The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-05-08
this freedom, and that no one will be
hurt except those who should not be
screened.
am, sir, your obedient servant,
ADAM BARDEAU.
New York, April %, 1884.
Startling Calculations.

Of the dimensions of heaven, Rev. G.
Durham says, in the Raleigh Biblical Re.
corder?
Some years ago I preached two serndots
on Heaven" In the preparation Of
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: 16. I
confess 1 was greatly astonished, bewil-
dcred, and lost in the calculation before
me. I got new book few days ago
"Balch's Handbook and Everyday
Encyclopedia" ia"-and in 1t l find the cal
culation given rs follows:
Twelve thousand furlongs, 100000,
feet, which being cubed, 1876, ,793, ,0SS, S,000,-
0OO,OOO,0 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 a remainder
of 124, 1913, ,270 900 900, 100000 cubic feet.
Divide this by 1905, the cubical feet in
room sixteen feet square, and there will
be 30,321 ,S43, ,75O, 100000 rooms. We
will now suppose the world always did
and always will contain 990,0O0,000 in
habitants, and that generation lasts for
335 years. making in all 1870, ,0oo, 900
every century, and that the world will
stand 100000 years, or 1000 centuries,
making in all ,000,000,0 1000 inhabi.
tants. Then suppose there are one
hundred worlds equal TO this in number
of Inhabitants and duration of years,
making q total of 97,00O,0 900, 10000
persons, and there would be more. than a
| hundred rooms sixteen feet square for
each person."
Wonderful Wonderful! Wonder.
full II! Does it not give to some passa.
ges in Gods word new interest and
power? II 60 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 of man, the
things which God hath prepared for them
that love him." Is Heaven unlimited,
and the atonement limited? I?
DR.. James Boyce, of Erskine Semina.
ry, recently deliyered lecture to the
students on the Exodus Of the Children
of Israel from Egypt and their wander.
ings in the Wilderness for forty years."
One feature of the discourse that claimed
especial attention from the audience was
letter which thespeaker read from the War
Department at Washington, addressed by
Adjutant General R. .. 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 100000 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. The following is Gen.
Drums letter:
Hon. d.. ". Aiken, House Of Representa-.
tives:
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 I hope will enable MIR.
Boyce to gain, by deduction, such infor-
nation as may be useful in completing
his lecture on the subject.
FTSrst-"If the men of war in a com.
munty be given what will the entire
population be, supposing the Children OF
Israel numbered 2,400, 900"
The entire population in this country
is seven times as great as its arms bear
ing population. On this basis the mum.
Der of the. Children of Israel capable of
bearing arms would have been 342, 1857.
,Second-"How much ground would
serve for camping purposes for an army
of the size of the Children of Israel?"
10 camp an army of 342, S57 men
would have required about 49, square
miles, taking as a basis that it requires
4O0x4S1 PAGES for regiment of infantry
1000 strong, or about Is acres. This,
however, does not take into consideration
the space necessary between camps of
regiments.
TAird-"If in marching order in one
column how many miles in length would
that column be?"
The length of such column (342,S57
men) marching by lours, the modern for
nation, would be about II miles. This
Of course would be considerably shorten.
ed by increase of front as the lorma-
= Hox,a
Eomth-"The daily rations necessary
for such an army, making the estimate on
modern basis 2"
10 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 342, ,S57, would be, per day, fresh
meat 42S,59O pounds; bread 3S5,714
pounds.
Fiah-"If they had to depend on for
aging how much of we'll settled coun-
try would be necessary to furnish such
For an army of 342,S57 men to march
through a country and subsist by forag-
ing it 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.
iSiuh-"How many wagons would be
required to transport the baggage, rations
and sick of such an army ?"
1t would require at the rate of three
wagons to 1000 men for the baggage,
this would make train of 1,02S wagons,
and it would require 271 wagons to trans.
port one days rations of meat and bread,
and | ,OS6 ambulances for the sick. Very
respectfully your obedient servant,
r. G. DRUM,
Adjutant General.
-"Is your sister in, Johnny ?" "She
is. She's in the parlor waitin' for you.
Say, whatll yer give me if l tell you
what she said last night when you went
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