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THE CONVERSION OF CHILDREN.
lid little children in the Gospel times
rea lly and truly enjoy saving faith in the Sa
ciour ? Ile himself expressly says that they
di; Matt. xviii. 2,6: " And Jesus called
a little child unto him and set him in the
la id s t of them, (Mark adds, and when he
had taken him in his, arms) and, said,
verily I say unto you, except ye be con
certed and become as little children, ye
s hall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever, therefore, shall humble him
„lV as this little child, the same is greatest
, :1 the kingdom of heaven. And whoso
s hall receive one such little child in my
name, reoeiveth me. But whose shall of
'end, one of these little ones which, believe in
,';,', it were better for him that a millstone
sere hanged about hiS neck and 'that he
we re drowned id the depth of t,he sea.”
observe that the Saviour is not t sPeitking
:'.' young disciples, but of little children
chat believe in him, such as the little child
Thom he then called to shim'and took up
:, o his arms. How little human ' nature
c h a nges, and how the sins of believers are
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r epeated from ago te age. A d what' a
dreadful denunciation is this a' t every
Kristianwho, like, the disciples old, by
iits faith and practice causes one of these
Hale children to stumble by doubting his
co nversion, or discourages him in any way
in his Christian course, or who ' will not re
ceive him as a Christitm. Then, after
Taking of other 'offenits or causes of sin,
s uggested by the preceding passage, our
Saviour says, in verse 10th :.-•-• 44 Take heed
that ye despise not one of these little ones,
for I say unto you that in heaven 'their
angels do always behold the face of my
Father which is in heaven." This is the
only glimpse into heaven which Christ has
given us, and it is at least singular, that it.
relates to children. What, does the pas
sage mean ? Simply what it plaidly de
clares, that children haVe . ghaidian angels
in heaven, always, beholding the face of
God, ever watchful and ready to obey his
will in regard to them with, the speed of
lightning, Ezek. i. 14; and the argument
is. what right have you to despise one of
these little ones for whom God has such
special care ? ,
After introducing and, relating the para
ble of the lost sheep,Jesus a third time
refers to the little child, and says, in verse
14th :—" Even so it is not the will of your
Father which is in heaven that one of
these little ones should' perish." God, for
bid that any care of ours i3liould be want
ing to save them from perishing t
Such was the special and tender regard
of the Saviour for children, that in pre
dicting the destruction of the city of Jeru
salem, he particularly mentions that her
enemies "shall lay thee even with the
ground, and thy children,with thee," Luke
mix. 44 ; and " Ef,ow often would I have
gathered thy children together even as a
hen gathereth her chickens under, her
wings, and ye would not." Matt. xxiii. 37.
That children were true believers in the
days of our Saviour, is alsO proved by the
incident in the temple. Matt. 'xi. 15, 16 :
"And when the chief priests and scribes
saw the wonderful things that he did, and
the children crying in the temple, and say
ing, Honsanie to the Son of David, they
were sore displeased. And they said unto
him, Nearest thou what these say ? and
Jesus saith unto them, yea; have ye never
read. Out of the mouths of babes and suck
lings thou hest perfected praise." Was
this crying of the children in the temple
the sincere praise of true believers, or did
it proceed from the mere sympathy of the
children with the popular feeling for the
time being in favor of Jeaus ? He him
self regarded it as the foimer, and declared
it to be a fulfilment of a prophecy contain
ed in the eighth Psalm. It is therefore
not to be supposed that these children's
Hosannas were mere formal declamations,
like those which they were taught to recite
in praise of the Rabbis, or that David had
a thousand years before prophesied these
songs of children which meant nothing, or
if there had been nothing spiritual in• their
worship that Jesus would have pronounced
it the perfection of praise.
EXAMPLES.
The history of the Church furnishes most
abundant proof of the reality of early piety,
and it is observable that the conversion of
children often has an influence in leading
others to the Saviour. 'The following inoi
dent occurred more than a century and a
quarter ago. " When Mr. Whitfield was
preaching in New England, a lady became
the subject of divine grace, and her spirit
w"as peculiarly drawn out in prayer for
others. But in her Christian exercises she
was alone; she could persuade no ,one to
tray with her but her little daughter, about,
ten years of age. She took this dear child
Into her closet from day to day, as a witness
S her cries and tears. After a time it
?!eased God to touch the heart of the child
d to give her the hope of salvation by
the remission of sin. In a transport of
holy joy she then exolaimed : ' 0 mother,
sf all the world knew this 1 I wish I could
tell everybody. Pray, mother, let me run
to some of the neighbors and tell them,
that they may be happy and love my
Saviour too.' 'Aft, .triy dear child,' said
iie mother, that would be useless, for I
°pose that were you to tell your experi
ence, there is is not one within many miles
who would not laugh at you and say it was
4 11 delusion.' ' 0 mothgr,' replied the
gift, think they would believe me ; I
Mist go over to the shoemaker and tell him ;
ke will believe me.' She ran over And
aund him at, work in his shop. She began
by telling him he must die, and that he was
sinner, and that she was a sinner, but
that her blessed Saviour had heard her
mother's prayers and had forgiven all her
:sins, and that she was so happy that she
did not know how to tell it. The shoe
maker was struck with surprise, his tears
began tee flow like rain ; he laid aside his
work, and by prayer and supplication sought
for mercy. The neighborhood was awaken
clond, within a few months, more than
fifty persons were brought to the knowl
edge of Jesus, and rejoiced in his power
and grace."
Archbishop Usher was hopefully con
verted at ten years of age, and it has been
said that few men have lived a life so busy
and so devoted to God.
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1866
Dr. Scott, the commentator, gives an '
account of the conversion of his little
daughter, four years of age, and her happy
death six months afterward.
Dr. Jonathan Edwards, the greatest
American metaphysician, published an ac
count of the conversion of Phebe Bartlett,
a little girl four years of age, and who after
ward lived a consistent Christian life for
more than sixty years, the account being
first published when she was six years of
age.
The converted children do not all die in
childhood, although many of them, even
but six years of age,have suffered painful
sickness and have ied the peaceful death
of .Christians, giving the most abundant
evidence of their acceptance of the Saviour.
It is the converted who have the most keen
ohiervation to discern the true Christian
Character, - and these, unfortunately are
f , •
generally the fewer nuMber, therefore many
of " these little ones which belieVe in Me,'
pass unobserved. But 'almost every Chris
tian community has some examples of pious
children, both among the living.. and the
dead, and. they -have been found in all ages
of the Church.
A book called " Little Oneain the Fold,"
and other books, by Rev. Edward Payson
Hammond, of Cennecticut ) and now in
Europe, contains many accounts of the con
version of children. There is no doubt but
that Mr. Hammond has been the means of
the conversion of thousands of children, as
well as adults.-=:Enangelical Quarterly :Re
view.
"GOD OF MY MOTHER."
An infidel of talent and outward respecta
bility, under the power of truth , bowed
upon his knees, and cried in agony, " God
of my mother, have mercy on me !" His
mother was a deioted "Christian woman.
" God of my mother !" How much-is
revealed in that single word.! How eondlu
sively it proves that this man had a mother
whose faithfulness left its impression on his
soul too deep to be effaced even by time
and sin.
Sair' 6 the son - of t l :4handthaid," cried
King DaVid Unto God. It was a comfort to
him' to'know that he'was the son of a gto'dly
ratither; who 'had conseorated him to God
in infancy; had prayed for and With him-in
dill hood, and had sought to train him up
in Bof piety.. Although this godly
'mo had long been dead, the royal
Psa * t pleads with God to remember him
in milky as the child Of Prayers and cove
nant Wigagements. And- no doubt every
pious man and woman, -born of a godly and
faithful mother, has experienced something
of David's feelingsland been in some degree
a partaker of his comfort.
What an inestimable blessing is a pious
and faithful mother to any one. However
unseen maybe the result of her labors,
those labors never are without blessed re
sults in the ease of every one of her children.
Those who may become children, of God in
after life, will always rejoice to acknowl
edge her silent and powerful influence as
one of God's chief agencies in accomplish
ing the result. Even those who may never
become disciples of Jesus will be restrained
by that influence from entering upon
courses of vice and transgression, in which
they might otherwise have become bold,
bad men.
The writer of this article lost his mother
at the early a g e of twelve years, but never
can he forget' her calling him to sit upon a
stool at her feet while he committed to
memory the Shorter Catechism 'or an' ap-'
pointed hymn. Never can he forget kneel
ing by her side, every evening before he
was dismissed to hed, while he repeated
aloud, his simple praiker to our Father
which art in haven." Long years passed
away`after her form was laid in the grave
before he was brought to embrace Christ as
his Saviour. Through all those years he
was nearly without thought or concern
about hie soul's salvation. He was sur
rounded by Worldly companions, and . was
tempted to enter various paths, of sinful en
joyment. But when once the, Spirit of God
began to work upon his soul, the memory
of mother came up fresh and strong
upon him,, and he felt that her happy influ
ence, although unrecognized at the time,
had hindered him from many an evil' thing.
My young readers, love your mothers and
honor them. Your mother is to you one of
the most inestimable boons God has ever
given you. Perhaps, next to the blessed
Saviour, she is one of the best gifts even
God could give you— Sunday-school Visitor
RIGHTS OF MINISTERS,
Many seem to-aot as though ministers
were an inferior slass of persons and had
no rights. This, however, does not make
it so. On the contrary, no community can
well do without them, and they should be
respected and rewarded accordingly. In
speaking of this subject, Hall's Journal of
Health well remarks :--
- -
The clergy of this. country are the best
men in it ; they are the light of the world,
the salt of the earth; for literary acquire
ments, for mental culture, for purity of
morals and blameless lives, they have not
their equals in any class of civilized society,
and when such men devote their whole
time to the preparation of books, essay*
Sermons, and discourses for the instruction
of the masses, encouraging them and per
suading them to a life of purity, industry
and thrift; warning them against whatever
may deceive the head, corrupt the heart,
debase .the intellect, destroy the character,
and eventually ruin both body and soul;
devoting themselves singly to these things,
while others apply all their time, and tal
ents, and energies toward making them
selves, their children and their families,
comfortable and happy, it is a very small
matter that these last shall amply support
the men through whose influence, exam
ples, and teaching their Rossessions are
secured to them, and their rights,liberties,
and lives are preserved intact, day and
night for years together, from the depre
dations of thieves and burglars and law'
less, murderous men ; for no man of
thought can be so blind as not to see, that
if the Bible teachings were to cease, and
the Sabbath abolished, the whole founda
tions . of. society lonia be upturned ,
anarchy would Kuni,
o and our streets run
•
pith human gore. Revolutionary France
proved all, this; and who does not know,
that where there is no preaching, and no
' Sabbath, there spring up drunkenness and
profanity, prostitution, social disorganisa
tion, and every other evil work ? The
merchant pays his private watchman for
guarding his property every night; the
whole of the minister's time is expended in
enforcing those precepis which, and which
only, can make, not only property, but even
life itself, secure in any community. The
Broadway' merchant, or the Wall street
broker, or the South street shipper, would
crimson with shame to have it known that
his faithful night-watch had starved to
death on the pitiful salary which he had
accorded him ; and yet there are rich men
and women, who give so little toward the
support of the clergymen of the neighbor
hood, that they would actually starve if
,oth * did no better by them.
ii. ANN , Allir ,
CAN, BECAUSE I OUGHT,"
A child's book exists in our Sabbath
school literature, with the simple yet pro
foundly philosophic title : " I can, iecause
I ought.' The fresh mind of hildhood
never denied the truth expressed i those
words. The conscience. of a child must be
awed down by anthority into unnatural con
tortions, before it will create the feeling or
the belief of guilt in that child's heait for
that which he did not originate or cannot
control. "I can, because I ought :" Abili
ty—the necessary• inference from obliga
tion ; obligation—the measure of ability.
,The central truth which gives value to the
-tomes of theological lore on this subject
is compressed into those words. It is im
possible that reasoning should go below it
or around it with the purpose of evasion.
It is ultimate; thought can go no further.
We reason around and around the iininen
sity of the therne, and an invisible thread
conducts us through the labyrinth back to
the-point at which we started, and at which
every child can see as far as tip keenest of
us. "I can, because I ought" ,we strug
gle to go by this truth; we traverse the
universe in our philosophic search for
Somethin beyond it, but at the circum
ference ofour' journey we' have not outrun
it,= any more than we can outrun- the even
ing star in search for the horizon. We
, plungeiinto.the depths otour own being in
quest of something which consciousness
may have treasured up beneath it,,but at
fthe bottom of all things we find it awaiting
us, "a gem of purest ray serene." "I can,
because I otjght :" it is one of those truths
Which we earry with us because it is part of
'us. We Cannot look into any mirror of truth
without seeing the reflection of it. It is
like an omnipresent Deity. It , is indeed
the voice of God within us. We may say
of it : -" Thou hast beset me behind and
before; thou haat laid thy hand upon
me. *hither shall Igo from thy Spirit ?
whither shall I flee from thy presence ? If
I ascend up into heaven, thou art there;, if
I make my bed, in hell, behold thou art
there ; if I take the wings of the morning
and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there shall . thy hand lead me : yea,
the darkness and the light are both alike
to thee. Thou hest possessed my reins : I
am fearfully and wonderfully made."
"I can, becauie I - ought." This, then,
is the conviction with which an inquiring
sinner must meet the question of his own
salvation. I can obey., because ,God
quires me to obey. I can repent, because
I feel guilty for not repenting. God
would not demand of me to do what I
cannot do. God would never have,*
constituted my being that I must feel
- ghilty for not . 41oing what I cannot do.
This is the irresistible reasoning of any un
sophisticated mind. The common sense of
the world reasons so without hesitation and
without exception. Teach- your child
that he has, lied to , you because he could
not help it, and will he,instify your rod ?
Teach a thief tbat he stole because the
necessity of his avaricious, nature was-uponn
bim and will he look'up self-eondemned td
• t
your barred windows and bolted doors and
armed sentinels ? Teach a murderer that
he shed the bloOd of his victim because
he wan the victim of-an insane Malignity
over which he had no power, and will he
confess the awful excellence of justice;on
your scaffold 7' If he- does,., it, will be.
simply ;because he knows better than your
teachings.
So, proclaim to an inquiring sinner that
he is a sinner because he cannot be any:
thing ielse; that he hates God because it is
his nature to hate God; that-he is a de
praved being and a child of wrath because
he was born such; that he does not repent
because he is impotent to repent; that he
does not obey God because the-power is not
in him to obey God; that, therefore, if he
is not saved, it is beeause God has not elected
him to salvation • and will he feel the dam
ning guilt of his condition, the equity of
his doom, the awful righteousness of the
coming judgment ? If he does so, it' will
be because conscience and the Holy Ghost
are mightier than your theology. Never,
never does reason draw such conclusion
from , such premises. The common sense
of the world never reasons so.—Bibliotheca
Sacra. 4
THE GOD-MAN.
When I think of -those laws of absolute
generality which Nature shows me, ,I trem
ble sometimes lest I may be overlooked;
but when I remember that in Jesus there
is a human nature mingled with the Divine,
I feel sure that he is a being who knowa what
special wants mean, who can be touched
with human sensibility, and can remember
the woes and temptations of human infirmi
ty. What a blessed and amazing thought I
On the throne sits this God•man, within
the very shrine of the „eternal glory. He
has mounted up to plead for sinful men.
By the side of the Infinite One, who 'hails
in the compass of his laws of infinite gene
rality the infinity of the visible and invisi
ble creation, is One conscious of our needs
and touched with our infirmities. Yes I
we know that we are as much the object of
that Saviour's mercy as though this'uni
verse were empty of all the inhabitants but
ourselves. He knows what we need. He
cannot be perplexed by multiplicity nor,
confounded by minuteness. Therefore we
may leave all confidently in his hands,
committing ourselves to Him in prayer.
And though we may have to wait for the
dawn of tie eternal morning to illUmine
some of the dark passages of his Provi
dence, yet we may rest confident' ofshis
power, his wisdom and his goodness. He
is omnipotent to save us, because he is God.
H e i s %tilling to help us, inasmuch as he is
man.
CHRISTIANITY A LIFE.
,
Remember that Christianity is not a new
system of theological reasoning, nor a new
assortment of phraseolgy, nor a new circle
of acquaintance, nor even a new line of
meditation ; but a Arm Life. Its very
being and essence is inward and practical.
It is not the likeness or the history of a
living thing; it is itself alive ! And
therefore to examine its evidence is not to
try Christianity—to admire its martyrs is
not to) try Christianity—to compare and
estima e its teachers is not to try Chris
tianit —to attend its rites and services
with ore than Mohammedan punctuality
4 r
is no to try or know Christianity. But
far o week, for one day, to have lived in
the p e atmosphere of faith and love to
God,4lF tenderness 'to man; to rejoice in
the felt and realized presence of Rim who
is des4ribed. as " coming up from the wil
derne4," supporting his-beloved—to have
behehlearth annihilated and heaven opened
to theigophetic gaze of hope—to have seen'
.ti
ever re revealed behind the complicated
troub s of this strange, mysterious life,
the u ?hanged smile of an Eternal Friend,
and e erything that is .difficult to reason
solved by thit reposing trust which is
higher and better than reason • to have
know . and felt this not for a tile, but for
a sin: • , blessed hour, that, indeed, is to
have ade experiment of Christianity—
that i= to know the imperishable work of
the S 4 rit in preparing souls for eternity—
that is .0 have a glimpse of the meaning of
those ystic words, " Our life is hid with
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1071-3 m . Philadelphia.
AMERICAN ARTISTS' UNION.
AGENTS WANTED.
Reliable and energetic persons, male or female, are
wanted to solicit subscriptions for our Engravings,
and to such we offer very liberal cash inducements;
also splendid premiums to subscribers. Circulars suit
able to be used in canvassing , together with all ne
cessary papers, will be furnished on application.
Address. with referencew
AMERICAN ARTISTS' lINION
• 25 Pine Street, New York.
111ADSTOIES 11011111111
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ir LARGE COLLECTION,
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BEST /RABBLE. .
Twelfth street above Jilblelfge Avenue.
1062-3 t CMAIKIN FINNEY.
gitentrautt emuftanits.
LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY
ACCIDENTS
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
TRAVELERS' INSURANCE CORM
Cash Capital and Assets. Dec. 1, 1865
PTITWELPHIA BRANCH OFFICE
THE PIONEER ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Where policies are issued covering all and every de
scription of accidents happening under any circum
stances. An institution whose benefits can be en
joyed by the poor man as well as the rich. No medi
cal examination required.
Policies issued for amounts from $5OO to $lO,OOO in
eases of-death, and from $3 to $5O weekly compensa
tion in ease of disabling injury, at rates ranging from
$3.50 to $6O per annum, the cheapest and moat practi
cable mode of Insurance known.
Policies written for five years, at twenty per cent.
diecount on amount of yearly premiums. Hazardous
risks at hazardous rates.
Deem Policies written, and permits issued for travel
in any part of the world.
Principal.
Accident Insurance to persons disabled by accident
is like ,the Sanitary Commission to wounded soldiers
in the field, providing the means for comfort and
heating and supplying their wants while prevented
from pursuing their usual' employment.
The . rates of premium are less than in any other
class of insurance:iii'innortiOli to the risk.
No better or.more.aatisfaotory investment can be
made,of so small a, sum. Therefore--insure in the
Traveiera.
OLDEST ACCIDENT INSITILINCE CON•
J. G. BATTERSON. President.
RODNEYHENNIS, Secretor;
HENRY A. DYER. General Agent.
GIRARD FIRE AND MARINE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE ON WALNUT STREET'', PHILADE LPHIA, CAPITAL PAID IN. IN CASH, $200.000.
This company continues to write on Fire Risks
only. Its capital, with a good surplus, is safely in
vested.
701 1-
Losses by fi re having been promptly paid, and more
than
• • $500,000
Disbursed on this account within the past few'years.
For the present, the office of this oompanrwillre- •
main at
• 415 WALNUT STREET,
But-within a few months will remove to its Own
Budding N. E. CORNER SEVENTH AND CHEST.
NIJT. Then, as now, we shall be happy to insure or
patrons at such rates as are consistent with safety.
DIRECTORS:
THOMAS CRAVEN. ALFRED S. GILLETT, SHEPPARD. N. S. LAWRENCE.
'THOS. MACKELLAH, CHARLES I. DUPONT.
JOHN' SUPPLEE HENRY F. KENNEY
JOHN W. CLAGHORN, JOSEPH KLAPP, M.D..
SILAS YEEKES. Jr.
• , THOMAS CRAVEN. President.
ALFRED S. GILLETT. V. President and Treasurer.
JAMES B. ALVORD, Secretary. 1026-1 y '
IN ..:::10.114 ' . :I)WN , _llo# : ' COMPANY,
S. E. cor Fourth and Walnut Streets.
Insurers in this Company have the additional
antee of the CAPITAL STOCK all paid uP IN C
which ; together with CASH ASSETS, now otiluS
amounts to
Invested as follows:
$lOO,OOO U. S. 5.20 bonds,
100,000.0ity of Philadelphia Loan 6's.
new, ,
70,050 S. Treasury Notes, 7-30,
25,000 Allegheny County bonds.
15,000 U. S. Loan of 1881.
10,000 Wyoming Valley Canal bonds,
12.700 Compound Interest Treasury
• Notes,
10,000 Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
bonds,
10,000 Pittsburg. Fort Wayne & Chi
. cago bonds,
6,500 City of Pittsburg and other
bonds,
1,000 Shares Pennsylvania Railroad
450 shares Corn Exchange National
Bank
107 shares Farmers' National Bank
of Reading,
22 shares Consolidation National
Bank,
142 sharesany Williamsport Water Com
.
Mortgages p , blround Rents, and Real El
tate
Loans on collateral amply secured
Premium notes secured by Policies
Cash in hands of agents secured by,bond
Cash on deposit with U. B. Treasurer
Cash on hand and in banks
AoVned interest and rents due, Jan. L
INCOME FOR 'IILHI YEAR 1865,
$544,592 92.
Losses Paid daring the Year amonunliniao
$57,636 31.
LOSSES PAID PROMPTLY.
DIVIDENDS MADE ANNUALLY. thus aiding the
the insured to p premiums. •
The last ay
END on all Mutual Policies in fore*
January 1.1866. was
vitirrsr PER cmrra-.
. .
of the amount of PREMWMS received during the
Year; 1865. " '
Its TRUSTEES are. well known citizens in our
midst, entitling' it to more consideration than tholes
Whose man ere reside in distant cities.
Alexander Wlltildin, William J. Howard. e.
J. Edgar Thomson, . Samuel T. Bodine.
George Nugent. ""i
''''JiiiiiiThian,
Hon. James Pollock, -Henry.E. Bennett,
1.. M. Whin' din, . Hon. Joseph Allison.
P. B. Minzle, Rase Railehurst.
• Albert C. Roberts.
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AXIIIX. WHILLDIN, President..
. , 46 1 1111WIGE NC ENT, Vire-President,
TURN 0. Gnafi, Actuary..
JOHN, S. .IFILSON, deapseewy BEd Treseurar.
O. G. ROBEISON. Assistant Seoreeary.., .
A few first-rate canvassers wanted.
INDEMNITY FOR
HAATFORD, CONNECTICUT
$596,338 12,
409 WAISIIT STREET,
COMPANY IN AVRICA.
PANY IN AMERICA
WM. W. ALLEN & CO.,
General Agents for Pennsglvanlis, -
409 WALNUT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA
XNSURE YOUR LIFE
AMERICAN
OF PHILADELPHIA,
$1,143,874 15.
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g 5461,061 45
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. 147,309 89
169,481 96
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217,504
52,469
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