flie kTnericark Presbyterian GENESES EVANGELIST. A DZLIGIONS AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER) IN RICI INTIMOT OF THE Coruatitutional Presbyterian Chnreh. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOUSE 1334 Chestnut Street, (2d Story,) Phiindelible. Rev. JOHN W. NEARS, Editor and Publisher CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES. E , LOOND PAWS—FAMILY: Thou wilt Never Grow Old—My Refugees-7 Learning a LeSl5Olll, THIRD PAGE—Entroa's Testa : "Sunset Thoughts"—Boyd's "Catechisms"—".The Communion Week"—" Mary Newt on" Saxe's "Clerei Stories of Many Nations"--MoKeever's" .Woodeliff"— Fuller's " Mother Michel and her Cat". l -Boyd's "Au. Lump Holidays of a CountriParson"—Magazines and Periodicals—Chtist's Character the Greatest Moral Miracle in History—Religion.. ' . • Strut PAce—Commspormarent: • Open Air Meetings, No. Xl—Browning's Death of St. John, fourth paper and last , 4lev. &lbqrt - Barnes' Sermon—The Satanic Origin of the DileaSee mith which many of the Children of God are . Afflicted— Bringing Joss to Terms—Pauft Estimate of Heaven —Social intercourse in Churches. SzvErra Peoz--Miscaturreoros: A Grwefill Life and a Tranquil Death—Begin RightL'- Catchinx and Handling. Sheep—Figs—ldols Manufac tured in En gland-LAnierican Physique. TRE,AIITHOR OF REVIVALS. That which is born of the flesh is flesh : that which is born of the Spirit jig spirit. The stream can rise no higher than the fountain. All titut man does or proposes in his own strength, springs from his fleshly, sinful nature, and can reach no higher elevation. In vain do we, of °arse's:7'es, plan for revivals—the result must be a failure 'and a delusion. Our greatest work and best prepara tion is to be rid of all notions of self-suf ficiency, to put away the leaven of pride, to empty ourselves for the coming and indwelling of the Holy Spirit to fill our souls and to communicate his power to all the springs of activity, and to use us as his instruments in accomplishing his own glorious work in the hearts of men. To regenerate the soul, and revive the affections is the peculiar work of the Holy Spirit. He takes of the things of Christ and shows them to the inner understanding. The scheme of redemp tion, perfected by the death of ChTist, is committed to Him to be brought into vital contact with the Boni. The whole process of conversion is his work. He rouses the eonscieneel he enlightens the understanding; he convinces of sin ; he -shows the sinner his guilt and danger and misery ; he urges with infinite pa tience and persistence the duty of sub mission upon his awakened mind ; he holds up Christ, reveals his perfections, shows his fitness, and enables the peni tent soul to lift .the eye of faith to the great Sacrifice, and to say, , lly, Saviour,l witnessing with our spirits' that we are= born of God. He carries on the work of sanctification, imparts strength, dwells in the regeneiate soul and keeps it from falling. Through his indwelling we be ;; come partakers of the divine nature;: He it is by whom Christ lives in us and becomes our life. All the graces of the Christian character are the fruit of the Spirit. His presence 'is the life of the Church ; his energy is the source of its ability; his quickening breith is the source of its purity and soundness. He sits as h refiner, and purifier.; :he purifies the sons of Levi' and purges them .as gold and;silver, thatethey may offer un to the Lord an offering iirrighteons ness. • When the , risen Lord ascended np On high, leading captivity captiVe, be gave gifts unto men. And His first, greatest, and still continued gift to ; the Church, is the abundant ; presence, of the Holy Spirit. A gift Which was formerly con fined in its manifestations to a few, .now in its evangelical energYstid' fresbnetis, filled the , primitive Church with astonishing gifts, and' overawed and converted the bitter enemies of the Church and the murderers of Christ, by" thousands in a day. PENTECOST marks the glorious epoch of the Church,. un der which it is our privilege to live and labor still. The Holy Spiritlie a'gift of our risen and glorified Saviour; as a Toy al bounty to signalize bis perSenal tri umph and an earnest of the" final tri umph of his Cause, as an, agency and an influence superior even ,to his own pert' eonal presenee, is the great• mark and privilege: of .the,age in Which This is the age 'of -thetlispensation of the Spirit,--these are Pentecostal times. Hence there need'of,tWo' simple cautions to those who are` longing and praying for a revival. the sovereignty ,of the Holy . Spirit. " Ac' knowledge Rim as , the , sule sohree, of the godd you , seek,---ef spiritual good and spiritual life. , :te fully conVineed of your own inslifficiency. 'Expect every thing you desire as an answer to hum ble, believing prayer. Be prepared to ascribe all the. praitie and glory of the work to his p l ower and . grace alone. Seek not the npotEring t of divine infln, ences with any narroW; selfish view, for the npbuilding.Pf any Personal) local, or, New sernle;s, Vol. I; No. 50. denominational ertdsmerely. Rise'to the ,height`` - where tire - glory of God and the Inanifestati i on of j the grace of Christ, shall seem worthy to be the controlling, absorbing objectof the Christian's ac tivity. Be content that the Holy. Spirit shall exhibit his power, as is his wont, when, where and how He will; as the wind which bloweth where it listeth. Let no preconceived notions hinder you from recognizing' Him, in any mode. in whichHe may see fit to manifest himself ; but be ready cordially to work with him wherever the signals of his-presence ap pear. Be not so afraid of counterfeits, as to reject the true indications of spiri tual life. Be not so alarmed at the ex .hibitions of frothy enthusiasm whichyou have witnessed, as to become the un happy victims of an unconquerable suspicion towards everything a little ex traordinary in religious movements. It was to the Thessalonians, who were suffering from just such an exhibition of enthusiasm, that the sagacious Paul addressed the warning: " Quench not' the ppirit, despise not prophesyings."* (2.) While standingin awe before the great Source of all spiritual life, and humbly waiting his movements; we may not forget that to give life, to re generate, to revive, and to 'do it abund antly, is TM very business, his very na ture. To fill the Church, the body of Christ; with gifts and graces, to make it shine with the radiance . of his own holiness, to bring all its powers into Nig orous activity, to make:it an aggressive triumphant power in the world,,, to clothe its ministers with salvation, to give energy to their words so that they shall be - mighty to the pulling:down of strongla r olds, to - pierce the dark depths of the impenitent soul, to pervade the masses of men with sympathetic thrills of fear, ,remorse, and godly sorrow, to' scatter in a moment the wide-spread in difference, worldliness, unbelief and su-_ perstition of the multitude, and make them. keenly alivnto all the great reali ties of Eternity and all the blessed of fers of the Gospel,—these things are his appropriate work These things are ex actly whit he is' Wveroign to accom plish. Riding upon the whirlwind, courting= in .;the, sarth.quake, treading in ithe footsteps of calamity, war, Plague, or without , perceptible heralding by marked providenobs, he combs to do his great' work'in graciously aPplying the atonement to the race of men, and Car rying out the plans of God. in a world of redeemed sinners. Therefore we must view Him with, confidence. We must rely On him with expectation and hope. He seeks the truiting,b6lieving 'ones, as the ch'annels of his blessed influences. If his manifestations are limited, it is because ,the expedtations of believers are narrow. and unworthLy;, their lack .faith. inCapacitates them for the large' measure. of Servic4 ,to 'which hP put T them. !We a,re;straitioned in our selves' not in Him. We -- wrong him; ,we tnisitpprehend his very nature and office, when we viewed his attitude towards t • our race doubtingly, and, see not 'our fallen world girdled by the arms of his infinite _lJove. He, would have us ;ex pect great things,of him. In replacing the ascended Redeemer, in the ,Church He made his first movement=llzwrs ciiir. .A.;titte Feist of Harvest Marked the ,beginning of his work,—surely not tb intimate thatall that followed,should 'be mere gleanings, but that - his whOle work was a Harvesting,-a work, amid s.bundance of; stithering in by sheaves, and in civerwhelming abundance, thavast harvest of redeemed souls. IU - humble boldni3ssithen; let us cast burselves upon the great'Aut,hor , of Ie alohe can quicken us by 'hit life-giving.'breath and lig only waits .the prayer of faith, the expectant _atti tude, the.ready, • instrumeut_through which, to; manifest the richness of 'his grace and the .glory of his pOwer. '(' : • *2„ These. 6: 19,,20. Ellicott, .in his, CommentarY <on these verses, Says' " The Eternal Spirit isrepresehted as' afire which it :ifas ,regarded passible to extinguish, by a studied repression and disregard of its nianitestations :slitting Prom erroneous perceptions 'MICR mistaken ,dread of, enthusiasm." . . Vs. 20, ~ The exhortation . gains all its points from 'the' feet that the more sober thinkers had been probably led by the, present..state.of things to undervalue or unduly reject all the less usual Mantfestations of the Spirit." . • isIENV CHURCH IN .IttwA.7—Rev: Dysart; of Troyjowa, has recently or= ganized a, Presbyterian 'Church about five miles from Trq, called "The Car mei presbyteri4n Church!' ganized with seventeen members and two, have since been added.. . , r PHILADELPHIA, THURSD,M DECEMBER 15, 1864. From the concluding-sentences of the. President's late message to Congress, we'extract the following : In presenting the abandonmektt of armed resistance to the national authority' en the part of the insurgents as the:only indispen sable condition to ending the war on the part Of the Government, I retract nothing heretofore said as to slavery. I repeat the declaration made a year ago; tlf t *bile If remain in •my present position shall, not attempt to retract or modify the r,Ernancipa tion proclaimatiou, nor Blasi' I return to sla-, very -any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress. . If the , people should, Ity whatever mode, or means, make • it, an executive , duty , to, re enslave such persons, another, and not 'I, must their instrument to perform it. - Nothing less than this iisre , \ expected Of the: . President, whom the country has learned to know as a man of stead fast. purpose, fit to hold the standard of national progress, and who himself un-. 'derstands the, country, and reads aright the meaning of that emphatic vote by which he wasre,elected tothe chief-magis tracy. Gen. Butler, 'greatly to our sur prise, in his New York speech soon'after the election; showed that he understocid neither the President nor the country, when he intimated that the rebels mightcome back into the union with their :slave institutions untouched by military edicts ; and the sapient editors and telegraphic correspondents "were still more deeply in error when they announced that Gen. Butler was be lieved to be speaking by. authority. The truth in a nutshell is this : Mr. .Tiincolifs.Enancipation Policy is fixed— he will resign, rather than withdraw' it ; the People with their eyes upon this emancipation. policy have asked its author to retain his place ,for 'another term. Emancipation "under the war powers is the corner-stone of our na tionatpolicy ; just as slavery sustained by war and the overthrow of union, is the corner-stone of the rebellion. The . strength of either side will be measined by the vigor with which these essential features of their policy are sustained. OUR DUTY TO THE FREEDMEN. That is a bright era, in any country's, history in which .4t, class of men bearing the title of FaxXckEN is seen to emerge; and in which their numbers are so great aa•to demand public recognition, num erous organizations, and a special branch of'literature to meet their wants. It ) • will be a glorious designation of the de cade - in which we iive and it 'may be that historians and future. generations shall know it, as the Age of:the 'Freed men. While the- . vast continent of Africa lies in , almoSt unbroken Pagan isiii, here in , the , grand einancipatien movements brilught about hi' the' iro, ,Vidence of 'God, the expectations of ,th,# prophet amy l be viewed as reaching fulfillment: gthiopia,shall soon stretch out her hands unto God!" , It is certain that high responsibilities, and great opportunities - for ebod are connected' Wittlthis-exodds of `a' whole 'People *OM bondage. Their nuMber equals 'that of the children of Israel when led . forth from Egypt, and if we do not guard against it, they will, be ;plunged ,Into • a worse. Wilderness, and 'wander farther and remain longer, ont side =of the true Canaiin of a "rational: civiAzed and Christianized' liberty; than they. ' The social and civil status to be enjoyed`by the great mass of 'than which still:remZin within the limits rebellion, the "mode in which they are . ~ to be settled-;is, the enjoyment of their rights, the measured :to "lie taken for their welfare in states`which, like Mary land, have by a regular process' bestowed 'Upon them their freedom, we cannot now' ascertain:. But there are hUndreds of thpusandll of escaped fugitives on our hands, clustering aroundtashing ten, Norfolk, the , Sea Islands; aucl the' Mississippi rebast,', whose • condition demands =our Christian syrapathies,and affords us a most inviting, interesting and remarkable opportunity , for `aiding' and enconaging a, people in the process of rising from abject slavery to enlight ,ened Christian freedom It is among these.. proteges of the nation, that we can learn and are-learning howf to deal .with , the- *hole great problem, which by Godis .kind ordering; so, gradually Unfolds eif the tirena'*of our redonquered *domain: c- ' Oar own Mi. - roll" hue its dutc:to'these Fieedinqn. We niay not, and oui7 whole ' • 7, attitude On:the suljeCt of shwery for, PIBM AS A ROCK. bids: •us to, remit this duty to others aiatakd no share in the work. ; It be longs to, every body of Christians to aid in introducing those indispensable reli= giou.s elements into the civilizing pro cesa they are to undergo. We must take these, lately despised and crushed people by the hand and Seek to leaven them with the pure and , ,elevating prin ciples of the - !We must Welcome. them into the'circle - of 'human friend . ships and Christian sympaihies ; 'we Must impart instruction and stimulate thein to %independent and ,manly exertion: What have we done .as• a church? Where is our organization?: Where are our missionaries and misionary teach ers? What' connection have we with this, the most remarkable work of our 'time ?" The fact that such questions admitted 6f na satisfactory answer, led the Synod Pensylvania, at its, recent session in this city to -direct the attention of the cturches under its charge, to the FREED MEN'SBOARD OF THE REFORMED PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH (General Synod), as the most appropriate channel of their liber ality in this direction. This Board has been organized , and in- working order for a considerable period. It has .a suc cessful' mission in Alexandria, - where a. ellurnh has - been organized and schools established. 'lt is in the hands of Christian brethren 'in whom we have 'the utmost confidence, and we can work` with them .harmoniously,and efficiently. The Board is aiming to enlarge its oper ations, and we hope, our readers, in and ont of the Synod,' will embrace the special opportunity thus afforded of doing- the duty- —:very generally ne gle,cted we fear, 'though universally a,dtnit:ted among us—to the. Freedmen. The "President of the Board is Rev. J4rt„ N. McLeod, AD., of. York. The Treasurer is Mr. Thomas Dai.ling, 761 Sixth 'street, in the same, city. We have received the following kind note from the Freedmen's Board, of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, which we it. publish in this connection. 105 Seventh - St., NEW Yonk; Nov: 15, 1864. REv SOHN W. MEARS :—ln the name an behalf of the Rreedmen's. Board of •`' Ref , Presbyterian Church, 1 present: to you and through you to the Synod of Pennsylvania, our most cordial thanks for the fraternal action of that body, at your suggestlon,, conimemling our mission to the liberality of your churches... Most gladly will we co-operate, not only in employing faithfully. all funds ;contributed; ,but employing as Ifar afpwe . - can , any ialibre,rs that may offer 'with your cortmendatiCn for_ this work .among 'the colOreCP4ula tioil~ We ask,Yourprayers, with your con= tribntiops, And again; assure you of our .fr,4ernal, confidence _'and love, in our common Master,: wishing ..you grace, r niercy'and'peace-frora GOdi-pie Father and our Lord Spans Christ: Yours in the :Lord; §PErroiai FINNEY, Cot. Sec:Freedhilin's - Voftyd, Ref Pres, CITY B,ELIGIOUS-ITEMS. MOVEMENT IN THENOHTIC-WEST.- We have already had the plepsure- of announcing the organization of two flonriShing r Sabbath Schools in the North-we Stern fart of ' the city,—one at ,the corner of ; :.Eleventh and Columbia ikvenne, and:the, other, at " The Wagner, File° Institute of Seience'. Both of-these are now in successful .'ln lune last; litof. Wagner most gen eronsly yielded' t 9 ,a request to have dfrine' service held on - Sabbath after noons, in the, large Institute of which he is the pi 3 OprietoT. These services; have, been .regularly maintained, ~.and very numeronsly • attended, especially during the , _.suminer months, not unfre quently seven and. eight'-. hundred =per-, sons being present' Ministers of other denominations - besides our own, have generonell aidedin: these services. . = The urgent necessity or a new church organization in this section is, quite evi. dent from j ithe fact, that from, 'Girard avenue noithwardly and:front Eighth street , westwardly, a district -_compris ing a population of -thirty thousand, not Morothan tiVo or, three vigorous evan ,gelical churches can be found; ,and within thelmits . of this district more than one thousand' dwellings werejn. Genesee Evangelist, No. 969. course of erection during the past sum mer. A lothas been secured on the corner of "Broad and Oxford streets, by a liberal layman in our church and further developments are looked for in due season. "THE HARVEST WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.' [An enthusiastic friend, who has just read this interesting account of Mr. Ifammond's labors, sends us the follow ing eulogistic notice.] DEAR, BRO. MEARS. - I have just finished reading the "Harvest Work," and wards are inadequate to' convey my impressionsof. ,the man it tells about. What has -be not done under the gtiidance of the Holy Spirit, to bring souls to Jesus ! It has, been my great pleasure to meet Mr. Hammond in social intercourse, to know him as a friend ; .and hie innocent, childlike sim plicity, his perfect faith, his oneness of aim, his great desire to increase the number of travelers to the Lord's King dom, is so apparent, you cannot be in his society ten minutes without feeling he is different from other men; bat read of him, as I read to-day, and you will exclaim "what manner of - man is this?" A Whitefield, a Luther, a Knox ? A prophet is not without honor save in his own country." Many of our good ministers in America do not ap preciate Mr. Hammond, and his work, whereaa .those staid and conservative old Scotch Presbyterians took him by the hand as a brother—a chosen instru ment of Gad. Our ministers do not exactly disapprove, but.they stand back and look on. They fear lest all things be not done "decently, and in order." Read of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that has attended his labors wherever he has gone, and your• preju dices will melt away, like the ,morning mist. 'His are no boisterous " Camp meetings" no loud shouting, no clapping of hands, no violence. All is deep and solemn feeling, and joyous hymns. of praise and prayer. Read then 'of what he did for thou sands of souls, in Glasgow, in Annan, in Dumfries, and other cities and towns across the broad sea, and then in our own New. England, and you can but exclaini '" what manner of Man is this?". Oh how we need such an influence in our own dear city. Philadelphia has many willing, loving, working Chris tians, but they do not extend their labors; they do not talk enough about Jesus:; not because they do not want to, but. they , don't know..exactly how 'to go about it. We need some one like Mr. Hammond to set 'us the example - . qh that God would bat put it into the heatts of some of the brethren to send ~ a nd bring Mr. H. and associate him with them in the work of rousing this goodly city, the city, of" Brotherly. Love" from its lethargy, and awakening Christians to a• sense of the thity they owe to our Heavenly rather:reminding them:what eVer they 'do, that they - do 'all "to the glory of God." Oh that we ioo could tell (like thousands over the ocean, in New - England in Rocheater, N,ewark . ,aod Chicago), _ : what; he: .has been the -means of doing for us. have not said half that my heart would?have me say: I feel how inade quate words are to express our inner most thoughts. I would have _every Ohristianlather read this book,—read it to his wife:and to r his children,—thej , will find much there to entertain them, for Mr. Hammiad loves the little lambs and tries to bring thera all into the fold. Iwould have every- body read, it to know , , this our, ,modern=- Whitefield shall I call him-? and when you• have dorib. you wilt pray - God that We too may enjoygreat the blessings that our lldavenly yathei - showers around' him whereverihe goes.. Yours .in Christian love CAirronine.—The Presbytery of San. Aose, on the 27th of October, dismissed Rev: Laurentine Hamilton from the Church 'in San Jose, and. Arrangements were made for his installstion,at Oak land. Mr. H. sAbmits to this transfer, not because of any Want of cordiality) in his -relation' ak SAn Jose, where he ha, been long.usefutAnd :beloved, but, only as it , seems to Open a providential step to increased'usefulness. TEE NEXT :UNITED PRAYER-MEETING, Of our Ohurehes in this city, will be held in the North Broad - Street Church:' 1 1 4 Ps Mt. S Per annum, in advance: By Mail, 63. By Carrier, $3 50 Fifty cents additional, after three months. Olwbs.—Tenor more papers, sent to one address I payable strictly in advance and in one remittance: By Mail,s2 50 per annum. By narriers,s3 per annum: - Ministers and Ministers' Widows, $2 in advance. Rome Missionaries, $l 5O in advance. Fifty cents additional after three months. Remittances by mail are at our risk Postage.—Five cents quarterly, in advance, paid by subscribers at the office of delivery. ADVERTISEMENTS. 123 cents per line for the first, and 10 cents foe Mao second insertion. One square, (ten lines) one month 4 3 3 9 " two months 5 60 three " 760 " six " 12 00 one year 15 00 The folloivinc , discount on lows advertisements inserted for three months and upwards is allowed,— Over 20 lines, 10 per cent. off; over 50 lines, 20 per cent.; over 100 line, 33% per cent. off. gfetv,s of tite Climate/5. SIINNYSIDE AT MARPLE.-7The con gregation at Marple, contiguous to this city, (Rev. B. B. Hotchkin's,) paid a, welcome visit to the parsonage on the evening of the Bth inst. It was a sur prise, conducted with the graceful stra tegy in which our lady friends in that quarter have became accomplished. Young and old. were present; there was gratty and gaiety, but cheerfulness reigned throughout. As _usual. they made themselves free with the store closet, the cellar, the coal bin, and the granary, piling up everywhere things good and useful, just such as are wanted in a family which has everything to buy, and leaving the highest profusion of those articles which have reached the most expensive rates in market. The next . morning, at the breakfast table, the Pastor raising his plate, found un derneath it an envelope enclosing $lOO, with a note in the handwriting of one of the young ladies—" From the congre gation." To this add $lO just before received "From a parishoner," and $5 since sent in, and it may be believed that a rosy hue came over the times at the parsonage. There ought to be thank ful hearts there—thankful to earthly - Men& and the great heavenly Friend, and we believe there are such. Will not many other congregations have like thoughtfulness in view of the severity of the times, and minister carnal things to those who minister to them spiritual things ? ANOTHER.—The congregation at Du quoin, 111., besides showering upon their Pastor, Rev. J. Jerome Ward, a contri bution of household valuables, money included, presented him with a Life In surance of $lOOO. Mr. Ward. reports to the Christian Herald, that " the peo ple are coming in gradually and filling up our church edifice on the" Sabbath, and one of two things must BOOM come to pass,—either the congregation must stop its increase, or the church edifice must grow bigger!—We will know ere - , THE E. WRITELAND AND zREESEVILLE Churches in the 3rd Presbytery of Phil adelphia, have extended a, unanimous call to Mr. M. P. Jones, licentiate of 4th Presbytery. CillOAGO.—The correspondent of the Evange'list speaks of a new church of our connection as having been recently or ganized on the extreme west limit of Chicago. A chapel is nearly comple ted, but no ,minister, has as yet been pro vided. A CASE FOIL PRACTICAL SYMPATHY.- Our . feeble but earnest church in Salina, Michigan, has been laboriously engaged for some time past, in securing for itself a suitable house for worship. ~ . ,The edi fice was far advanced in:theprocess of erection when, on the evening of Nov. 9, it was-entirely prostrated by a terrific gale which swept over the place. This throws the work forward into another season, and operates severely upon the resources of the little band whose great saorifices in doing what has been done seem thus to have failed of the result sought.. Forward is, hoWever, the word with them; but help from abroad seems indispensable. We must . hasten to se cure a good church - in this place. It is a salt manufacturing toWn 7 in the Sagi naw valley, rapidly growing, and need ing at once enlarged religious privileges. INSTALLATION AT,POTTSVILLE.--'"ReIT. - lease, Riley was installed over the First Presbyteriau church in the, large and enterprising borough of .Pottse, by a committee of the Third Presbytery of Philadelphia, on IN edit, *l4 evening, Nov. .30th. The sermon*was: preached by Rev. Dr. Adams ; Rev: W. W. Tay lor presided and propounded the con stitutional questions, and also delivered the charge to the pastor; and Rev. john, McLeod charged the congrega tion. All the parts of the " service were performed with the usual ability of the speakers, and greatly to the satisfac tion: of a large and appreciative audi ende.,: Rilei;ctita.stupott his work with ,high prospects of usefuhieek and we 'congratulate the church upon so val- Uable an acquisition' as theyheve made in this kettlemert. ; r, 7:..L
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