jiittriant THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1867 PREMIUMS FOR ONE NEW 'SUBSCRIBER. For one new name and paymentin ,advance we will send; post. paid: Kathrina ; the celebrated 'poem. brDti Hol- land; or, The Beggars of Holland and Grandees of Spain, by Bev. John W. Meara,llo.o. A cash , premium of One Dollar each, ruas be retained by the agen t , . if preferred. PROSPECTIVE WANTS OF THE AMERICAN BOARD. liftsitOri;iiiv 11 - 0 IfiE, Boston, N0v:1 5 ,, 1867.' The Prudential Committee, at their last meeting, appropriated $625,000 for the ex penditure of 1868. There were strong argu mentsl . for tye- di lhursoment cy .. ranger ar saw; but- in View bat'll the-fat beam g upon i• the question, they deeuted i 4 unwise to :go fur ther. 'They warp : fully, persuaded, however, that a . sma,lfer sum tpou/4 : infiict.seriouf-fujury upon the mission s . ,A:ddin,g,tfe balance against the treasury, ' Sept. 1, 1867, we. .have $529,- 432.34 to provide 'for. Will 910 friends of the Board furnish the needful aid? The income of ; last year was-as follows: —from donations, , $350,672.08;• cies, $74,428.44; from miscellaneous sourcesi. $l2, 784.25; . linking a total of $437,884:77. The avails of legacies are always uncertain • hence it is not safe to assume that they will, in any one year, exceed $65,000. (During the year ending,. Sept, ,1,.,1566,:they were $58,021.79.) Supposing.. the income from miscellaneous Sources tor equal 412,000, this year, more than . $450,000 will need to be realized from DONATIONS, involving an ad vance of-Aneraly 30 per cent. onthoSevof last year. :This4dvance the Conunittee are con strained,to,aski , The amount pro Posed may appear large. But thedonations of 1864:5 wore $440,066.- 86; and so long ago as 1857-8, in the midst of great financial disasters, theywere,. $...65,- 827.29 in gold, or $375,000 in our Present currency. Surely,it ought notto be accounted a difficult athievement, to add $75,000 to this sum, at the end of ten years, in more prosperous, i:nes,witk the four hund.red !pil lions of China-brought almost to our doors ! S. B. TREAT, • ;DELAWARE WATER -GAP. We have received,from the author, L. W. Brodhead, Esq., a volurne of peculiar' torest and of unique character, with the above ,title. - It is devotea to the scenery, early history and legends of that romantic portion, of our State, and takes the reader carefully over every locality with which, as a lover of natural scenery, he would wish to he'4oquainted. The , beaitifal graphs accompanying these ,descriptions, add greatly,to their value, among which we would like to have seen theliodhlain Church represented, as it would in every respect have been an adililion to the collection. There is, however, a very good account of the Church, and a kindly, sympathizing no tice:of the sad death, at Gettysbnrg, jof Rev. H. S. Howell, first pastor of the Church, and an extract from the Dedication Sermon,. by Rev. F. -F‘rEllenwood: ill& a' cOroes= pondent has supplied the deficiency alluded to, by sending us very recently a separate photograph of,the Church itself. Mr. Brod-, head's book will be welcomed by every one who. knows, 3e who wishes to know, about the:very remarkable beauties of the scenery of Delaware Water.G,up; ~and the curiosity of many will berodied t io a nearer acquaint: ante with what is , 'here 'appetizingly treated. RIGHT.—We see it stated that Senator Sumner has started on a Western lecturing tour, with thirty pledged engagements, and that the subject` of :the lecture is the .Su preme Authority of the General Government as contradistingnished froin the " States Rights" doctrine, and ,alio the abiilition ° 4 the color qualification for suffrage. We, do, not regard the Senator as fighting in a for lorn hope; for thOugh saddened, - for the time bk the'recent political demonstrations, we accept them only as a stage in the conflict which has been portioned to the, friends of government and humanity. It is true we did at one time flatter ourselveslhqvictory had at last crowned the struggles* mae • than a quarter of a century, lint' we were soon taught to accept the more immediate results of the war as only an advance, •an installment of - the great moral- triumph which snust „he ap V .bieved before r in anycom plete sense, . " Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again." , The friends of the right kaxe keen stow jn coming to this viiclasiC r a, and selubtant tb' admit the fact" that onTy a short farlough Vaiggivaßrelibikdittiai.Wd. THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBE E 7, 1867. ment is not over. Something like the shock of this month and perhaps another like it in the month to come, was needed to awaken them to the actual position. They under stand the whole thing now, and if another quarter of a century of great moral toil and conflict is necessary to carry out the pro gramme of freedom, they willtake what God has done for them.,as the token of what He will yet do. The ieCOrd of all moral effort, throfighont the world's long histoty, is that there is no l dark prospect in the die charge of duty. ,TRANNSGIVING PROOLANA'FION OF GOVERNOR GEARY , From the creation of the `world, in all ages and climes, it has been customary to set apart certain days' for special religious observance. This'has not always been influenced by the' light of Christian knowledge;: nor by anY''proper conc,eption j :Orthe character of that Great Beni°. "who ruleth the earth in righteousness," and I:1;U daily loadeth us With His benefibif;'" but by an innate sense of, the exietetice'Al an overruling Power, by ,'which, the world a 0 all it contaius are governed and controlled: Aided 'by the didiateti of cultivated reason and the teachingi, of. 4 divine, revelatiop, , we„ however, are taught toliecogiiizi4n , tfittliaapreine:Rtirer.a Hea venly Father, to lyttoin' wk, iddebted for existence and all ) tbe,bes!.ppgs we eujoy.,ao4,to xrbc , tru f we,.ol constant and - ferventtlianksg,tving and praise. is He who "visiteth the earth and watereth it;", who " sateeth the furroWs and" bleSsetb, the 'springing t hereof ;" who." crowned' the yeai.. - Witli His good ness, and whose paths drop fathee§;" who " clothest the pastures with . flocks, and coverest the, valleys with cern ;" who ."Maketii`' the outgpings of - the morning And.,of Theeyening'te rejoice,," our refuge and. 'Strerigth;" whn'" ma'Veth :wari. to, cease," an4,"4vetil us from our,enetiles;" 'Whose "throne is for ;ever, and:, erer." and who'"blesseth " the nations:whose God is the LOrd." - - - On 'all Sides we have lucre wed assurances of the "loving kindness" of an All-wise Parent of Good, who has conducted, our nation through a long and terrible war, and permitted our people to rnpose. once more in safety, without any ", to, molest them or to make them afraid." The monstrous sentiment of disunion is no longer ; tolexatecl, •The, Flag, the Union, and the Constitution, are esteemed as the safeguards of the rights andJiberties of the people, and are revered and defended as the ark of their political safety. - , , A kind Providence has not ,grown weary of :sup plying,our continuous wants. ,bounteous ( harvest has rewarded thelabors of the husbandman. Flocks and herds are scattered in.countless numbers over our valleys and hills: Cominerce is uninterrupted, and vessels -laden with the, -products of nature .and, of art, 'speed unmolested over ihe traCkleis deeps: Neither° pestilence, famine, political or sobialeviis, financial embarrassments or commelcial -distress have been permitted - to stay the'PrO,gress'and happi ness of the people of this great.:Comnioni,vealth ; but peace, health, education, morality, religion, so cial improvement and refinement, with their at tendant blessings, have filled the cup of comfort and enjoyment to overflowing. Recognizing the responsibility to Him who con trols the destinies of the nation sae well as of in dividuals, and , "-from whom cometh down every good and perfect gift," and to whom we are deeply indebted for all th,ese and the riche*, blessings of our cordinon Cliriatianity, let hs.unitedly give our de vout gratitude and hearty-thanksgiving. I, therefore., do hereby recommend that:Thursday, the 28th day of November next, be set apart as a day of praise and thanksgiving, and all secular and worldly business be suspended, and the people as semble in their various places of worship to acknow ledge their gratitude and offer up.prayers for a con tinuance of Divine fairor. Secretary. Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at Elairisburg, this thirty-first day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, and of the Commonwealth the ninety-second. Joni W. GEARY. By the GOvernor. F. Joßtiex, Secretary of State. • FROM OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT. Pev. Thomas Lounsbury, D. D., formerly, for twenty-six years, , pastor of the ,Presbyterian church of Ovid, and for forty-four - years; a-mem ber of Geneva Presbytery, was stricken down with paralysis iu Friday, 25th ult , and lingered in a state of -unconsciousness, until the next Tuesday, when he died. He was born in Flori da, New York, Oct 1789, and was, consequently, 78 years of age: Hegradliaieci'frOM Unidn College in 1817; studied Theology under prs. Miller and Alexan der, at Princeton; was,licensed by the Presby tery of Hudson; endured " hardness," as , a Home Missionary and pioneer minister almost . half a century ago; was ordained and installed . by the. Presbytery, of Geneva, at - Ovid,. in 1821; and through a long and laborious pastorate, testified both by his pulpit ministrations and by ri blame less life, his interest in the gospel. He leaves a widow aid three children—one,u„minister of the 1 - to th • • in ~gospe--„: mourn their lo a _rejmce LoOnstin4 wah - astrong man, and lived to a good' Old age. He was cotemporary with Hon. William-H. Seward in College, and Rev. Albert Barnes in the Seminary: He received the Doc torate from his Alma Mater in 1844. The end ctime,Psuilde - nly: Only ten days - -beftecicie pre sided and made the installing prayer, as we men tioned in our last, at.the settlement of Rev. C. E. Stebbins, over his former charge. He went, as so many seem now to be going; without a mo ment's warn 4 How many voices are saying, "Beve als vady." iI;EATU , bk!. SAMUEL H. WELLES, ESQ. Few men are better known or more highly es i4Semediin the Empire State than How. HENRY WELLER, one of the. Judges of our .Supreme t eourt. Hers also anonored ., elder,. in tip Preslgeriaii church of' Penn Y.ll,"Wherehe Etna' Ire Sided fiethe last - f lorty years, and has always been one of the foremost of its Christian cid ,. zens. • His only . son t ,Samne l EL Welles, Esq., a man eomegirty la.*-Partzieirand con- DEATH : . OF DR. LOUNSBURY scant associate, was recently prostrated with ty phoid fever and died. It is only a few weeks since we saw him in perfect health, and could not but anticipate for him a long and useful life. :Ile, too, was a member of the Presbyterian Church, but suddenly callei to join the church above. He bad previously buried a wife and two children, and was now passing much of his time at his father's house, where we know, in a circle peculiarly domestic, and charming, he will be greatly mi-sed. The father and family have the deepest sympathy of troops of friends, and Of -the public gUnerallY. They do not mourn alone. , - GROW''lEt .Our beautiful city was, never growing more rapidly, we think, than at the. present time; cer tainly not for many years. Buildings are going up :in all directions:' On one street, in alvalk= of two or three blocks, we recently cnunted,:MOre than, twenty stores and, dwellings. New mann= faoturing-establishments are-springing into exis tence. • Buildings are beings enlarged and im proved, so as quite to change the aspect'of some . streets: Everything inaicates enterprise . prosperity. In 1811, there .wits,b4 l one house where this, city now standa;- row :there. are 60;- 000 inhabitants: This, .of cOurse,' . does not come Pete with the growth of arnme'Westerri Cities, but it does" 44ii'iiell'fof this, region 1 - _ • = ==. J= • -1 P But„bave our _churches, kept -pace with „the, groWth of the city? 'ln 1830,.with :a populatim of 10,000, we had three Presbyterian churches . : with .bout' .- 600 members, now Ve have - tic) in ear own connection,. with nearly 1",800 mem -."?.. hers; and four ,Old School .chnrches, with about 1200 communicants, making three thousand ,in all, five times ss , many as in 1830, with dines the population. • Is it not time that some iittheie' churches colonized ? or is, there not. some 'waste ground, that should be reduce 4 to cultivatiop. DR. SEAN' ON-RE-UNION Dr. Shaw,, in one ()this febett sermoris, allud ed, in pretty plain language, to the, subject, of re-union. He has been anxious for au& a con summation. He is nru,the Committee of, Confer ence, and rejoiced exceedingly in the result's to which they came. It seemed to indicate that the day of re-union was. near at hand. 'But, since the report of that. Conimittee,has been virtually repudiated• hy• the Old SchoolL Presbyteries,,and spUrned and spit upon by such leading men' as Drs. Breckinridge and , Hodge,iie thinks we • are far better off in our separate organizations than we should be united with those who do not• want, us, and who distrust our orthodoxy.•• The Doctor believes in liberty of differenee in minor matters.•',• If this not to be.secuied in re union, we* not want re-union. He-loves his liberty too well, willingly to put. himself in bond age to any man; to be pat under surveillance; be distrusted, suspected,` and be put upon his own defence! He does not, purpose any , such thing; and we, suspect there,vare a goOd many others in these parts like-minded with him. They would be glad of rfkunion, if it could be equal, honorable, genuine and permanent, not IN ~ N EW CHARACTER. It is announced that Rev. Dr. Hawley, of Au burn, has been sent abroad by Secretary Seward; on some secret service for the-Governnient. It is' said he is to ge 'firtr to .. Roine, to' be absent some four month's. On what mission he goes is a, profound secret. We understand he left Au burn suddenly; that few even of his own people knew what was" going On. Prof Condit, of the. Seminary, is, engaged to' supply his pnlpit dur ing his absence. It is doubtless some important mission upon which he is sent, and courteously and manfully will he discharge it. He has for years been a great favorite with Mr. Seward, as a friend and fellow-townsman, and we, do, not wonder the great Secretary turned to him for this service. Those who know him best; however, 'd not need to be told that 7is does rtot imply similarity of views with the Secretary ,in political matters. Mr. Hawley has quite other thoughts and other sym pathies at present. But when we may; We shall be glad to know what the important errand of State, is which takes hirn frOM' his affectionate people so long. A CALL Rev. Geo:D. Baker, of the Stone St. Church, Watertown, has received and accepted a call to the Presbyterian Church of Oneida, (0. 5.,) of which Rev. Chas. Z. Robinson was the recent pastor. He will be much missed- from`Water town, where he has labored`very successfully, and we shall be sorry to lose him from our con . neetion., Correction —lt was not the Presbytery or Genesee, as we are made to say' in our last, but the Presbytery of :Geneva, which installed Mr. Stebbins at Ovid. 'GENESEE. ROCHESTER Nov,. 2, 1867. MnirsrEarAL.—Rev. G. H. FUllerton, of San &risky, 0., has received'a unanimous call to the pastorate ,of the Lane Seminary Church on Wal nut Hills, which he will probably accept.. Rev. Raphael Kessler has commenced preaching for the Church at Webster Groves, (near St. Louis,) and will soon be installed,' in - icdorclance with the unanimous call of that foeople.—Rev. John AVII Bishop, late of Bloomington, im.s•ac cepted a call to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church in Rockville, N. Elmer'hae beeonie. pastOr, of 'the Ciirch' oakfield Geri= eeee dounty, N. Y. FROM OUR CHICAGO CORRESPONDENT CHICAGO, Nov. Ist, 1868. DEAR AMERICAN :—The Young Men's Chris- I tian Association having declined to admit to a participation in the control of its affairs any per sons not members of Evangelical churches, the " Liberal Christians" of our city, finding their liberality thereby. straitened and hindered, did assemble in Crosby's Opera House, on Sabbath evening, for-theorg,ani7ation of anew .Associa tion;of like aims and purposes 'with - the other. AS many ` as 3500 persone are reported to have been present. Speeches were Made by the Uni tarian and Universalist pastors of the city, and others, condemning the narrowness and bigotry of every body' but themipdves, and . landing their own superior catholicity: It was not surprising, that by dint of closing all their own' plaCes worship, and 'much previous trumpeting, a large concourse was gat4Pred- .. As the object they aim at is chiefly`that of ministering-to the bodily,ne eessities orthepoor; rmeteli good May come' °Pt:her new society in this particUlai .—* A;liie- is soon •to come off , foi the benefit of *idows and orphans of soldiers , ; so thatamong all these agen cies thespoor..ofObicago ought to"be ibundantly , Provided fefdifring , themorning season; Indeed, it ns Said that a large immigratinneof this class : from other:: Plices is already setting in upoti ns; in view of. theample proVisionr. making „for. the, indigent'classes: ‘we - areia 'wonderful pen 1611'16W:id%) grow by all'itteani. ,STATE CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIOIkr. The State Christian Association, called by the pastors of Springfield and Phi:6a, assembled at the N. S. Presbyterian Church of the litter pla.cp,,pn Titesday morning„ and, continued sion for • two days. It• has been 'in all•points a most successful gathering of Christians. Three hundred delegates are estimated to -have been present from abroad: shiailar` Meeting the -ptate ha&thereligiona intereat.eaceeded that of this gathering. - • . • • D. - L. Moody; 'of Chicago, was .dhosen perms neat Peesitlefii. and , on tilciii said - there had neverbeen. a time when the inquiry was so, general, "How, to carry, the Gospel to every creaturer He spoke of , theleonventionei in Veririont, MaSsachusetts, Pennsylvania, and While 'we are assemble the Christians' .of Con nenticut nre,in like convention in Hartford. Next week, Bansa,s has a conyention.;, and the - week following the-Christian Convention of the Ent pire State convenes in ;New York' City. From all portions - of the country the glad tidings come to us of the awakening of God's people to duty and to work. He has residedin. Chicago eleven years, and had .never: seen the religioui3 interest more deep and general. • The time 'was spent in . discussions of the vari ous questions advertised beforehand, interspersed with devotional-exercises. On many ,cf the topics introduced,' the discussions were exceedingly able and interesting, and. all were of - a highly practical character. Methods for drawing out theunempleyed power of ,the lay element in the direct labors for Christ; and;for souls, occupied a large share of the-time and attention of the con; vention. Mr. Moody spoke in this connection of the magnificent work being done in Europe by distinguished laymen„ On the .question, " How can the unity of. Christ's followers be better mani felted tothe world ?” Rev. geo.lluffield, of Gales burg, read a very effective paper, which was re ceiVed with great satisfaction. - The convention adjourned to meet next year at Bloomington. ' . The pulpit of the Presbyterian Church of Clin ton, lowa, having'become vacant by the removal' of Rev. J. B. Morse to the Female Seminary at Lyons, that church has extended a pall _to Rev., Mr.: Cowden, late 'of the U. P. ,Church,, lowa, City. Mr. C. is a piing man of high position thb'bOdy friim which he comes to '.us, 'and'*ill prove a valuable accession to our ranks. It is understood he will accept the, call.. A new Pre,skiyterian Churel (N.. S.) was last week organized at the young and thriving city of Ackley, Hardin Co., lowa., Rev. G. 11. Chat ; terton, late of Janesville, has taken charge of, the. new organization. . The Presbyterian Church of Will, Will Co., 111., dedicated-on the 20th new and hand- some, house of worship. Rev. Glen Wood, of Chi cago, preached the dediCatory sermon, after which a sufficient sum was collected to pay off all indebtedness, and complete the furnishing, of the building. Under their esteemed pastor, Rev. R J. Hill, they have now an excellent prospect for growth and usefulness. Here is another marked instance of the value of our Church Erec tion Fund. The neat and very commodious edifice of the William street Mission, of this city, an enterprise of the Third Church," was on the seine day dedi cated to religious uses It is hoped that a church will ere long be' formed at "this point. PRESBYTERIES.--Kansas.—At the late meet ing three new Churches were received—lne at Wathena, one at Wyandotte, and another at Shawnee. H. Mather, a licentiate was dismissed to the Presbytery of Kaskaskia, (0. S.) Illinois. The Presbytery, also, Resolved, That our Home Mission Committee at New York be re quested not to re-commission any Home Mission ary in Kansas, who shall not, daring one year's residence within ;out boupds, become a member or oar bOdy, unlesi providentially lirptotted: Plickfoid4Z 4sePi4ed , alb ITEMS NOWI'M W`EgT OUR LONDON LETTER LONDON, October 12, ISG7 An accident to your "own" correspondent—, close friend of mine—in the shape of a thumb strain, brings me once more face to face with 111 y older friends, your readers. It is with a s ome. what dreamy 'recognition fhat I approach them again, after years of absence. I must not try to take up any old link; but at once commenc e a new chain- I write you from a noble London Club, where legislators peers and gentlemen Pass and re pass, regarding each other no more than if they met as strangers in the street, unless they are so cially:acquainted. It is rare to extend one's as quaintance by entering a club in London. With yon=a more facile and cosmopolitan people— Mita is, not so much. the case. You could hardly sit near; each other for hours every dayw. ; Lout, speaking, or dine at the.same table with anothe r gentleman add address- all your conversation to the - It is the - idiosyncrasy of English men, however, and if it is not so genial, • . least affor 4 you au. opportunity, of choosing your acquaintance. But:I was going to complain of the Weather—to .stiy that thus early in October I can h - ardlY see because of . the fog. They say the swallows, crossed the Rhine in September, and tlft thisis a pertain indication of a hard winter. Many a' consumptive man- in England shivers and treitiblea Wheelie 'hears this. If we are to be starved . With celd, other - prospects are not more promising. The *outs* is in a bad condition —palsy ha:Adieu on many of our manufactures— and this' Winter: must see an - immense number of persons out of 'work. Just at this era such a prospect is rinfortunate,. - for we never wanted more careful and . nnimpetuous counsels than at the.present time. Weare entering upon an era of social and 'political revolutionmore rapid, more extensive, and more lasting . in its effects, than any ch have preCed The settlement of the Reform question,"'as it is termel is a myth. The newly enfranchised classes do not accept it as a' settlement' t all. They feel their strength —and they intend to use it for a basis to the ful crum of, heir lever. The, general feeling is that we -must begin with two questions—Education and the Irish Church. The higher classes wish to edncate the people, because it will make them better 'aid,. safer Voters—the loiver wish to be educated.to increase their power.. The difficulty of grasping:the subject in. England, lies in this feet, that our educational system is complicated and °heti-acted - by our church question. The es tablishment,,sits like a greakecclesiastical incubus upouns. We actually, cannot accept any decent scheme of education, because it is inconsistent with Anglican' prkensions: In America, your system - iuMade On the principle that it is the best—here we are obliged to make it 011 the prin ciple that it satisfies.the "Cluireli.aud, the dissen ters. Result—it satisfies neither. lam con vinced, however; spite - Of the - loud outcry of church parsons that the national, as opposed to a denominational soliemel—that is to say, secular as opposed ; to religious education making its way in England.. It certainly is, in •Ireland—and there the battle will be fiiiit fought. At the Social Science 'Congress at Belfast recently, I heard . . speaker after speakeuet up and' support the 113- tional.system . of education. The Roman Catho lic.s, however, opp)se it, because they prefer teaching their. .own dogmas to instructing theii youth in the wisdom of this world. A commis sion has been appointed' for Ireland, to investi ,gate•thiS } question. The Church and State question has been more prominently.brought before, the public recently, by the great Pan-Anglican Synod. I don't know whether those Bishops of -the . - Episeopal Church in America, who consented to attend this Synod, know how ridiculous they appeared—with no an .knowledged status in the English Church, and - uttering advice which was without weight. I believe some churchmen are not a little indignant at the introtruction of these and the colonial bi shops into such a gathering. But there is much More indignation at what the Synod did. The proposal to create a central, and subordinate, Sy nods, to which matters of doctrine and discipline 'should be referred, is resented as opposed to the notion , of a State Church, and to the free spirit of the age. So, no doubt it is. Yet, as minis ters of Christ, perhaps, the bishops are not wrong in desiring some such, spiritual organization. To a-man of devotion it is a horrible absurdity to have his creed defined and adjudicated on by lay lawYers. Hoyv shall they define that they know not of? You may see in the manner in which the propositions of the Synoi have been received, the foreshadowing of that fight between religious and political thought in the Church, which in old let ter's-I anticipated as at bind. It is at hand. • The Irish Church:question will open the whole subject. Those men who have shunk from touch ing it, because, they: saw that -it must logically lead to a consideration of the English Church es tablishment, will be obliged to face it. The Ro man Cathblic bishops have contributed to simpli fy the struggle by deciding that they will not ac cept any endowment. I think, therefore, the English dissenters, in spite of the Presbyterians of Ireland who cling. to the Regium DOLILIID to theiii shame-Land 'the shrieking Irish establish ment, will insist Unia disestablishment, and pro bable the money will - be applied to education. Here my time is up, and I must postpone to a future letter, discussions so pregnant with inter etSt.,s3`, every man' OfAng,l:s',iStiioti*name. * 4.DELPE[O6
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