THE SCRIPTURAL WISH. Daniel's wisdom may I know, And, like him, to Christ appeal; Job's long patience may I know, Isaac's meditative heart; Abraham's friendship, how sublime! And in my life and conduct show How He convers'd, and liv'd below; LESSON ON NUMBER SEVEN. 1. God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it 2. Noah had seven days warning of the flood ..... ... .... 3. He was desired to take into the ark fowls of the air by sevens, and clean beasts by sevens.... 4. The ark touched the ground on the seventh month. 5. In seven days a dove was sent out, and again in seven days after...... ... .... 6. Joseph foretold seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, by King Pharaoh's dreams of the seven ears of corn, and seven kine 7. Nebuchadnezzar was seven years as a beast... ...... .... 8. The fiery furnace was heated seven times hotter than usual, for Shadrach, Meshech, and Abednego 9. Seven of Saul's sons were hanged, to stay a famine 10. Job's friends sat with him seven days and seven nights, and offered seven bullocks, and seven rams, as an atonement for their wickedness. 11. Miriam was cleansed of her leprosy, by being shut up seven days... 12. Solomon was seven years building the temple, and feasted seven days at the dedication ...... 13. Naaman was cured of his leprosy after having dipped seven times in the River Jordan References. Gen. ii. 3. Gen. vii. 4. Gen. vii. 2. Gen. viii. 4. Gen. viii. 10. Gen. xli. 25-27. Daniel iv. 16. Daniel iii. 19. 2 Sam. xxi. 9. Job. xlii. 8. Numb. xii. 15. 1 Kings vi. 38. 2 Kings v. 14. 14. The men of Jabesh Gilead fasted seven days, after having buried the bones of Saul, and his three sons, under a tree in Jabesh. ...... ........ 15. The walls of Jericho fell down, after having been encompassed seven days by Joshua, and seven Priests, blowing seven trumpets of rams' horns .... 16. Gehazi went down to the water-side seven times, before he saw the small cloud like a man's hand .... References. 1 Sam. xxxi. 13. Josh. vi. 15-20. .. 1Kings xviii.44. .... 17. Christ fed upwards of four thousand people on seven loaves, and a few small fishes 18. Christ informs Peter, that he ought not only to forgive his brother seven times, but until seventy times seven Matt. xv. 36. Matt. xviii. 22. LESSON ON NUMBER FORTY. It rained forty days and forty nights, when God brought the flood upon the earth, which destroyed all mankind, except Noah and his family.. Moses fasted forty days and forty nights, when he received the ten commandments from God on Mount Sinai.... ..... Moses sent out twelve spies, who were forty days searching the land of Canaan, to which the people were going.. The Israelites, because of their wickedness, wandered about the wilderness full forty years Goliath the giant defied the armies of Israel, day after day for forty days, before he was slain by David, the youngest son of Jesse the Ephrathite The prophet Elijah fasted forty days on his journey to Mount Horeb, after having eaten of the food provided for him by the angel .... Gen. vii. 17. Exod. xxiv. 18. Numb. xiii. 25. Psalm xcv. 10. 1 Sam. xvii. 16. 1 Kings xix. &. The prophet Ezekiel bore the iniquities of the house of Judah forty days, being one day for each year's guilt.... The prophet Jonah cried, "Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown." God however spared it, because the king and people humbled themselves, and repented in sackcloth and ashes .... Jesus was tempted of Satan forty days in the wilderness He continued on earth forty days after his resurrection from the dead, (Acts i. 3.) and was seen at ten different times : 1. By Mary Magdalen, who thought he was the gardener 2. By the women when He said, "All hail 3. By two of the disciples as they were going to the village Emmaus 4. By Simon Peter... .......... ...... 5. By the disciples when Thomas was ..... absent ing .... 7. By the disciples when they were fish 8. By the disciples on a mountain in Galilee.. .... References. Ezek. iv. 6. Jonah iii. 4. Matt. iv. 2. John xx. 15. Mark xxviii. 9. Luke xxiv. 31. Luke xxiv. 34. Luke xxiv. 36. John xx. 26. John xxi. 4. Matt.xxviii.16. 9. By James, one of the apostles...... 1 Cor. xv. 17. 10. By the disciples on the day of his ascension to heaven Jerusalem was destroyed by Titus, the Roman Emperor, forty years after Christ's ascension to Heaven. CONTRASTS. The Righteous and the Wicked. Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings..... Isaiah iii. 10. Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him; for the reward of his hands shall be given him ...... Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about .... References. Isaiah iii. 11. Psalm xxxii. 10. Prov.iv. 18, 19. Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved, but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall. Prov. xxviii. 18, The path of the just is as a shining light; the way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.............. The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, but he blesseth the habitation of the just .... ...... The fear of the Lord prolongeth days, but the years of the wicked shall be shortened....... The fear of the wicked it shall come upon him, but the desire of the righteous shall be granted The hope of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectation of the wicked shall perish .......... The wicked is driven away in his wickedness, but the righteous hath hope in his death .... ..... ... The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot The wicked is snared by the transgression of his own lips, but the just shall come out of trouble .... .... God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers...... Prov. xi. 8. Prov. iii. 33. Prov. x. 27. Prov. x. 24. Prov. x. 28. Prov. xiv. 32. Prov. x. 7. Prov. xii. 13. Job viii. 20. Many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.. Daniel xii. 2. The importance of such a Lesson as the above, must be obvious; but it will require the Teacher to be very careful in explaining some parts thereof, as well as the meaning of |