&hiemenciu I 'tiesboirrin New fieries, "Vol. IV, No. 48. $3 00 By 11lha -4340 N. Gagaier:. 50ots Additional ater.throollontho.- sintri,ta4 TIIIIRSDiAT,. OCTOBER 24 1036 L VACANT MVOs. s- In these days, atahortelive4. pastoratas 4 of 111-paid and aver-worked intnOtersoarictnAlf, fastidious hearers,. vacant eimtrah unusua l phenomeaatk. The, onadilionl ofi such a church is a. trying -Ave: .iik_dernimis' the exercise of a high deggee,,qt glOstiou t wisdom and virtue on the part . g l ogigors , and members. 1. They should , ecoutend agaiust diseour.' agement. Althottdt:witittnituu t- finman lead er and shepherd; t lieekstidcutil Teel' church is an objebti'brDriefna very destitution has cloubtfess . biOtieitriat-, ted for the purpose of banging Itherid'ltti closer sense of that'DECfie Protreutibifilied''a deeper dependeUcti ti ft ,thair IlfeY previously. Hence' ba 'fiq gloomy looks and omiiii6las ib'i tk head, but a calm trastftiliAlitin.'ilii4Vader. ship of the *443freukftritl Shepherd of the sheep. 2. Seasons Of lipeftittiraifbi tion should be obSte4oBEl.ofrrit efitrii.ehes. The opposite feellat . #4 l offt ptandietreifitay appear in fL dertairrirC*o64olfilitetitq' 114 indifference. rmietiii)i944)Aiettteff4filici chastening thUn to lig t an ill sign whim afttrdWilliftvOittl i e"ifiqico concern at the :truetathiil effsitkirglit tifit 'AS candlestick. Air lia*bfe'befoie God and prayer sikiii . f . d.:*Mtii if - Wee well if special seasons orthrfted'praybr4(46 observed, when thacdiidittoU - iiiidl'AiriadS of the church were ntidiffe , the tdirdell Of 4 ttitetit. pleading with God fdrirelibf.. 4 he taken to unfold . and rtiipret4l; "fir''as possible, the spiritual ait'ddtilifnil telittions of the case, and thus 6irtit'olititivt;ikvic.orldly views of the obarrefei *MU iffildh.lai•e . so apt to prevail add . obatrot it& poltibfritt time. Tha-tiiiekoe o gttikt td ay thus bo' church. The work 'of the Lord may be revived in the midst of the years. B. Every enterpfisn'orthe .. vacant church should be kept' gd4ig: : The real power of the lay element and of the eldership for good is tested fu a time ''of vacancy: It should at once be made to . appear that-they have not lazily depended. upon the pastor as the spring of their efficiency. if possible, let every part of the church work be pushed with more earnestness and energy than be fore. Let members be more careful to at tend the prayer-meetings, and elders more studious to keep up the interest in them. Let every Sabbath-school teacher feel more than ever bound to be in hila and 'her class. bet the congregation rally to the -Sabbath 'ervices, and all show their true affection t - Jr the church by livelier demonstrationa in its hour of need. Especially should every appointment for benevolent purposes be punctiliously ob ,erved. Let no solitary cause go by with out the usual effort in its behalf. It is la mentable that regular habits of giving to he great causes in their regular order should be allowed to be interrupted by the acre fact of a pastoral valiancy. There is a sacred sense of personal responsibility for hese great causes that every church should keep alive, in entire independence of the minister. Without him, indeed, collections will probably be smaller, but whatever they illay amount to, they should never once be intermitted in his absence. Every business man can see that such a coarse must be damaging and demoralizing in a high de gree to the church as a benevolent institu tion. The Synod of Pennsylvania in its re l'ent action on the ?Ultima press, wisely ''lnphasizes the case of vacant churches as special need of the presence of the de nominational press among their familiekt, 4. In the Presbyterian body, the elders. of a vacant church have a deep responsibility. '[hey are the lieutenants, to step 'into the place of the commanding . officer when -Ve is carried away. Their : opportun4ylhae .Aow come to magnify their office; now Shay may win the double honors- which the apentle aAks for the elders that rule well. If suffi ' eiently gifted and otherwise aMecePtable, we no reason why they, should not preach —at . least in cases of peculiar emergency. \% itliout doubt, they . are now especially culled upon to do. pastoral world.,.' They b.g.tuld be among 04),,pe9i1e, act 40 , 00' ;bond;bondof union:and ,sympoithyatiVl)9l/1. them `; together. - They . , tilie,vdtt.: be. prlvapt,ly iftntttP: itedsi4e, of the ssajn,, tb.e / hcAge,.e, , ze i nproing. r l a iettheieks i l i ehafgt4,o4ratelil raPerrtile jeteTePt4 l .4 o. l l l ,4Arei& gyt, f.. 1 +04 UndeLl'L.ollrecgistit , St;k9akir.4 9 A94 4 . larg@viirkektw i tre Qgority a lv a tnejv them,* Hfai4ISIV Pftifixs, *ViettacIAMOOMO S JANI lase 0: 1 6 , 44. forthOlukisitAtitttPCJ,All.fi4.4lk. l AM is room. for ,grkittsprO4wviTA tta!qt` ,barg, ~but there sho !be 11.291, fiskrboalaii4Rop the Presbyterian systm 11#8 49ypeollar: 344vAntagesvitlw Rtt APPIWAAgt 4i!.inuffP.V9inAhs of it ( INgbri. P r f i ' _44terAlethodigtp, : :paptists,noy qppgresation 48tfhavittfailki4cd;offiFtgl'§Ye.190.0,0%* * argtoßistri PTA Pekt-,104 sO.P/345 ) ,ffloarly 110* place of .04q,P4Y3tqr.;‘,14911S,uP°P '7 l o° M sv l &e 4 nke1 4 4R-PP r e 4.PP10 ) ) 11 0:f.:1 11 9 the n4iPi9Tl 9gAkquetkv*ii PP41104, , bt , kcL944411n , c 3 , 1 1. 9,1 0P lerst.el4 fh,90 1 ADA!PIN7 Pe•wle 1,4 appear; yr c sipytery is-responsillte refc,..tbc, r. cop dition of all the chnrchee pul i eltpeclally of TiIik..P.E.PI.4"VA be la ,a , _tand - MgißClM ll 4<tfoC! v49a10 3 1'1AY9,17 - rxm,T Nith.,,t4t 71.1(.3,p4ta1rP r egV 4 for individual rights ; .and. Prnstyterial ••thori by, 244 ch marks our; ecclesiastical. sy,sl,- .. 4R, yie,slv:opld faithfully gual:44, theint i qests :Pt these nee4Y, which '1731 andtdi:spo . 4 so easily fipAlcttleir way. ~For the the most , part, :the churches would be, glad to kTiow illaLa committee of the wisest and most.. experienced men of the „denoininn ti?n waS'preparecl to concert measures with them for .ths) gold t off the church." And it were well if all understood better that Pres bytery is not a mere advisory body, but Ey real power among the churches: • The setiutts - question how - a vacant church ShOuid go* atont filling its pulpit again, may, crisideied as in laige part answered bY - thesj ebservatiqns. Prayer, activity in , IVerikeOciiylirk the developnieb i t of the . df` th - e - Olffeete atid organizations Viittv WV& itortittreilliitineePt6tfftl eget • tation with wise and experienced men, will, with the tlesii n g of Gods and, counteradt the ill ef fects of the vacant pulpit and contiibute much to a happy solution of the problem` . of a future supply of the vacancy. THE SYNOD OF PENNSYLVANIA. The annual meeting of the Synod held last week in .Williamspert, is fully, reported 'in another. part of 'the paper. But no-report can do justice to the spirit which animated the proceedings, or to the deep, and varied enjoyment which they gave, to the members and the congregations participating in the services.. The glorious October, . weather, the rich livery of the forest-crowned hills, the beautiful scenery of the Susquehanna valley, the evidences of prosperity, comfort and cultivated taste pervading the city of a myriad inhabitants and rapidly -growing larger, formed surroundings which could.not fail to put the stranger in a frame of mind favorable to the reception of happy impros sions. The new: and exceedingly handsome church edifice, with its complete; nd fault leis appointments, modelled very much after our ‘i Calvary" in the,interior„but with pure white walls, and ceilings; and the truly mag nificent organ and choir, which were at the service of the Synod in nit its,public exer cises; the large :and interested •congrega tions always in attendance, and the unstint ed:hospita;lity of the people; of different de nominations, by which nearly ninety dele gates were entertained in the best manner, were adjuncts of no small! importance. To this• remotest, northern point-of the Synod's territory; , the brethren not on ly , came in goodly numbers, but here they remained, substantially an unbrOkon body- to, the last. By appointing Rev. Sterling Chair, man of the. Committee on-Lcave , of Absence, the Synod, as that •brother ;'wittily re marked, locked themselves inland, gave him —the pastor cif Williamsport church-the key. Only two applications for leave;of ab eence were reoeived—one of them, on the groutidof aicknem.., - „ But more Wan all else, the Holy Spir . evidently , broodadi over, the , Synod. Lech , by the beloved missionary brother-from , India, Rev. Wm. Tracy, the devotional services were of the most tender and delightful sort. The meeting- of ThrirsdaY morning-was pro longed -by tacit • consent to ,, douldwithe 'ap poinWed time; lallfeltit , wals-good `tole therq., It was tutinsetaltiadleffinalretti. lAt th'p-1 :i!In,ARg.Lp. ; III,A.;i„THrfRS leolinnurilon tivble;-avie .ventyiplabes'iln Christi ictits:a Mica .811i-0 *k -ffence . of the , Spitifi • IVe%Were' arware, , 1 : 4 citii chariots of Amminadi 1 another's,...facesi # alit 'mien) doiv , troth fhad isynodg oil - t ,, -, :A; -iiiithit)trwand ii•e rekaid ROhniettd , lTlitfirimiorilia theoAmk' Fr' xdAtrreitzißy iitetemotWitatamelo cuittthoniof the :paper; thnsiasm we; havernot- , ! this tlibina:' Thefe4 I many speeches-whie ters and laymen. 1 . • , - nnot doubt that in. a vetyrfewfweeks- In , i-, 11 be 7cixrcrniclingi os. the beneficial results this action, taken!l Withquichnlnnsnal•pmp • • Xsinittir tone Inarkpdf-the addresses( ill 1.68011708,100 die I ti great cinies of therOli'uch.titAiliotrola' eve= ning session was set ap - t ‘atcothekeLcduses; aid thelliresehee - oIJ aila 4e- qiudience: and' fall 'Synod! Adourageditlio peakerS to flie.hap.: piestlJ'elforte. , l Dr: Eli wliodle;xcelled, him -1 ielf.i ', FiN4ery i .serrite-hetylt; st!,fell fimn rhip , 14.4 •Was=weighty,-an&withi is and(iDrlWisWellh; graphid desciiptions-1-40thiipelaing as eye: iiititessesiot the kreattidestitutions.and op portunities of the Wes -we scar6elymiseed •the r, greaf,;:‘-i matisle WhitirKitherz (.lesslabor, , ed., ?),.. Sync:D hiu septhedi t -thaVe 'foxind" sonnel fail: Mi.Ailimaii slidkemostSffectively for Education, and:ler. 'Adair, Ifer'dlome Afis sione.:Mr.:Dhllewliad; (mitt, previous occesibn, spoken admiraibly 'fon' Nilblieation; :never thelesatkere *as:great regretlthat,.his-voice Iwoulii not .• hold- out for ahether addreua , this ' ()inning.. Secretary Brnfivp -good-hnmoiedly - .declared that hetwould give ais, a practical •instance , "-of uhinistegiab-relief" by sparing ' - us a speech on. , his-toita At; f tliat late, hour. Hie figures were of .ir,ceat interest and pto7, The vote of.thanks was sustained in his most felicitons manner by Dr. March, and seconded-by Dr. Mears, who had beeneenter_ tallied in, a fainily of the other , bratich, and who testified to' the power Of; the argument for re-union which he found in the cordial and abundant hospitality he had - there ex perienced. The reply of Mr. Sterling fairly drowned the services of the session, in which not a tie: of •fraternal feeling, had been touched , but to tstreegthen and exalt it, and in which many felt:that they,had been lift ed, - nearer , heaven than ever before. One impression was made so clearly upon the Synod that we can'notfairly omit mention of it.bere, namely: that Harrisburg-Presby tery, in the completeness, of its working_ma chinery, the fulness of the returqs, and gen eral-participation of members and churches in al/ the benevolent causes of the Church is the Banner Presbytery—facile ,princeps in the Synod. FROM OUR TRAVELLING colipAranyarir IN TIT . WEST. The Synod of West Pennsylvania !net on.Fridai, at North EASt aod was; upened with a .serpou the Moderator, in which he urged upon his ,breth ren the 4ecessity of life and activity in the Church, that it may be a power for good in the world. On Saturday, Messrs.; Dulles and McLeod were, heard in behalf of the Publication Cause and of Foreign Missions. Synod also.enjoyed the, pre ,sence Rev. Mr. Trachu venerable missionary_ of the American Board, who has re,cently returned, to : this country. Tor a short, time, ufter,a, lifeticae spent, in the, service of, his Master, „in Southern -India. The trissiona,ry meetinkbeld was largely : attended, - as indeed were all the i sessious of Synod,. ami all- were p.)werfp.lly, impressed u with. t4e,..pci-: bleness of this great work. Mr. Tracy, spoke„ of the'*eessity.cf-senlirag home their, children for education as the one great trial of a missionary's life, but observed thut - 118• out of 75 boys, and 32' .out , Of 33' girls; thus-separated , froin. theirparents, made ailrnfA;ion of religion. The fitet was elieit that,'We'. - average•l4ission contributionof the Pittsharg-Presbytery , ii i52.:09 per member. On; Sandillitilio•c:ornmianion was dispensed', and )fiie-silatiostoPtbellarge congregation joined in: the ordinance. In-the evening , a•-children's mission ary-meeting-was hsld; being Conducted by: Rev.- A. Taylor. Addresses, were made p by Messrs,: 'racy; Wylie , Herrick4ohnson, and , Dulles, and , . the,- cihildren,tevinceidAy • attenticin Anidlaf-T lei.tronateenisiliisdistnio*lyith4civere interes4l.l freh eo's ':itIt'.Y,::,OCTOT3t.R: - ,,, -- 4.,:u3:01. • t , ,teigether - hem sots. the , Isseplittr • pre= these Isetvieee.: 1 , niadgr as 61ike Vire " We lookediinithae e:er.: ini'linni3eal kanted• me; afr`a v3I spiritwanitasted ..wirel6N;urk df;the •Aictifitgrriropiiitort of iksr Mill fikrthert4lo fkalirgeti th 4 W ii met ;with:amen- •Itriessed befditil On itTot time to: hear the re-rapidly offered [ic Lit:hgo is the 9ltate,bl the au:relies, tiltimi was taken 'on Utniotti as ..3scat-.will see by the paper (from Dr. Joimsourepen) which Will be forwarded to you. phis : was. l 'adopted without,a, dissenting voice. On alloilihy- evening: -Rev. Herrick. Johnson, -JO_ atititeased-theSy.noci Ott the queatiott.of using;wine at a, ibeverage, th4ti;bebag a topic. of ell : absorbing interest in: this , corneriCk:the State. son!s retuanm t wera : asimitbstance :of a lectiireAti-, literati ih; PitAsbitt&Whichhadthe gooleffeetmlf tinging, !the !dee aittet ifrotu -Many , _tables :in .th . a.„t lcityll4 .1 r 3 . sI D.uning• thecentire meeting of Syni*ttot a wor . d swasisaidachish was t iu any sense harsh or censo riolts, .titkisgtgact6lWhethed`_ beeno aciaultOtned to at -tend snehibodies,expre.ssed their surprise at the iiritof~Ghriatiaulote;aiid;Christiau: work which 43ervadedc.a.11 their 41.a.liberetionsi and at. tho man ifeatieffort otkall-hands to- make.xhe courts of the ekturehlamesbsi o i fi grace, ;During-the ...meetiogilif Synod the Presbytery df•P i ittehttrg4ilttatbaoljour'nedimeeting, and re ceigedi Itev4,W,sa.fir.wWylie arid, his, congregation frtimAtitedil,toAmeti-,PxeSbytery or: Pittsburg, unitedi tha . ..Jattst. OW Now, School congregation I otNesreestley sititaineii, as re;gular iit7,call from f that nnitedLoougtegation for, a.r.,Wylie'eservies Pla49 nrrang,PinOtttti. for his ; inatallp,tion or.r the 2d it stt .Fartherpargenlars ; :in maY.- next, NEwcAsmr. Oct. 3, 1867 DEA.R.EDITOR :—The Presbytery of Newcas tle met at North ,Raat durin Cr the meetroc , of Sy nod, and, then Tecetved Rev., W. T Wylie : and the.Reforme4 "rcsby t terian church of Newcastle, from the Refoklneil Presbytery of Newcastle. The follcwing paper was adopted Deformed Presbyterian chnich of New castle, Pa, in connection with the, Reformed Preihytetian GerieraT Synod, hiring applied by the predentation Of-proper papers to - betaken un derf-the care • of *US , Presbytery, it 'was- unani motisly .resolved that`:they-be most, cordially-re ceived, and that we,hail with pleasure, the feel ings which-this application indicates. - Coining, as they do, from a body so long cele 'brated for their ardent attachinent to the doc trines and:practices of the Presbyterian:Church, , and especially' forlhe...nnble testimony they have ut4l9rnil9-3w-49, on, the su}rjpct o€ yery ri _and for their fidelity'to the slave and the Preedinan, 'and dinning, to unite with a'ehurch so thoroughly and vitally identified with the same interests, we ;cannot but recognize it as an earnest of that brighter and better day, which is so evidently drawing niph, when brethren of the same-general views will he drawn into a closer and more fra ternal union. for the advancement of - the cause of our blessed Lord' Jesus in the land and in the .world. We,. recognize, with pleasnre. and with oratitude this new manifestation of the determi nation, to lay aside' matters'of minor importance that the work of the Lord be not hindered, but that all the advantages arising from hearty and earnest co-operation Maybe attained. We trust .that the union • thus `BR, happily formed may be the means and the eecasiort of the great e st bless ing to the unitettcharch , a'ritslevicastle and to the Church'at"Taroe. - • • • Presbytery then arranged for an adjourned Meeting in this place to proceed with the instal , lation of Mr. Wylie over their united congrega thins, the N.. S, formerly udder care of Rev. Mr. Bradford, 'and the, R. P. (N. S.), which had • formed a pert of Mr. Wylie's charce. The lam. church, formerly used as a town-hall. was well filled with a large and -intelligent audience, and the protracted services were listened to with eager attention. The sermon -was. preached by ° Reif. Iterrick Johnson,llD., on the text, 2 Tim. iii. 17: " That. the man of God may . be .perfect, thoroughly furnished unto, all cmod works." The speaker after dwelling on a livino• Christ as the source and centre of the pulpit's power, and on the person and cuinulative personal force of Christ as the great problem of history turned t , to' I diScuss the lower relatiOns of the pulpit and to point out its relations to the great world-historic movements of theie latter days. The pulpit. he showed had,been the great educating power; the 4octrine afjustification byfaith, in so far as sin; cerely received, necessitated a provision for pop education-, inasmuch ai the Protestant Church abjures that deVotion which ignorance is the . • .4 • mother 4 :•;:). t. ;; •• • •.> • - . fle swept aver a wide range of histori cal inatancei--LUther, the Puritan fathers &c., especially dwelling. on the record of the. Church of Scotland, which in the First Book of Piscip line adopted: at the meeting of the First General Asseinhly, ip - 1566, provided for the,establishment of, a grammar school in every pariah, and of' a tlege in every considerable town.:lie quoted I.l* Unfriendly Mill's eulogy of the Church that= raised th - e - niesTiritirliirtir degraded people in Europe rantins intelligence and 4brift; He. He-next spokettif- the pulpit-as a literary Power',-in that it: had :not only produced g sermon iitexittUre (Of its•oiraAitqwas every day mould- A:kg and foil:ging the *ittflecand. the- matter. of-the /petit.: bodyof, everk- nation's literatiiret- i vibiettitaaildlitOdes , 474 -I.regtmeat , i3bgitifoir: 0-enesee . Rvangelist, No. 1118. 1 Ministers $2.50 H. Hiss. $2,99. I Address:-1334 Chesfalut the pulpits or the land,, and, you have a very fair picture of the national mind and character,. aad that not so much because the pulpit reflected the people, as be..ause it moulded them. He wake further of the pulpit's relation to civil liberty, showed_ that the Church had been fighting the battle_ of the oppressed for three centuries; that i cycry great . political: struggle went side by nide ~with a great ,religious.meve,ment, He songratu late& the newly-firmed church on their connecting with ,a, body thoroughly sound-on all political and philanthropic issues, hecause thoroughly sound on all great religious issues; that if any pullit had sent forth an uncertain sound during the great strugleß which the pulpit had so powerful ,lyaided, it was because "the truth of Christ "so called was but a lie. 'ln conclusion, he tirged_the necessity of .a trt,in istry awake to_ these minor and. less spiritual,re lations of the pulpit qualified to speak on. every great issue of the day. • (Dr Johnson spoke, with great animatiog LTA energy, thouola thorenolly, wearied with continu -are,xertions and labors during• the se.ssion,of Sy nod; ,his brethren there, expecting to have r ,no more of him for a while, were set on haying, as much as possible. of him then.) - • - . , The usual eimstitutional guestions were,..,the,n put - by the. Moderator, and after , a brief and „for cible charge to the pastor, Rey. Mr. Travelli,nd dressed the people on the responsib?lities they were incurring in this aiew relation, which he happily illustrated by analogies drawn from,. :the marriage - state. He especkatly congratulated them on havincr o ,r 0 a stirrin thourrlatful 111411 as their under shepherd, • .1 to go in and out hefore After a ,few e ei felltoU,rrriarkS John son, the services were brought to a close at a late hour. The congregation .a.t Newcastle have every reason to witieipate 'a prosperous future. This pastor, 111r. - Wylie, is a. cousin of Dr. Wylie of . your city., and the son of one of the old pioneer ministers of the (then), "Far West,",,Aev. . Wylie, of Sparta,lll. isfavorably known in the - educational world as a very successful, teacher in and as the author of the best man niaal of 13:-lio,11-idevqt t iop 114411,1, Worship 4n. the School it,Oom f 7 i ' a Woik'iO-w.hich the most , . distinguished divines of every Evangelical denom ination in our land, from Beecher up, have con tributed. An abridgment of this with the addi tion of the late and popular S. S. tunes, has been very widely introduced into Schools, Sabbath Day and Freedmen's, and is very highly recom mended, among others, by the American Mission ary Association, who appeal for 50,000 copies for the South. The place is a growing and thriving one, being qnite a centre in the iron business, and on the line of travel from Pittsburg to Erie aad to the North West. The Old School church, of which Dr. D. X junkin is the pastor, is quite a numerous charge; as is the U. P. church, which has recently lost Hon. and Rev. R. A. Browne, D.D. iiho goes to the Presidency of the little U. P. Westminster College at New Wilmington, Pa. The Baptists, .Methodists,Romanists, Lutherans, Coyenanters, (0. S.), an Episcopalians, are Aso representedhere. The Campbehite Baptists (or "'Disciples"), represented mainly by a single wealthy family, are' erecting a fine Gothic church, on; which they have, already expended $72,000, and ;it. will nut be finished until late in the winter. But withal there is a very wide field of use fulness-Opening up here, and a very large class who' seldom " dirken the door "of a church. If I have any judgment of men, this united church will be a. povger for good• among , this class, em bracing, as theyloolaite,a nutiber of Christians who will not - easily weary in well doing, and whose hands ace,ever ready for every good work. - johnson left 'the neit Inorninc , ' to return Pittsburg -Which already "-ballet!. ,good bye" to, being _recalled .for . a brief space liby the death of. Mrs. ; - Alikree ' the wife of Jos. Aibree, Esq. of the:Third church. Mrs. John son is at Auburn, N: Y., and they will start for MartfuotWllfich.,"in a'very few days: To THE PothT.-=The official board of the .Western Methodist Church` `in' this city, learning that a committee from a vacant church was on'the - ground, and using efforts r 'to.secnre the - transfer of their pastor, Rev. •T B Miller,,met and adopted th - e - folio wing -preamble and reaolUtion, evidently meaning therebk not to be misunderstood : "Whifeas A certain committee from a dis lant-church -hava waited upon our present ipastor, with.a viewto invite hisservices and induce him_ t t o ,seger ;his connection with us, we deenKthno - onduct of said committee highly reprehensible; and it is therefore , 9Resdived, That we - entertain the highest 'respect: and Christian love for. our pastor as a mat a4ninister :of the gospel; we de sire:-to retain..his , Bervices, and wish that thOse who want to interfere. between us and would stiii at home and tnind.their t'uesiness." ON• THE WING
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