
Hope and be urdismayed."
DIR. TalmaZe's sermon WAS on seven IN
the Bible" and his text, Genesis, Ch 2,
v %: "God Blessed the Seventh Day."
The preacher ssid:
The mathematics Of the Bibls is noti'e-
able: the geometry and the arithmetic: the
su uare in Ezekiel: the circle spoken OF IN
Isaiah: the curve alladed TO in Jcb; the rule
of fractions mentioned in Darisl: 'h' rule
of loss anu gain in Mark where Christ
asks the people to cphFr out ps
that rule what it woald "proit man u
bA Gain the whole world snd lose his
soul.n But there IS one mathematical
6purs that is crowned above all others IL
the Bible: it i, the numeral seveo, Which
the Arab ans got from Iodiaani al follow
inc ayes have taken from tSe Arabiars
r. stands between the figure six and the
figure eight. Iu the Bible ali tie o;neI
minerals bow to it. Over three hundred
times is it mentioned in the Scriptures,
either alone OF compounded with ether
words. In Genesis the week is iounded
in.o seven days, aud l use my text be
cause there this numeral is tor the hrst In
troJu, ,ed in a Journey which haits not
un,il in the close ct the BOOK %
Revelations lie monument Is fuu'
INTO the wsll Gf fclvy. ciy5o-
lts which in the strata OF precious
tones is the seventh. In thu Bible We mo
TINT Jacob had to serve seven years 10 get
Rschel but she was we'll worth 1t: and
!or,e l,r O the years Of prosperity ana IAN
m. in Pnsrcah' the tins the seven tat oxen
were eaten up of the seven lean oxea; anu
wi ;dom is SAID to be built on seven piilafs;
and the ark was left with t1e Phlils'lne
served years: and Naaman for the cure OF
his leprosy plunged in the Jordan seven
times. the dead child, WHEN f isha breath
ed into it's mouth, signalled its arrival DICK
into unconscicusnts5 by sue ng seven
times: to the house that Ezaklei saw IN
yison lere Ue:e seven steps: tie walls OF
Jerico, before they fell down were com
passed seven days: Zichariah desclDss
A STONE WITH SEVEN EYES:
to cleanse leprous house the door must
be sprinkled with rige,n's bl'od sesea
t;mes. in Canaan were overthrown seven
nations. on one occasion Chris. cast cut
seven dsvils; on a mountain rs fad mul-
titute cf psopls with seven loaves, the
frsgu eots lf5 filing sven baskets; si d
tina closing passages Of the b b!ee are mag
nifcent and Overwhelming with the
imagery made up of teyen churches, seven
s,a,s seven candle shcks, seVen stal',
even angels and seven beads, and Sven
crowns. and seven horns, and seven epIls =,
and seven vials, and seven piagues, and
seven thunGe-s. .-...
Va, this pumeral seven seems favor!te
with the Divine mird o7tsiie as we'll as
ir side tie Bible, for are there not seven
nri,mst;c colors? Apd when God with
the rainbow wrote the comforting thought
that the world would never rave anotht I
dslnpe. he wrote il on the scroll OF the
,tv in ink of seven coloIs He grouped
into the Pleiades sesea stars. Rome, the
canital of the woIl1, sat on
seven hills. When God would make
the 4 most intelligent thing on
earth, the human countenapce, DE lash
ions it with seven features-the two esr',
the two eye,, the two nostri's and the
mouth. Yea, our body lists only seven
Years. and We g;adually shed it for an.
other body after another seven years, and
50 o., for we are, as to our b,dies, septer'
nisl animals. So the numtrl sven
ranges thror gh nature and through reysla
ton, 1t is tre number of perfection, and
so use it while l speak OF the sever
csndlesticks, the seven stare, the seven
seals and the seven thunders.
THE sEvEN GOLDEN CANDLEs1icKs
were and are the churches. Max you
,be churches never We're. and never car
ba candles Thty are only cardiest'cks
Thsv are not the ligh but they srs e
ho,d the light. A room in the nigh
might have in it five hundred candle
st;cks and vet you could not ses you
hand befue your face. The only use OF I
csndlestick, and the OILY use o
church, is to hold up the lign'
Ib li.ve in beautiful candlestick'' IN
cSn1l ssticks that God crlore1 for tn
ancient tabsrpacle were s'me'ning tx
onisite They were dream OF teaut.
csrvsd ont of loveliness. They were mad
of hammered gold, set in foot Ct gold
and had six branches of gold, blooming a.
along in six lilies of g Id esci, and ii.
cold from which the candles If ell the'
Solv fire. And the beat : ooes 10 any CIT
onobt To be the churctes-the best bull
ths hest yep,ilated, the tc't swep
the be t wicdnwsd snd the De-
chaudeliered. Leg cabins may 90
pe;cnborhoods wDsre most OF IN
necn,e live in log cabins; but let thtrc b
nsla.;al churches for regions where man
Of the psople live in palace. Do net h''
better place for yourself than for yoJ
Land and King d. rot live IN pnl'
ond mt your Christ in a kitchen. The'
seven candlesticks of which l spesk wei
: not made out of pewter or ironi they we
Golden csndleaicks, and gold is rot only
, Valuable but o bright metsl. Have ever,
thing shout your church bright-yo'
, nshsrs with su ling faces, your music Ju
. liant your hsnd.sbaking cordial, your e
, tire service attractive.
ANOTHER MIGHTY SEVEN.
Inns on TO anot her mighty bible seve
and they are the seven seals. 81. Jonn
, vision saw q scroll with seven seals, and
heard an angel crs: "Wto is worthy
loose the sails thereof Take e'gnt
: ten sheets of 70 ,lscaP paper, paste the
: together and roll them into a scroll, al
: have the scrcll at seven different plac
s sealed with sealing wax. fou uaroli I
: scroll till you come 10 ore / these ses
: and then yoa can % no fu:tser until y
! come to another sal and You can g.
further until you break that sal; tn
:. YOU 2, on cntI all the seven sss Is
y broken. and the o,ntents Of tbs en-
= = scroll il revealed Nov, that scroll vi
= seven seals led by the apgel was !
= prophecy of what was to come On !
= = earth: it meant that the knoWl ledge OF
future was with God, and no man and
angel was worthy to cpsn l.; Dot
Bible Gays Christ opened 1t and 1'oke
ths seven seIs. He brake the mt
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