6iorroo . liiiiiAttitie FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT IiDoN, April 2d, 1864. It is astonishing what a number of questions are now before the public— questions of every grade and description: The Danish question, the American ques tion, the Conference question, the Stans fold-Mazzini question, the Mexican question, the Principalities, the Poles : then there are the Essay and Review judgment, the Oxford declaration, the subject of Everlasting Punishment, the Fenian "Conspiracy" in Ireland, and, to England just now, most critical of all questions, the coming political change. Quietly, but strongly and continuous ly-, the country seems to be impelling the, conservative party to power; and I think it, will not be long ere in America a difference in the mana,gement will be perceived. It is, of course, impossible : to form any precise idea of what Tory aation in relation to 'America will be;, you. may be certain, however, that the' Conservatives will not be able to lead this country into collisicin with the United States, so long as the Ameri can GoVernment continues to act with courtesy and dignity. We have quite. enough to do to attend to our own affairs without sending our iron-clads on a chi.. Valrie expedition to help Southerners to hind fetters on fellow men. Whatever may be said On your side; however much certain - parties, who find a base advantage in exciting malevolent pas /310118 against this country, may agitate. and "urge, you may hold it as certain (that is my opinion formed on the spot) that Great Britain is not going to war on Southern account. The awful nature of the struggle- 7 the en ornaous armaments-- the distinguished bravery on both sides— the terrible struggles Of two, great and powerful divisions 'of one coUntry--ni press us - teo strongly, strike us with too great an awe, (not, of fear hut of won der„) to excite within - us any desire to add fdel to the flame, to 'spread the con flagratiOit over the whole world. I" wouldurge yon `to endeavor, as /meth iSpossible, to let nit know the true state of Christianity in America at this time. Wherever Igo among Christian men in London I hear words of sorrow and regret with reference to God's work in America. They ask, "Is it going on? Is` there not' a general decline in -lots zeal ? Does not the distraction Jrcat ts -, of the civil struggle swallow up and smother morality and piety ?" Then, as is natural, facts, incidents, matters that come through perhaps not very friendly sources, are quoted, as evidences that God has partly hid his, face behind a cloud. Thesej say, are natural ques . tions ; they aro not put flippantly , or curiously, but seriously and sadly; and the fact that they are put only evinces hoNi groat an interest the English . Chris tian fools for his harassed brother in Ameriba,. Will you not give us a lead ing, article, that may be published here, with some account of the position and prospects of Christian prilaciples and Christian,work in the, 1.1 - orth, especially in the Presbyterian churches, not sta tistical, but general? Let me add one word: The Christians in England look to the Christians in Amer-' ica,. to see to it that as much, as possible good feeling shall be cherished between the two col47lfries ; and that political influence shall be used rather to foster concord than to in flame animosity. It would be a grand and noble display of power for American Christianity to show that it can control or, direct political action. Here we dare hardly say that it is so. Religious opin ion influences, society—true, sterling Christian opinion is not, I fear, so pow erful. Orthodoxy in America, where it is free, unfettered by State connection, has settled its foundations throughout the whole population, broad and deep; and whatever power there may be in the loose and scattered infidelity of the land, I trust that against the true faith it is now impossible that the gates of hell should prevail. Well, of the subjects I, have enumera ted, I must, say something about the Oxford declaration, which I sent you in .a former letter. It has been signed by tali the ministers of the church. You will notice that the decisions in the Es say, and Review cases virtually affirm that the Church of England has no fixed opinion, or principle or canon, or what ever you like to term it—on three vita: questions : 1. The Inspiration of Scripture. 2.. The Imputation of Righteousness. 8. Everlasting Punishment. I heard an able sermon the other night by Ma. ALEXANDER of Chelsea, (whom I have often mentioned in these letters) in which he showed how com pletely the avoidance of these three doctrines, leaves the church high and dry without any faith. It is to be pub lished and I will send it to you as the best resume of the subject that you could publish. Now the Oxford Declaration, you have perhaps observed, deals only with the first and third of these doctrines, and the most mportant of these is ;unmen tioned !''}The reason every one.kno It is said that t!!_to framers of that. dec, laration; w-ere pliliged to leave . ' ti out, because there was either such universal ignorance or such looseness of opinions on it, that otherwise the demcinstration would have -been an utter failure. This is the saddest and most startling proof of the condition of the Established clergy that could be given, and is only a con firmatory evidence of the folly and in_ consistency of selecting a Christian ministry by its secular learning rather than by its spiritual piety. Dr. JERE AIY, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge, preaching at the consecra tion 'of the Bishop Of Ely, at Westmin. ster Abbey the other day, gave as reason why the' doctrines of the church should b e settled and, precisely defined; the fact that young men without fixed views of dOctrine, were often appointed to large and important cures, which- oc4 cupied their whole energies and give them no time to study theological ques- : -tions, so that they looked to their elders in the church to fix and define these for them, and he argued. that if the elders went astray or were not to be trusted , the others would follow them. Is it possible to conceive that on such ques tions as the Imputation of Righteous: ness, .Tustification, Sanctification, the, work and office of the ,Spirit, the Eter-, nal Destinies of man, Christian' ministers can be allowed -to preach when they themselves have no practical knowledge or comprehension of them ? How can man properly display to the perishing the power of Christ's atonement, or the Grace of the Spirit if he knows not, either by personal consciousness ? And ia.he to ,look beyond 'to elder brethren to tell him what they : mean'? Religion then becomes „a, science, and doctrine a - number of philosophic propositions. But it is more, than this.; there must be a. elearspirituat information and under standing between man and man, a sol emn evidence and communication of inward spirituallife or the preaching of the Gospel is foolishness. A number of letters are appearing in the Spectator on Eternal Punishment. The recent judgment having thrown open the field to the clergy, they are taking advantage of the liberty to show how little they believe. The MAnainu theory on this subject seems to be the one now relied on by these- :Univorsalists, for though they repudiatethe name, I do not see, how they can avoid the logical con : elusion to Universal Restitution. Their strong point is a mere metaphycial quibble on the meaning of the word "Eternal," (aionios.) The word used, they ~ say, regarding. eternal life is the one used regarding eternal punishment. Now when used in connection with God; this word moans ! everything (good) but duration ! [what sense. there is in that yon will find it hard to perceivq, when used with life also you must sever from it the idea of duration : therefore when used with punishment, you must do,the same,! This is the brilliant;logic of Modern Ne-, ology ! Wouldn't Plato, and Plotirias have laughed at their Christian .disci pies ? This great subject is exciting a very wide discussion. I went to. Long man's the other day to get a pamphlet entitled " Forgiveness after Death," hy an English clergyman, and found that though issued but a short time ago there were none loft. Nevertheless we hold fast to the truth : THE WORD OF * GOD ABIDETH FOREVER FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPON- DENT. A DAY AT TRUMANSBURGH This is a pleasant, thriving village of Central New York, about twelve miles north of Ithaca, and lying about 'three ' miles back of that beautiful sheet of water, Cayuga Lake. It is a town of some 1500 or 2000 inhabitants ; with Baptist, Methodist, Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches, a thriving Acade my, two banks, beside mills and mann factories and a beautiful farming coun try surrounding it. The Presbyterian church was organized, with eight mem bers, in 1803; has been, blessed with numerous revivals of religion; in 1843 reported two hundred and seventy-three members; and in 1863 two hundred and sixty-one. Rev. A. M. Mann, D. D., formerly settled over the Dutch Church in Poughkeepsie, is the present pastor. But the place has suffered sadly by the recent fire, of which the press gen erally took notice at the time. And it was no small matter, in a village of that size to have forty buildings swept, in a single night, right out of one of its prin cipal streets; one grist-mill, one furnace and one bank being among the number. And yet the workmen are already clear ing away the rubbish, and laying the foundations for better structures, in place of those consumed; and in a short time the village will be greatly improVed by that which it has suffered. PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1864. It was by the greatest exertion, and indeed by that which some regarded as a special providence alone, that the Presbyterian church was saved' from the devouring element. The fire was sweeping directly towards it, consuming everything in its path, with no fire engine in the village to check its pro . - gress, until the house next to the sanctu ary was all ablaze, and the sheds belonging to it, situated in the rear, were also on fire. In the meantime, carpets had been spread on the roof of the church and over the coriiice and windows toward the flames, and these, by the greatest exertions, Whre kept wet. But all this, it was feared, would not have-saved the house except tha . 4 apparently at the most critical moment; just as the flames seemed roaring and hissing- 'and leaping directly at the chUrch, as if determined to add this one more building at' least to its triumph; the wind suddenly Changed,:and gently bleW 'the other way. , It was only 4 breath-of air; and yet that mad, devour ; ' , ing element felt its' gentle touch, and paused in its'wild career, stood ; erect foi a moment, and then leaned far away from the consecrated house, and the . danger was Over. A grateful :people acknowledge the good hand of God that came to the rescue. Our visit was - made pleasant and memorable by .a trip to one of the most picturesque and beautiful.wat4r falls we have ever soon. A small stream, called the Taghkanic, or Taghanie rivet; Pours into the Cayuga Lake, about thrse miles; from , Trumansburgh. Within the last; two'rniles of its course it makes a deecent" 'of some several hundred ..feet; forming' -several beautifureaseadea r riktling down! amidst deep; rocky gorges, with -huge overhanging cliffs, all festooned with the , ever-green fir, and pine and hemlock. . beautifid road leads along the bank-, where one may drive and catch nevi glimpses of beauty and'grandeur .almoSt at every step. But the principal fall is two hundred and fifteen feet high.; and here the stream cannot be more than• iidrty feet wide, enclosed in high, precipitous-walls of rock, more than one hundred arid fifty, feet high, from the surface 'of thestrea - ni f before it takes its fearful plungo.' - The water issues from this deep, winding, walled chasm almost as from the-mouth of some gigantic cave, and then plunges in one long line of.foam down into the deep abyss. The surrounding,bailks of this huge chasm are • threeilmndtreithand eighty feet high. It was fearful; to look off into this • almoSt bottomless, abyss. It was beautiful to gaze on that sheet of foam; ever rushing; thundering into the depths below. , Beautiful, too was that grove of pines, with. their-soft car pet of moss below, and:the gentle-sigh ing of the winds in the brancheenbove. We Wondered that this spoLwas not, more celebrated, and that •it was not a- place-of great resort. _There is here . , indeed, a hotel upon .the bank;,with the finest possible view, of the cascade right at its door; and in simmer. it has some visitors. A few' rods from the , house, there ItA - also fine views. ukand down bayitg,a. Lake. Ithaca, is but twelvel miles' south. Beautiful little steamers'. are Constantly plying Upon. the lake, making the place easy of access to the. dwellers in cities, east or west. It is. a 'spot free from dust,away from the rushing, crowds and confusion of onr gpat , water ing places; presentingfine oppiartanities; for sailing, rowing, swinging, fishing. ) , riding, or for clambering up and down precipices and banks, a,midst . sild. and romantic scenery. : If there are any of our readers who cannot do better for the summer, we advise them, by all means, to go to Taghkanic ADELPIIOS THE REVIVAIk AT HONEOYE FALLS We have before spoken of the refresh ing experienced by the. Presbyterian church in this place. The laethodist church also shared in the blessing, and the two pastora have labored together as harmoniously and pleasantly as though they were of the same denomi nation. As a part of the precious in gathering, thirteen were received last Sabbath to the Presbyterian Church under-the care of Rey. E. 13.,1ran Auken: ten by profession, and three by letter. Others, it is hoped, will be enrolled at a future day. The Salina Church, o-,resbyterian Church of the First Ward in Syracuse, are moving in the Matter of securing a parsonage for their esteemed pastor, Rev. L. H. Reid; having purchased an eligible lot, on which they propose to erect a substantial brick dwelling for his accommodation. Rev. Dr. Daggett, of Canandaigua, has been absent from his people for three Sabbaths, for a short vacation. They were glad to have him take a lit tle rest, for he deserves it; and very glad to see him back again, when the appointed tiurts was past, for he is a man esteemed and prized by them—how TAG EMANIO FALLS A PARSONAGE IN PROSPECT. PAEMORS IN FAVOR. much esteemed is plainly manifest by the substantial and unexpected welcome they gave him on his return, in the shape of a purse of WO, a gift for the times. Both pastor and people will feel better for it. In the same connection, we may men tion that Rev. E. F. Allen, the young pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Cayuga, has received an addition of $lOO a year to his salary. HAMILTON COLLEGE The junior exhibition in this our fa vorite and prosperous institution, came off- recently with more than ordinary success, if we may judge from the repre sentations which- have come to hand. The class of '65 will only be expected to do themselves still .greater credit at that more eventful period of graduation. But ; , we refer to , our noble college, now more. and ,more a credit to the State, and a blessing to the church, from yer to , year, only to express our, heart feltthanks, and the unanimous thanks, of Central and Western. New York, to these noble friends of the Institution residing in and around Philadelphia who are endowing the Barnes Professor ship. We are sure that in this they are doing a good work, laying up stores of blessings, for the church for all time ;to come. SANITARY. FAIR AT ST. LOUIS An earnest appeal has • been received from Rev. Dr. Nelson of St.. Louis, for aidf for the Freedmen's Department of the-proposed Sanitary Fair in that city. Some of our citizens are nobly respond ing. Valuable gifts are already pledged and others: expected from men who• are giving all tbe time, giving liberally to everygcause,.and are now- ready to do what they.can, to make-glad the heart of the- freedman. How different the feelings of suchlmen: must be from those of a. man of whom we, recently. heard. Ho is: -an old man, and soon to render up an .account of his stewardship. He is ricit•in this-world's goods, and a professed follower °fa-belle-. 21... friend applied to hina.for one hundred dollars, as his contribution - for the year to one of the greatest and.hest of causes: His earnest and prompk, reply was, "1 cannot-give one hundred. cents ! I'liave. to pay three hundred dollars taxespandi I must stop giving in charity l" Boor,. rich, old , man I Thera are thow , ..thab would willingly talc°, his property;: cheerfully pay all the taxes upon. it, and! give atleast a thousand dollars a . year to the great causes of benevolence;. and, bo tortabirao'ro-happy in. doing _it, _ than, he ie in, refusing. How few know how really to-enjoy their riches,- Gr....us.r.n. ROCHESTER, April, 16 .1864. MR BARNESON NOME MIMI% Last-Sabbath morning, with.a4frenci from the "Old BapAta.te,'' the. writer heard, the Rev. Llibert Bannes ) „ up= Homet.3l;issions. The text war s ._" Bate if the salt have lost tits savor- wherewith shall it be salted. It, is ther..o"odh, good for nothing, but ta".„,be cast. out.arith to. be trodden under foot of men.", The meaning of the text i , said the speaker, is, that salt has a z ,preserving, purifying effect„" and .when.. applied to an.individual, fwaily,towu, city ezr com monwealth, in a moral 'sense, it means to preserve and keep them:pure.. 1. It is ,nob onough to atart7well. Our fathers started this, Nition, a Christian Nation. Thiw. were good men, farseeing:men,--"mm.n. eminent for piety. So far • the Nation. was , started right. Under this. head, was - much pleased to. find justim done to the Puri tans ; and, this was. the more gratify-. ing, because during zkresidence of about five years in this city, I have found many - who have veaT limited notions of the Paritans, and not a., few disposed 41 . .), represent them as.= ignorant, bigoted, persecuting sect.. Mr. B. showed that, while they did not know everything h and Were not without faults, still they V,IfRO, for their time, ahead of the rest of; the would, which certainly was the fast. IL Mr. B. spoke of the departre of our country from the good cust4m.g, of our fathers. 1. In picky. We are not as. pious as they were. As • a nation we ha i ve depre ciated in this respect. 2. We were not as patriodt as they were. They were true lovscs of their country. True, there-were some at the time of the Revolution, who were called tories, whose feelings were with Eng, land. But the great mass of the Nation, were patriots. Previousto the brealriag out of the rebellion, there had been, a great decay of patriotism in the N*tion. 3. We did not feel our dependence upon God as the Nation did at its foun dation and at the time of the American Revolution. We were grown strong, had become a great people; and gloried in our union and in our strength. In this respect, viz : feeling our depen dence upon God, there bad been great decay. B. did not believe slavery was the sole cause of this, war ; though it was a Clause, and no mall one, of it. Our fathers believed slavery, to be an evil, and they als . o believed that it world work itself mit of all the States, as it did out of most o f them ; and, but for the invention of the cotton gin, it probably would have bet''•n worked out. All, North and South, believed slavery to be an evil, and it was - not till the South changed their minds upon this subject, and declared it to be good, a Bi ble institution, and contended fo. r it upon this ground, that there were signs of our present trouble. Mr. B. now spoke of the reconatrt 'cam) restoration of the- rebel States. ollhey could never be restored by compromise. This had been tried, we have had cm promise upon con promise t to our sham ). The only way the 17nion can: be restor ed is by the utter destruction , of slavery. Here the speaker was firm : and eloquent. All know, who have ever - heard. Mr. 8., the gentle, solemn, easy, flowing man ,ner in which he,speaks, and many of us have admired him, and, when we have heard him, have felt j.ast as j Horace said, in his "Art of Poetry,"—he- would have it flow so easily that those who read, or heard it, should feel- as though they could write just se,- and then let them try;. so we have felt, and have not found how much we were wanting, till we have tried. Here Mr- 8. , showed'bis power and his feeling, and, is-not this just what every man now living ought. to feel'on this subject 7 _This point is vital to our nation. If slavery and liberty cannot-dwell togeth er • and if we cannot kill slaveignowi when, in the name of Heaven, can we do it ? A mortal blow has been given ,to-it, , but it has been given to a giant in.whieh a fearful vitality yet remains; and again• we say, if it cannot be now liestroyed, when can it be ? Never, no , never:- Every good man, every minister, every patriot, every man, woman , Arid child ought to speak out and act out= on thisi subject. Now,let slavery die, Mr. B. then brought, out thanbject.of his. sermon, to wit : Sable- Missions: We- must not only start right, but, in, a government like ours, enlighten; improve )7 efine and sanctify the ple. by the gospel. Here is the field; themar opens the door.;; great, indeed; let us .make-it effectual. We wette. highly gratifiosi-and pleased that we had the pleasure of hearing this sermon r andi especially upon-this su.bje . et, This sketch, brief and vey imperfect, has, been- given to call the attention 4of your readers to the subjeo.; one of mo, men tous.importance, dt *.,taus time. The present crisis demands. such sermons, and they ought, to beq-reached from. every pulpit. Mr. B: (it should hav*.been said abtkve), paid a high compliment, tot the" Sanitary and Christian Commistacue." But 6hese will end with the wari.and some, more perinacent means musk- he used totkeep the people enlighteatidi and purified. _Hence-the need. of th*Giospel. RP.OFIVAL IN WI?. EreiGTON, BaoLenEft .11Ixams , 47--,Y031 : requested a notice of the work off' grace whieh God has-done in the Hanewer,Church s ,of raington, this winten,and spring. ,I hes itW,-ed a moment, *ace, at. - BAIA_ glance, it seemed to savor; of, ostentation, this making so public what has oeoured in a:sngle ehurch,bitt,lrecalledAhe words. GE Edwards in hi ";Narrative of Sur-. Rising Conversions," and 4, concluded' that it was right that 5 . 7.43:h accounts should be given. Let Mgt repeat the. !paragraph to ; which I alluded: " `what other towns heard of and found in this, was a_great mean3pf awakening . therh ; so °nit hearing of such a swat and extraordinary propngation, andox, tent of this, work, did doubtless, for. a, time serve to uphold tb.s l work amongst us. The continual news. kept alivothe talk of religion, and did greatly (vicken.. and rejoise the hearts,of God's people, and mw' awaken those that looked on, themselves as still lef6behind, and .rando them the more earnest that thaTmight share.: the great blessing that, others; had obtained." Last Sabbath was one offthe days which will be long remembercd;in. the history of the Hanover Church of this city. Fifty members were negeived into the communion: of the church; cloven fNom othet chr4rehes, and thirty:l:Liao on profession of their _faith * . An unusual interest attached itself to, the reception of the members from churches from abroad. Three of them were refugees from Virginia, compelled, on account. of their Unionism, to fle*and leave every thing Iwhind. The husband had been torn sway by the rebels from his 'home,, his only offence being the fact that he was known to he opposed to the rebel lion, had been °roamed firstin Richmond in the Libby prison, then sent away to Salisbury, then back again - to Rich mond to Castle Thunder, whence, after a captivity of five months, he with two brothers, (the wife of one of them unit ing with our church at this time,) were exchanged, and made their way tCi our city. These beloved friends confirm- all the accounts which we have been accus tomed to hear of the horrors of the prisons of Richmond, and having been confined ,with the non-military priso ners, are able to testify to the demoniac cruelties practiced upon Union men by the rebel authot:ities. I might fill sheet after sheet with the story told by these brethren, of men of wealth and stand ing, chained in gangs with slave fetters, stripped of everything; of old men dragged from home, compelled to make king and weary marches and . dying at the end of mere exhaustion and sorrow, of robberies and murder, but it would be only repeating a sickening and often told story. More than one of these brothers lives to-day, only because of the defec tive aim of the wretches who sought their life, and who repeatedly fired at ti'lem with the purpose of killing them. TI ley tell us that we neednot disbelieve an) r tale, it matters riot ho* dreadful, of O. le abominations committed by rebels upon Union men at the Soatla. If any of yo ur readers should hitherto have been ioclined to doubt these accounts, I would ;that they could talk with these brethen and sisters; they would doubt no more. Th ese f t mines have left houses, crops, almost ev k lrything except what they could• take with them in a hasty flight at a few hon rs' notice They were wel comed, with more than ordinary plea sure and affec Lion to the communion of the ehurch. They could not be said strictly to be - eceived on certificate of membership, fs yr letters could not be obtained from ti 'm church within tke're bel lines, but upt m the evidence furnish..., ed by them of me mbership.in the church to which they for merly belonged,. The-reception t )f these refugees was made all, the more interesting, from the fact that two daughters were among the rnanbep admittt )d on the profession of theircfaitla. The Providence of God had ineade the place. - of their exile the birth-14c° of their' k souls. This ingathering iE i the fruit of a very blessed work of gra see in the• church turning.: the- Winter and Spring. Last October, as , you ma y remember, the corner-Btone• of a us Tw and beautiful obapel,we.s laid, in a 'destitute. part of the city. The effort t o erect this build ingdrew. the church togetber; , and we believe i , gave rise to a. spirit , of prayer 'and adwillinguess to v cork; so• that as the year opened it seer. ned to be a pro.. piticus time for som e special effort. Rev,E Sprague, of Csz. yell, N. formerly a. co-presbytor ag'the pester, was invited to make a. visa o,Wilming ton and assist in a series of meetings. He remained nearly two vareetts, preach ing with great power and with manifest tokens of the presence of the Holy Spirit. After his' departure, meetings of various kinds were continued far several weeks, numbers being awakened and-hopefeßty converted. lb, is of course impossible , to say how maaay have been . the., subjects of this work; thirty-nice wene.roceived last Sabbath,. others have united , with other chtlnehee, and still others are hoping to unite With the oburohon a subsequer.'.;vaceasion. The gsanp as it liked the isle, was composed of all age:l A .2nm twelve, to middle- life, a father raison, sisterci-and brother , of seVeral_rlifferent fa. - 4ilies stood side by side. - .hang the number were twelve young men, all excer* two between seventeen and twenty-fivi*years of. age: More than_ twenty are i.in the Sabbath Schools ail the churchoeither as teeehers or sohelars. W 2L C This addition, the largest made at any ono time, to the church for more than twenty years ) is full of encourage ment and hope battik. venerallie.church, thus bearing fruit. in its old age. Fifty-- six have been ,added during; the year,, forty-three making a profession ot their in ChriF.4w. We cannot ;but regard it, as a tokeu..oil the divins*,approbation impon a spirit of' activity and endeavor , to extend the , blosssings. of the Gosppl to the destitute. A few =Nimoks since ytetrz gave a brief statementpf an ingathering in the Cen tral Churok nearly as lame as this and. in your rut week's isane you spoke of two othen extensive revivals in other churches.. of the Presivtery of Wilming ton; - may we not tAlle this as. an ap. provali of the coarse of unswerving loyalt t y to the Government which our , chnreabss in this Biwa State have main-. tained? S 4 we regard. / it here. Our`- experi, oe proves thei the spiritual prosperity of the church, is not hiudered by the fullest denumoiation of treason and the most emphat,io support of the govern ment, butt rather promoted by them both. W. A. Wnaraterox, April 15, 1864. Islxvra suffer sin to live any more in you, that would not suffer your SAVIOUR to live in the world; never allow that a room in your kart which would not allow him a room angst' the living- on ealth, Inaivtti =
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