The Shasta courier., 1853-08-20
EIrtS-. aies oil Li,craturc.

In the California Christian .43rocq'e of Aug
10 IL. we fin alt c.e heatci Dimensions ut
New j, rIIsalt M" Which. of all nller y aces.
would lra>t expect To- see IN the columns oi thai
J",Irnal. Bni sincr ii is lert, We suppose tina:
il isall right aud accordingly lay portion OF
bei''re "flr readers It Cui.iornian
Not long since noticed going the rounds
ot The press. solir Curiou> calcuaiious entitled
IA description of Heaven by correspondent
ol a Charlottesville (va.) paper The very
caption npade us al first fear That tIle article was
II, rely Sil".,larive.
T" . We inve heard too often the sublime fi,ures
OF revelation tortured by the narrow caprices
of unS:nciitied minds, aud bolnIlastic emptiness
u ylunSpire, lips, describing the eceiies wher.
Angels fear 10 Tread. But reailing The arli-
Gle we fund 1t mathematical aud astonishing
. he word OF God has drawn lines and
marked boundaries oi The leavenl, Jerusalem.
81. John Rev. 81 l0-l6) the great ciry de-
sceYdiug irom God, ont OF Heaven, having his
glory. AID q wall, great aud high" and
Twelve gai'S;' on The east three gates. on the
norih Three gales, cn,ihe sonl three gates. and
t''i he west three gaies. Aud The angel had
g.;idt II reed io measure the city. The descrip-
lion Is given: : And ihe city lyeih four square,
and HE length is large the brea.h and
lie measured the civ with the reed, twelve
Thousand iurlongs. The ienglh, and the breadth,
aud The heishlh nl il are equal. 1t seems proper
then Ia inrasHre the New Jerusalelii. And upon
tl..s the aHicle referred To makes the following
Calculations, which we slidll 90 in order
10 verify.
''l2 900 fnrlongs. Z 500 600 feet which being
cubiica is 5S903. .0SS 600 900 900 600 cubical
feel The half ut which will reserve for The
throne and HE Conrt of Heaven; half of the
balance for streets, and The remainder, divided
by 4 096. the cubica ie.t in Il room ii feel
sIu and 10 feel high, y.iil be 1882 8i3 ,750-
0Jo,0G0 rooms.
We VIII now suppose the world always did.
and always will contain 600 0l0 900 III nliabf-
auiS, and generation will last 3j3 years. o,70o
millions every century. aud HAT The world will
stand one Isundrcd thousand yearS-270 rilonS
~ iitrsu Then suppose there were 80
such worlds, equal Ia His number ui iuhabi-
ants, aud duration oi wears, then there would he
ruonI.l6 !, et long. 10 feel high and l6 feei
vide for each person and yet there would BE-
room"
" Only think Of thirty qnadrions 'hrce hun
drod aud twen'y-nne iriilions, eight hunortd
and foriy-hree billions, and seven hundred and
fifty millions nt rooms in one fourth of the holy
city is there rot room in The New Jerusalem!
j Is really 1900 miles square, or possesses B.
3y5 900 900 cubic miles. And ihs GENES down
oui OF Heaven, and is only New Jerusalem
There is the heavenly Hebron Demascus. Beth
lehen and we kn,w not how lnaiy other cii,s
of note, circling round in the holy Canaan.-
There will be room for all. None need fear be-
ing shut out for want of room. And if JerS;l-
lem is thus large. " hat is Heaven iSelfl 1t j,
large beyond computation. Who hath meas
nre,l that 81. John only one city, and OH
what spendor, glory, brightness. beauty power
was IN IL hu, lIeaven itself is still higher