Plain Dealings. In great reforms go slow, of course, For haste makes waste, we know But use a fair degree of force— Go slow, but not too slow, "Tis well, in tnrning rascals out, To sort and sift them so; But send them to the right abont— Go slow, but not too slow. *Tis not so we ll to give, you ses, Rascals a chance to crow; Let them be free, but not too free— Go slow, but not too slow. *Tis not so well to house and feed Spies of the wily foe, And gratify unfriendly greed! Go slow, but not too slow. The people's grand decree was right That bade the rascals go, Aud right is justly joined te might— Go slow, but not too slow. ON THE ROCKS AT CAPE ANN. Kate and I went there to spend the summer, Is there really such a thing as fate or destiny or luck? Or wasit simply blind chavce that carried us to that little out of the way spot, where ene of us at least was to find such un- foreseen experiences, We knew of no special attractions there other than pure sea air and a comfortable lodging place, but we tired of Saratoga, Cape May and She Catskills, *‘Let usgotoan unfash- jonable place,” said Kate. ‘‘Let us find a place,’ quoth I, **where we can skirts; and so we forthwith engagel two rooms in Miss Lane's boarding bouse at Annisquam, a qualnt, queer, primitive, crooked little village, which makes one of the rocky knobs along the edge of Cape Ann, that distant “haven where we would be,” 1 cannot even now say much, for us to go by sea to Boston. the effect that never would I go any where by sea. But it was over at last, and on the ed comfortably at an elegant breakfast digester in the guise of a four miles stage ride in a crowded and not too easy vehicle brought us to the door of the pleasant old house which was to be our bome during the hot summer months, Making a hasty toilet, and casting, the surroundings of our tidy little rooms, we descended to the parlor and went through the ordeal of presentation to the other boarders, Well, we saw nothing remarkable among them either first or last, You need not conjure up a vision of love at first sight, nor of a sudden *‘affinity” between one of us and any of the twen- ty people with whom we were to pass the coming weeks. It was just an av- erage party, no more; and Kate and I have always been noted for preterring people above the average. We found the usual depressing majority of women ever one goes? had no children; for them (he great excitement of life was the arrival of bad a quiver full of little innocents, whose daily baths and naps and toilets, gave {ull occupation to mamma's hands and thoughts. And we had the noble army of spinsters—excellent who did a great deal of worsted work, played a little, sung a little, and made ao impression whatever upon us, either in the beginning or at the end, We came indoors to sleep and eat, and sometimes when the evening was e00l or rainy, we made a virtue of ne- eessily, put on our *‘city gowns,’ and it. But we feit like prisoners during these hours. got in the parlor with us, He lived on board that beautiful little yacht the Butterfly, which he had brought from Boston, as if 1t were his petted child, How shall I tell you about the part 26 soon claimed, and that was given sim in our summer life? I say in “our” fe, becanse, you see, he was for a time she friend of us both. One day when there was no wind the Batterfly lay qulet at her moorings, her swner strolling over the rocks came mddenly upon Kate and myself tryiog © scale a height we had never before tempted, and as he was active, long- imbed, and possessed, moreover, of a food, stout stall, he offered his assis. ance, which we gladly accepted. We ‘ell into conversation about the beauti- ‘ual ocean view, the fine surrounding xenery, and then the yacht was noted wd commented upon, Our pew ac juaintance casually mentioned the mmes of her former owners, who woved to be intimate friends of Kate a Bosten, And so—and so, we parted hat day, only to meet by accident the wxt, and afterwards, many another my, whether by accident or Intention, vio stall say? We liked him, and he liked us; we oon found bim to be u thorough gen- leman, and as Kate and I were always together and Mrs, Grundy had not | made her appearance at Annisquam, we finally spent most of our time, a blissful trio, sailing over the blue wa- ters on the wingsof a beautiful Butter- fly, making long pedestrian expeditions to the various points of interest along | the coast, and dreaming aw ay th lovely moonlight evenings on our belov- ed rocks. “Jack Adams,” as everybody called him was a universal favorite, it seemed, and a welcome guest in every house, but by degrees he gave up nearly all other society for ours, and it came to be an accepted thing for us three to be always together. Icannot describe the great charm there was about him, We used to say, **he is so jolly,” and so he was, full of good nutureand merriment, and wonderful conversational powers and a quick wit, but underneath the gay exterior lay a depth of feeling and habit of sober thought not discernible to general observation, He seldom referred to his home life or occupation, and for some reason or other, we never cared to inquire into either, until with- in a short time of our departure from Annisquam, We were content to have made so pleasant a friendship and it never crossed my mind that we could be anything but friends. I sincerely liked and admired him and believed that was all. “Don’t you think,” said Kate one evening as she sat in my room for a | little chat, before we said good might, that Jack Adams will be sorry when the time comes for us all to leave Cape Ann and go back to our work at home?” “Yes, I suppose he will,” I answered dreamily, not understanding a strange, sad feeling that shot through my heart, as she spoke; *‘but Kate, I wonder what his work is at home? He knows well enough by this time that yours 1s to | paint ptetures, and mine to teach mu- | sic, and I have not the remotest ides what his occupation is,” “Molly, my dear arn't we two atu” | pids ? But, never mind before the sun sets tomorrow, we will know, Let us | make a guess first; it is most important { that you should be thoroughly posted, {for if I am not much mistaken, you | will be asked cne of the days to share | in his career, whatever it may be.” { “Nonsense!" said I eagerly," “he cares | | nothing for me; if he has a preference it is for you.” : “Now you are beginning to tell fibs, | {so I will take myself off, but first for} our guesses; mine is, let me see—well, | I think he is most probably s head | ! book-keeper in a Boston wholesale es- tablishment of some kind, and has managed to save a little money, has | | invested in a yacht, and takes his month’s holiday down here.” **And I believe he 13 the son of a Boston nabob, with simple tastes, a dis- | like to the follies and frivolities of fash- | lonable life, in which he 8 doubtless | forced to join during the winter, and a | love for nature, and he has let the rest | of the family follow their inclinations, | whiie he comes to commune with the sea and the the rocks" | “And fall in love with my Molly into | the bargain,” linished Kate, whereupon | | I drove her from the room and went to | | bed, i | Now to find out—What is he? It would be awkward to put the question | to bim direct, and to seek the desired | information from the people arcund us, | was not quite to our taste, 50 we resolv. | | ed to bide our time and see what the i i i pext twenty-four hours would bring | { forth. In the morning, a small party, | | including ourselves, went off for a sail | in the Butterfly, We were merry, and | many a pleasant jest went around the | little cirefe, It was Saturday, and some | remark was made about the coming Sunday. following by a criticism on the very poor preaching we should proba. i bly hear if we should attend church the village, sation I paid in To this part of the conver- | Hitt! 1 knew the! into whose precincts I, a high church Episcopalian, a devont believer in candlesticks, vestments, and { all that sort of thing. should e heed, “meeting house , of cotirse | never enter. Bat suddely my attention was caught. One of thecompany turn ing to the Dutterlly eapiain, said, in most matter-of fact tones: "You're a minis ter, Mr. Adame, why don't you preaeh for us, sometimes ?"’ “Well,” recplied Jack, *‘I expect to supply the pulpit, to-morrow. Mr. Brown wanted to go away for a week, and I promised to take his duty from bim. Mird yor all come Ww church.” The murder was out And so was 1 in the next moment, for, a8 we moved to give more room to shift a sail, my foot must needs become entangled in a rope, I lost my balance, and tumbled head foremost into the water! Bat al. most before I touched it, Jack's honest face, white as a sheet, was close to mine, and as his strong arm siezed me, I heard him cry, not cariug for those around. “Don’t be afraid, my dearest, you are safe I” In less time than it requires to write a description of the scene | was on the deck again, half smothered in warm shawls and wraps, Lalf choked by the raw brandy that was poured down my throat, und wholly dazed and » wildered by the lwo revelations so suddenly made to me, Everybody talked and laughed as if nothing remarkable had happened and as if they had not heard Jack's astound: ing words. le said no more, until having qu ckly brought us ashore and seen me to the door of my room, he stepped before Kate, who evinced rath. er & decided impression to bustle bim | off, and whispered in my ear: *‘I shail look for yon on the rocks, to-morrow morning, after breakfast,’”’ Thenaloud: | done you no harm; but, of course, you will pot be visible again to-day, so good bye for the present,” Off he marched. Between Kate and [ utter silence. But that lasted only | until my wet garments were thrown ' aside and a warm dressing gown re- placed them, Then Kate planted her- | #elf in a chair directly In front of me, trtared me full in the face and ejacula~ | ted “Well,” She really spoke only that single word, but the tone in which it was ute | tered made it contain two duodecimo | volumes at the very least, and when I | gssayed to respond 1t seemed to me that # whole dictionary full of words would be inadequate to express my feelings. So instead of my saying anything I gig- gled—and then I cried, and the tears | proved a kind of clearing up shower, and then we went to the subject more comfortably. “Whoever heard of such a thing ?? said Kate, “We never have heard him say or seen him do anything undigui- fied, or unbefitting that profession—be- ing out of the harness down here, and taking for granted, of course, that we bad beard all about him from people around, he neyer thought it necessary to play parson. And I'm just delight- ed, Molly, my dear, that you have fal- len in love with each other; you couldn’t bave done a better thing than to tum- ble overboard this morning, and thereby bring the affair to a crisis.” “There is no affair, as you call it.” sald I; “I don’t care anything about him! at least—well, I don texactly dis« like him; but I would not marry a min- ister for all the world—no not even a bishop, much less that kind of a minis. ter! Oh, dear, what am Itodo? 1 wish I had never come to Cape Ann! and he sald he should expect me to meet him on the rocks to-morrow morn - and he had much better be thinking of his sermon than talking nonsense to And so I ran on, Kate listening with as grave a face as she could assume. At last I finished up with: “Perhaps it would be rude to take no notice of what be said so I will just stroll down to the beach for five minutes Lo-MOTTow Morn. ing, and tell him, of course, that I can- not possibly think of marrying him, and then you and I will go off for it.» “Just as you say,” replied Kate, try- ing lo keep a sober face, ‘you cannot have anything to say but *No' ?” It 18 very disagreeable to be obliged to own up to an inconsistency. I had much rather confess to having done something wicked, and from my earlier childhood, I had made it a point to cleave steadfastly to my principles once asserted. On the subject of matrimony 1 declared myself with no uncertain sound. I would never marry a Yankee minister, never, never! And yet, on this fair August morning, here was I, arraying myself in a killing white dress, and preparing deliberately to mally proposed to by a man whom I Of course, it was highly unconventional for me to go forth to meet my lover, instead of sitting mn stale to receive chance of an to “get the thing over’ as quickly as | possible, i Bo, after breakfast, 1 cooly started | ff followed bw Kate's benediction, an ; wondering within myself whether Jack | would really take his dismissal much te heart, He was wailing for me on the shore, and we met under the shadow of a great boulder that seemed to shut us off irom the world beyond. 1 ean hard ly tell what we said first. 1 think we exchanged some very feeble common place remarks about the weather and the lowness of the tide. Then Jack plunged boldly into the awkward chasm, and asked me then and there to marry him **I could not think of it.” “Why “You are a minister, and I so dislike ministers.” “You will make just the most be. witching parson’s wife In the whole country.” “But you are a Yankee and I never could endure Yankees before!” (The last word in a low tone.) “I stiall prove to you that New Eng- @nders are the salt of the earth.” “But I told Kate 1 did pot intend to marry you, and I came here on purpose to say 00." “You shall use your woman's privi- lege of changing your mind, and Miss Kate 18 too good-natured to Mame you for doing sounder the circumstan- “ua” “Butl am so verv high church.” “You shall be as high as the sky tt you like, aud when you are ready to * come down to a plain, sincere Chins. tinn man, there you will fiud me by your side,” “But you should pot be so persistent ~and it is time for you to go Ww shurch.” “Say yes, and I will lkave you in “Well—yes, then!” All’ this happened eight years ago, but I remember every word we spoke, and also the shamefacedness with which I went howe that Sunday morning aud made my confession to Kate, who re- “Why, Molly, I expected it for weeks, Bamson said, Let me die with the Philistines (Jodg. 16: 30 , Therefore Sanl took his sword and fell upon it (1 Sam. 31: 4), Tie Lord gave, and the Lord bath taken away Job 1: 21). These shall co away into eternal pun- ishment (Matt, 25: 46). 1. “So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Joush.” (1) The emergency; (2. The appeal; (3) The decision, . “Then were the men exceedingly afraid.” (1) A terrific storm; (2) A terrifying message: (3) A terror- stricken crew, 3. “The sea grew more and more tempestuous.” (1) Earnest appeals; (2) Fruitless efforts; (3) Increasing Jack took me nto his confidence long ago, but I was resolved not to saya word to you, for or against him. Now At present my huusand has charge of Boston, I sit in the minister's pew, ard am re- I preside over the sewing circle, and teach in the Sunday school, and am as happy as pessible, but for It was so very inconsistent in me to marry Jack, and I have never been able to reconcile myself to having done such viglence to my principles. To this day it is a “crook in my lot” to remember how suddenly and how easily I abjured my youthful convictions, and gave my- self over to a man who combined in himself all my pet qualifications for a husband. SUNDAY RCHOOL LESSON, BUNDAY, APRIL 19 1831, Jonah Sent to Nineveh, LESSON TEXT, 1-17, 2 Jonah 1 Memory verses: 14, 10) LESSON PLAN. Toric or THE QUARTER: and Serving. Goropex Texr ror THR QUARTER: Godliness is profitable unto all things. | 1 Lim, 4 : 8 Sinning { i the | Lesson Toric : Lord, Fleeing from 1. Fruitl ss Flight, vs, 14 Lxason Ovrrism:y + Sa1ek Detretion, wm. | i Fearful Penalty, vai 1317 unto it the thee, ~- Jonah Preach I bid Gorpex Text: preaching that 8:9 Dary Hour Meanixas : M.. Jonah 1 : 1-17. the Lord, T.~Jonah 2 Lord. W.—2 Kings 14 : 17-29, of Jonah, T.—Matt. 12 : 38.50, New Testament, F.—Psa, 138 : 1.24. ent God. 8. ~Jer. condemned. B.-—Ezek, 33 : 1-16, prophet, ————— LESSON ANALYSIS 1. FRUITLESS FLIGHT. Fleeing from 1-10, Saved by the The times Jonah in the The ever-pres a. 2: 9-04. Evil prophets Duty of the i. Orders: ] Arise, go to Nmnevebh,....and ery aguinst 18 (2). Come now, I will send thee unto | Pharaoh (Exod. 3 : 10). i Go,....preach. ...the preaching that I | bid thee (Jonah 3 : 2). Let him deny himself. me (Matt, 16 : 24), i Go ye into »1l the world, and preach the | gospel (Mark 16 : 15). i. Flight: Jonah rose up to flee... Lord (3). The man and his wife hid themselves irom... the Lord (Gen. 3 : 8), | Whither shall I flee from thy presence? (Pea. 139 : 7. Can any hide himself... that I shal | not see hum? (Jer, 23 : 24). Though they hide, ....I will search and | take them (Amos 9 : J) i i. Arrest; Arie, call upon thy God, per.ah not (6), And the Lord God ealled,.... Where | art thou? (Gen, 3: 9), Even there sball thy band lead me Pea. 139: 10, ence shall Amos 8: 2). Mind lim band and foot, and east him out (Matt, 22: 13). 1. **Arise, go to Nineveh,....and ory! against 11." (1) Jehovah's com: mand; Jonah's destination; Jonah's message. (1) The presch- er; (2) The place; (8) The mes | sage, 2. *Jinah rose up to flee... from the presence of the Lord.” (1)} Jonal's vain purpose; (2: Jonah's| ..and follow | | from the | . .that we | mine hand take them y y fraitiess flight.—(1) Jonah’s fight; (2) Jehovali's presence. 8. “Arise, call upon thy God,....! that we perish not.” (1) The im- | peri-hed crew; (2) The indifferent] passenger; (3) The importanate capta n. IL. QUICK DETECTION. I. Decision by Lot: They cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah (7). The tribe which the Lord taketh shall come near (Josh. 7: 14), Baul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan (1 Sam. 14: 42), The whole disposing thereof 18 of the Lord (Prov. 16: 81). The lot fell upon Matthias (Acts 1: 26). IL Acknowledgment of Sin! Themen knew that he fled,... .be- eause he had told them (10). She gave me of the tree, and I did eat a than I pun oan (Gen, 4 {a Reader Tuckuouiedged my sin unto thee (Psa. Yad; bo terebful to me a sinner (Lake Hi, Acceptances of Doom: o me up, and cast me forth into the sea (12), 5 peril, IL FEARFUL PENALTY. The Terrific Tempast: The sea grew more and pesinous agminst them (13), Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled | Psa. 46; 3). The stormy wind lifteth waves thereof ( Psa. i. more tem- up the 107: 25), Tuere arose a great temupest n the sea Vat, 8: 24). No small tempest lay on us (Ae 20), w ts 27: I. The Unavoidable Sacrifice: forth into the sea (15) Abraham took the knife to slay his son (Gen, 22: 10), : Her father did with her according to his vow (Judg 11: 39,. Depart from me, ye cursed, eternal fire Matt, 25: 41 Js He gave his only begotten Son (John 3: 16, il. The Wondrous Deliverance: The Lord prepared a great fish went upon the face of the 7: 18). waters (Gen, 7 | of fire passed on ’ them (Dan. 3: 271. hath shut the ons’ mouths Dau. 6: 22) Jesus siretched forth his hand, took hold of him (Matt. 14.31). 1. “*Wherelore they cried unto the Lord.” (1; Heathen worshippers; (2) Importunate appeals; (8) The God, ‘*So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea.” (1)Jonah the fugitive; (3) Jonah the conviot; Jonah the sacrifice. 8. “The Lord prepared a great fish to swallow ap Jonah.” (1) God's preparation; (2) God's purpose. and a — i ta LESSON BIBLE BEADING. DIBOREDIENCE TO GOD. (ien. 3 : 6, 12, 13). 3y Pharaoh (Exod. 5 : 2). By Nadab and abihu (Lev. 10; By Moses (Num. 20 : 8, 11-13). By Saul By ‘ Zz). 1, i Sam. 15 ’ Jonsh {(Jonsh i . LESSON SUHHOUNDINGS, Isrenvexing Evesrs Jonah, the prophet, is mentioned, in 2 Kings 14 ; Hb, as having uttered a which was fulfilled in the days of Jero- IL, king of Israel. He must therefore have lived at or before thst The position of the lesson im- plies that he was the oldest prophet history and utterances form a separate book of the Old Testament. The history of the two kingdoms in the interval may be briefly ske ched: of years, was hard pressed by Hazael, king of Byris. In Judah, Athalial, the mother of Ahazah {whose brethren boam 0 stroy all the rosal the kingdom. Joash, Ahaziah, was secreted by his aunt, Jehosheba; and, when seven years old, Athaliah being sian. Joash repaired the temple and reformed the kingdom, but, when threatened by od vessels. The evil resu t 1s described in 2 Chroni les 24, leading to the mar and the dethrone Joash. Jehoabaz succeeded lsracl, and he 00 was pressed by Harzael, His son and sue- ment of Oop the King him. The proj het victories over the Syrians; bat Jeboash failed to respond sufficiently in the symbolical action), and promise of trinmph was Imited, burial of Elisha is described, the revival of a man cast into hus sepuicher when carried for borml Amaziali succeeded Joash ae king of Judah. Having ob- tained a victory over Edom, he sent a challenge to Jehoash (of lerael), and was defeated by hum, Amazin revolted against and procisumed Azariah (Uzzah; as King, Alter an interval, Amaziah was kilied. Jeroboam lL, succeeded Je- ho.sh in Israel, and, though an evil king, he *‘restored the vorder of israel,” acoording to the word of the Lo d spoken, “by the hand of his ser- vant Junah, the son of Anuttai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher’ 12 Kings 14 : 35). Praces-—The home of Jonah was CGath-hepher, a town «f Zebulun. The name means ‘‘the wine-press of the weil.” It bins been identified with a place now called e!-Meshad, in which the tomb of Jonah is stall pointed out, situated two miles east of Sefurieh (Sepphoris) south-west of Tiberias. Joppa (now Jaffa, or Yafa), on the Meare rolil ot the oldest known oities,— was some distance south. west of Jonah's home, in the opposite direction from Nmeveh. It is some- what more than thirty miles north-west visit the and also hen not afford any light on the position of the place, since that phrase may to the kind of vessels) Nineveh is named in the lesson, but will be refer red to in connection with the next lesson. Time, —Jerobosm 11. began to reign, according to the usnal elronology, in B. C, 825, Other dates assigned are B, C. 827 and 8.3, while Davis gives B. O. 760. There are no dala for determin. ing the time more closely. Jonah may bave lived in tue preceding reign, or at some firme in the earlier part of the reign of Jeroboam II, Prusoxs, —Jonah the prophet, son of Amittai. His n we means “dove.” The | mariners; the shipmaster, Incioresta. —Jonst is bidden by Je hoveh to go to Nineveh sud cry against that wicked city. He flees to Joppa. Finding a ship going to Tarshish, be takes passage in it. A great storm threatens to destroy the ship; every j one cal's upon his god, and they seek | to lighten the ships. Jonah has gone | below, and is sleeping, but is sreused { by the shipmuster, who tells him to { prey to his God. It is proposed to east | lots to see who is the cavse of the evil and the lot falls on Jonah. They ques | tion lim, and he tells bis country, and {| acknowledges Jehovah as his God { The men are afraid, and ask what he done. He confesses, and, when questioned as to what they shonld da tells them to east him overboard, and the ses will become calm, They still at’ empt to row to land; but, failing iu | this, they pray to Jehovah, asking for- giveness for what they are about te do, and then throw Jonah nto the sea. A oddm ensues. The men fear Jehovah, and offer a sacrifice unto him. Jonah | 1s swallowed by a great fish, which the ! Lord had prepared, and “was in the has | belly of the tish three days and three | nights.” The Book of Jonah is more emchm- sively historical 1a form than any other of the prophetical books. Its lessons sre mainly in actions, Yet no book of the Bible has Leen so often explained as unhistorical 1m contents. Further wore, it is the one book of the Old Testament which sets forth Jehovah's rule sand forgiveness toward the heathen. Yet, because of the assamed difficulty in regard to the “great 4 many have sought to deny that was really any such mission 0 a heathen city in Old Testament times jut, whether the story be a literal hie tory or a parable, it conveys the same lesson to us of the care of God for all the sons of men, and even tor the brute | beasts, to whom are given the last words of the book. FOOD FOR THOUGHT. The less men think the talk, A man is a man first and a lover a { terward, Few men succeed who try to get *S | head." A really sharp man seldom finds Efe a grind, No diploma is required (0 nume & re sentiment, Charms strike the sight, wins the soul. i# no bitterness wore they but merit There like self-re- | proach. Time, which deadens hatred, semretly strengthens ove, Clinrity is the virtue of the heart and not of th* hands Charon is the only ferryman who nev- er stops on account of fog. Occasions do pot make a man but they show what Le Is, Men are just as ready lo hate you fox your virtues as for your faults, madd, When you bury animosity, don’t set up a headstone over ils grave. No one is fatigued alter the exercise Take courage: the brave soul cam wend even disaster, Who won't be ruled by rudder mast be ruled by rock Never meet trouble half way. Let it do all ve walking. The office of literality consisieth in giving with judgmeut. A woman's tougue is her sword, which she does pot let Tus, The greatest puzzle to a man is bow ALY Wolnal can ove Lim. Don’t be afraid to stand up for the truths whenever you nd IL g-1s too old for his him “her boy." A nan mm ver mother Ww cals iu these degenerate d ys a mn with a broken woid Isu’t seriously cripp ed. There is not a moment from the cra to the grave which oue cau lhrow Don’t argue; there is nothing so Lire 11 A newspaper is the history of the world lor vue day ride requires very costly food —its Keeper 8 Lappitiess, It is bet er to hold back a truth than to sj eak 1b ungraciously, To-morrow is the mirage of time, and procrastination its willl. g victim, Minutes are the poor mun's small change; it will pay him W hoard them, A woman's face always 1eflects the biddea tragedy of ber life, if there is one. Taste depends on those finer emotions whies wake the organizat on of the rou The degree of striving after perfee- How and virtue determines the value of the man. Conviction were it pever soexcelient, is worthiess till it convert i.e lato cunduet, He who puts a bad construction on & good act ro vedls his own wickedness of Don’t be coaxed, driven or ridiculed Jato doing anything which you know is not right. ‘Tbe chains of habit are too small to be felt Ull they are too sts to Le Looken,
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