The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-08
Startling Calculations.

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Startling Calculations.
Of the dimensions of heaven. Rev. G
Durham says, In tho Raleigh Biblical Re
corder2
Some years ago preached two SERMON,
OIL Heaven" In the preparation O
one Of these, was led to study the fol
lowing scripture, viz: And he meas
ured the city with the rod, twelve thou.
sand furlongs The length, and The
height of it are equal" Rev. 81: :l6.
couiess was greatly astonished, bewil
dcred, and lost in tho calculation before
me. got new book few days ago
"Balch's Hand. Book and Every. Day
Encyclopedia'-d in 1t find the cal.
culation given rs follows:
Twelve thousand furlongs, 1920 900
feet, which being cubcd, 496, ,793, ,OSS, 900,
| 600, 100000 cubic feet. Half of this We
| will reserve for the Throne of God and
the Court of Heaven, and half of the
| balance for streets, leaving remainder
of 124, 1920 900, 900, 100000 cubic feet.
Divide this by 1000, the cubical feet in
q room sixteen feet square, dnd there will
be 30,92l ,843, 700. .0O0.O0 rooms. We
will neg suppose the world always did
and always will contain 990,OOO,00 in.
habitants, and :hst u generation lasts for
335 years. making in all 2,970, ,O0O, 900
every century, and that the world will
stand 100000 years, or 900 centuries,
making in all 2,970,0O0,OO0,00O iuhabi.
tants. Then suppose there are one
hundred worlds equal TO this in number
of Inhabitants and duration of years,
making n total of $4,000, ,O00, 900 900
persons, and there would be more than a
hundred rooms sixteen feet square for
each person."
Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonder.
ful ! Does it not give to some passa-
ges in Gods word new interest and
power II go to prepare place for you.
Yet there is room. Compel them to come
III, that my house may be filed" "Eye
hath not aeen. nor ear heard, neither
have entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for them
that love him." Is Heaven unlimited,
and the atonement limited
DIR. James Boyce, of Erskine Semina.
ry, recently deliyered lecture to the
students Oh the Exodus Of the Children
of Israel from Egypt and their wander.
ings in the Wilderness for forty years."
GHs feature CT the discourse that claimed
especial attention from the audience was o
letter which thespeaker read from the War
Department at Washington, addressed by
Adjutant General r. y. Drum to Hon.
D. w. Aiken, furnishing some informa.
ton solicited by DR.. Boyce. In reading
the figures of the Adjutant General, just
double them nearly, and you will have
correct numbers, as this officer did not
entirely understand Dir. Boyce's first
question. In the Exodus the fact is
stated that G00,00 men besides children
and also mixed multitude went up out
of the land of Egypt. The figures as
they are in this letter, are startling and
show what an amount of water and food
had to come from this Wilderness to
sustain this host. re following is Gen.
Drums letter:
Hon. D. ~. aiken, House Of Repressnta.
.ives:
Dear sir-Referring to the letter from
the Rev'd Mr.. Boyce, which you referred
to me requesting answers to the questions
therein. submitted, relative to matters
incident to the Exodus of the Children
Of Israel, I'have the honor TO submit the
following answers, made on modern
basis, which ! hope will enable Mr..
Boyce to gain, by deduction, such infor.
his lecture on the subject
munity be given what will the entire
Israel numbered 2,400,O00?"
The entire population in this country
is seven times as great as its arms bear.
ing population. On this basis the mum.
ber of the Children Of Israel capable of
bearing arms would have been 342, ,S57.
'Second-"How much ground would
servo for camping purposes for an army
of the siEe OF the Children Of Israel {"
To camp an army Of 342, 857 men
would have required about 1871 square
miles, taking as basis that it requires
4OOx48l PAGES for regiment of infantry
1000 strong, or about rs acres. This,
however, does not take into consideration
the space necessary between camps of
regiments.
hird-"If in marching order in one
column how many miles in length would
that column be7"
The length of such column (342,
nen) marching by iours, tn, modern for
nation, would be about II miles. This
of course would be considerably shorten.
ed by increase of front as the forma.
ton no doubt was in those days.
EourM-"The daily rations necessary
for such sn army, =, making the estimate on
TO give the two principal parts OF the
ration will probably answer the purpose
of Mr.. Boyce. The amount of fresh
meat and bread necessary to feed an
army of 1857, would be, per day, fresh
meat 42S,690 pounds; bread 3s5.714
pounds.
NM-''If they had 70 depend on for.
aging how much of we'll settled coun.
try would be necessary to furnish auch
foraging3"
For an army of 342,s57 men to march
through q country and subsist by forag.
Ing II would be necessary that the force
be divided into as many as eight or ten
separate columns and the country
through which the march is to be made
would have to be we'll settled and highly
productive and fully 100 miles In
breadth.
&rth-"HOw many wagons would be
required to transport the baggage, rations
and sick of such an army 2"
1t would require at the rate of three
wagons to 1000 men for the baggage,
this would make train Of 1923 wagons,
and it would require 271 wagons to trans.
port one days rations Of meat and bread,
and 1,0SS ambulances for the sick. Very
respectfully your obedient servant,
r. @. DRUM,
Adjutant General.
TIA your sister in, Johnny 2" "She
is. She's in the parlor waitin' for you.
Say, whatll yer give me If I toll you