Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-05-01
STARTLING CALCULATIONS.

OF the dimensions of Heaven, Rev. G.
Durham says, in the Raleigh Biblical Re-
cOrler:
Some years ago I preached two sermons
on "Heaven." In the preparation of one
of these, | was led to study the following
Scripture, viz: "And hemeasured the city
with the rod, twelve thousand turlongs.
The length, and the breadth, and the height
of it are equal" Rev. 81 : 16. | confess l
was greatly astonshed, bewildered, and lost
in the calculation before me. | got new
book a few days ago-"Balch's Handbook
and Everyday Encyclopedia"-and in it
find the calculation given as follows:
"Twelve thousand furlongs, 1920, 900 feet,
which being cubed, 1876, 1913, ,OSS, 100000, ,000,-
900 cubic feet. Half Of this we will reserve
Heaven, and half of the balance for streets,
leaving remainder of 124, 1876, ,270, ,0O,-
10000 cubic feet. Divide this by 1905, the
cubical feet in room sixteen feet square,
and there will be 80, ,32l ,Si3, $50 600, ,000roOms.
We will now suppose the world always did
and always will contain 990,000,0O0 inhabi-
tants, and that generation lasts for 335
years, making in all 2,970,000,0 600 every CEN
tury, and that the world will stand 100000
years, or 1000 centuries, making in all q
$1,000, 900 inhabitants. Then suppose
in number of inhabitants and duration of
years, making total of 297 ,O00 600, 900, 900
persons, and there would be more than a
hundred rooms sixteen feet square for each
person."
Wonderful Wonderful! Wonderful!
Does it not give to some passages in Gods
word new interest and power? II go to
prepare place for you. Yet there is room.
Compel them to come in, that my house
may be filed" eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart
for them that love him." Is Heaven un-
limited, and the atonement limited?
DR.. James Boyce, of Erskine Seminary,
recently delivered a lecture to the students
on the EXODUS of the Children of Israel
from Egypt and their wanderings in the
Wilderness for forty years." One feature
of the discourse that claimed especial at
tentiOn from the audience was letter which
the speaker read from the War Department
at Washington, addressed by Adjutant Gen.
eral r. c.. Drum to Hon. d. w. Aiken,
furnishing some information solicited by
DR.. Boyce. In reading the figures of the
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 100000 men besides chill
dren 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 The following is Gen. Drums letter:
Hon. ID. ". Aiken, House Of Representatives:
Dear Sir-Referring to the letter from the
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 information as may be useful in COM
pleting his lecture on the subject.
Ftrst-"If the men of war in communi-
ty be given what will the entire population
be, supposing the Children OF Israel num-
bered 2,4O0,O00?"
The entire population in this country is
seven times as great as it's arms bearing
population. On this basis the number Of
the Children of Israel capable of bearing
arms would have been 342, ,857.
,Second-"How much ground would serve
for camping purposes for an army OF the size
Of the Children of Israeli"
TO camp an army of 342, ,S57 men would
have required about 133 square miles, taking
as basis that it requires 400X4S1 PAGES for
q
25 acres. This, however, does not take into
consideration the space necessary between
camps of regiments.
Tnd-"If in marching order in one col
umn how many miles in length would that
column be 2"
The length of such a column (342,S57
men) marching by fours, the modern for
nation, would be about II miles. This Of
course would be considerably shortened by
increase of front as the formation no doubt
was in those days.
Fo,uth.-"The daily rations necessary for
such an army, making the estimate on a
modern basis?"
To give the two principal parts of the ra-.
ton will probably answer. the purpose OF
Mr.. Boyce. The amount Of fresh meat and
bread necessary to feed an army of 342,S57,
would be, per day, fresh meat $3.50
pounds bread 3S5,714 pounds.
Fyth-If they had to depend on foraging
how much of a we'll settled country would
be necessary to furnish such foraging?"
For an army of 342,S57 men to march
through country and subsist by foraginglt
would be necessary that the force be divided
into as many as eight or ten separate COL
umns and the country through which the
march is to be made would have to be well
settled and highly productive and fully LOO
miles in breadth.
,Srth-"How many wagons would be re-
quired to transport the baggage, rations and
sick of such an army?"
1t would require at the rate of three wag-
ons to 1000 men for the baggage, this would
make train of 1,O2S wagons, and it would
require 271 wagons to transport one days
rations of meat and bread, and 1,OS6 ambu-
lances for the sick. Very respectfully your
Obedient servant, X. Z. DRUM,
Adjutant General.