*** The Finished Mystery (book, 1917 edition) p.230 ***
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[Regarding: Revelation 14:20]
By the space of a thousand and [six] TWO hundred furlongs.--
This can not be interpreted to refer to the 2100 mile battle line of the world war.
A furlong or stadium is not a mile and this is without the city whereas the battle
line is within the city. See Rotherham's translation.
A stadium is 606 ¾ English ft,; 1200 stadii are, mi., 137.9
The work on this volume was done in Scranton, Pa. As fast as it was completed it
was sent to the Bethel. Half of the work was done at an average distance of 5 blocks
from the Lackawanna station and the other half at a distance of 25 blocks. Blocks in
Scranton are 10 to the mile. Hence the average distance to the station is 15 blocks,
or 1.5 mi.
The mileage from Scranton to Hoboken Terminal is shown in time tables as 143.8
and this is the mileage charged to apssengers, but in 1911, at an expense of $12,000,000,
the Lackawanna Railroad completed its famous cut-off, saving 11 miles of the distance.
From the day the cut-off was completed the trainmen have been allowed 11 miles less
than the time table shows, or a net distance of 132.8 [mi.].
Hoboken Ferry to Barclay Street Ferry, New York, is 2.0 [mi.].
Barclay Street Ferry to Fulton Ferry, New York, is 4,800 feet of 0.9 [mi.].
Fulton Ferry, New York, to Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, is 2000 feet or 0.4 [mi.].
Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, to Bethel, is 1,485 feet or 0.3 [mi.].
Shortest distance from place where the winepress was trodden by
the Feet Members of the Lord, Whose Guidance and help alone made this volume possible. (John 6:60, 61; Matt. 20:11.)
mi., 137.9
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