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CLEARFIELD, PAM WEDNESDAY, AU.GUST 22, 18GG.
NEW SERIESVOL. VII. NO. 6.
POLITICAL rilEACIilXG.
i-e Eiack in Reply to Rev. Alfred
nevin, v. u.
a.
me time ?o Hev- Alfred Kevin, of Fhiladel-
i convcrfation with Judge Black boldly
i l:, i.oiiof flint firai.hra ahould diaensa
g, JDCru ui. I
.-! aJair? iu the pulpit, lo ton tne judge
in J. The conversation wm continued for
a, lime in an earnest but friendly aimuer. Dr.
f.a hating expressed a wUh to continue the
,:;iim through the newspaper preaa, Judge
jti t.k up hi' challenge without hesitation.
$ first letter of lr. Nevin appeared iu the Thil-
,i; hiaI'Mi'7 few day ago. The
jawing is the aMe and crushing reply of Judge
, lancatttr Ittlltgencer.
Tt, the Ecv. Alfred Xevin, D. D.
t.Mr Pear Sir : Your letter address
i to me through the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin disappoints me ; be
I did not expect it to come in
i way, aud because it does not cov
i the subject in issue between ns.
lit if I am silent your friends will
with some show of reason, that
they would have flatly contradicted the empire was preserved in peace, I taken, a Ch rintiati minister has no au
that Christ s Kingdom was not of this und tho great Theodosian code, the thority to preach upon any subjects,
wonu, anu wiirisuanuy useu wouia product ol thai outer repentance, is
have died out in half a century. But still read and quoted for its admirable
they accepted the relations which 'umon of humanity and policy. Am
wero created by human law, and ex-jbroso produced these consequences by
horted their disciples to discharge acting in tho true capacity of a Chris-
li have vindicated "Political Preach-
'so triumphantly that all opposi
k -.t is confounded. I must therefore
si. :ik freciv in reply. In doing so, I
ri an to say nothing inconsistent with
great respect lor your mgu cuar
vr in the Church and in the world
a.c admirable stylo and temper of
;rown communication deserves to
J imitated.
I fully concede the right you claim
sbr clergymen to select their own
iemes and handle them as they
fl. use. You say truly, that neither
'a-vyers, nor physicians, nor any oth
if order of men have the least autbor-
:vr to control you in these particulars
l:.t you will not deny that this is a
;f vfloge wbicli may be abused ; you
':;relv admit that some clergymen
A'r abused it, "and by doing so did
re than anu other class of men to
1 Mi.ei'V and continue the late rebel-
I i." While, therefore, we cn as
: t no power to.dictate your conduct,
Leh kv-s to for'eo you, we are surely
I i wroiiT when we tnreat vou to
jt iiose upon yoursAvs those restric-
which reason aDd revelation
.ve shown to be necessary for the
od of the Church and the safety of
vil society.
I auk low led go that your commis
n is a vcrv broad one. You must
Heclare the wbolo counsel of God,"
li the end that sinners may bo con
tinted and converts built up in their
inost holy faith. Truth, justice, tcm-
jb ranee, hurnilitv, mercy, peace, broth
erlv kin lness, charity the whole fir
fcle of the Chritian virtues must be
i-siduoufily tautrht to your hearers
iiiJ if any of them be inclined to the
f; iOf.ite vices, you are to denoui.ee
tliin without fear, bv private admoni
tii.n, by open rebuke, or by a general
4.-livery of the law which condemns
ti m. You are not bound to pause
ii the performance of this duty be
cause it may olfend a powerful ruler
i!a stronfr political party. Nor should
you shrink from it when bad men, for
i'aeir own purposes, approve what yon
f! X Elevate the moral c haracter, en
i ghtcn the darkness, and purify the
I- arts of those w ho are under your
f j u itual charge, at all hazards; for
r is is the work which your great
1 sskmaker has given you to do, and
II:; will admit no excuso for neglect-i-
it.
But this is precisely what the po
litical preacher is nut in tho habit of
loing lie directs the attention of
his hearers away from their own sins
to the sins, real or imputed, of other
people. By teaching his congregation
that they are better than other men
he fills their hearts with self conceit,
bigotry, spiritual pride, envy, hatred,
malice, and all unehariiablencss. In
stead of the e xhortation, which they
need, to take the beam out of their
own eye, he incites them to pluck tho
mote from their brother's. He does
Dot tell them what they shall do to be
saved, but instructs them very care
fully bow tbev shall nr-t for tho de
struction of others. Ho rouses and
oncuraes to the utmost of his ability,
those brutal passions which result in
riot, bloodshed, spoliation, civil war
and general corruption of morals.
You commit a grievous error in
supposing that politics and religion
are so mingled together that yout an
i,ot preach one without introducing
the other. Christ and His apostles
kept them perfectly separate. They
announced the great facts of the Gos
pel to each individual whom they ad
dressed. When these wero accepted
the believer was told to repent and
be bapti.ed for tho remission of his
fuithfully the duties which arose out
of them. Though the laws which do
fined tho authority of husbands, pa
rents, masters and magistrates were
as bad as human perversity could
make them, yet the early, Christians
contented themselves with teaching
moderation in the exercise of legal
power, and uniformly inculcated the
virtues of obedience and fidelity upon
wives, children, slaves and subjects.
hey joined in no clamors for or against
any administration, but simply testi
fied against ein before tho oury tribu
nal which Christeverorccted on earth ;
this is to say, the conscience of the
sinner himself. The vice" of political
preaching was wholly unknown to
the primitive Church.
It is true that 1'aul counselled obe
dience to tho government of Nero;
and I am aware that modern clergy
men interpret his words as a justifica
tion of the doctrine that support of
an existing administration is "part of
their allegiance to God. beveral
lynods and other ecclesiastical bodies
have solemnly resolved something to
that effect. But thej' forget that what
aul advised was simple submission,
not active assistance, to Nero. Ihe
Christians of that day did not endorse
his attrocities merely because ho was
"tho administration duly placed in
power." They did not go with him
to the theatre, applaud his acting, or
praise him in the churches when he
iidnapped their brethren, set fire to
i city, or desolated a province. Nor
did they assist at his apotheosis after iy
his death, or pronounce funeral ser- tl
tian minister; for ho reformed the
criminal by a direct appeal to his own
heart. A political preacher in the
same circumstances would have in
flamed tho sanguinary pussions of the
monarch, bv exaggerating the treason
of the Thessalonians, and counseling
tho military execution of all who pre
sumed to sympathize in their suffer
ings. .
louwill see, I think, tho distinc
tion I would make. A Gospel preach
er addresses the conscience of his hear
ers for tho honest purpose of convert
ing them Irom the error of their ways ;
a political preacher speaks to one
community, ono party or one sect, and
his theme is the wickedness of anoth
er. Tho latter effects no reliirious
purpose whatever; but tho chances
are ninety-nine in a hundred that he
excites the bad passions of those who
arc present, while he slanders tho ab
sent and undefended. Both classes of
preachers frequently speak upon the
same or similar subjects, but they do
so with different objects and aims.
I will mako my meaning more clear
by taking yourown illustrations. You
believe in the first day of tho week as
a Sabbath, and so believing your duty
undoubtedly is to exhort all persons
under your chargo to observe it strict
ly ; but you have no right to preach
a crusade ngninst tho Jews and Seventh-day
Baptists, to get intolerant
laws enacted against them for keeping
Saturday as a da' of rctt. If drunk
enness bo a sin which easily besets
our congregation, you may warn
icm against it, and inasmuch as ab-
except those in which divino revcla
tion has given him an infUHiblo rule of
faith aud practioo ; and, even upon
them, he must fpuak always for the
edification of his own bearers, "rightl'
dividing the word of truth," so as to
lead their, in the wnT of righteousness.
lien lie does more than tins bo goes
beytind his commission, he becomes a
scurvy politician ana his lnllucnee is
altoiicther pernicious.
Ihe use of the clerical office for the
purpose of propagating political doc
trines under any circumstances, or
with any exeiise, is in my judgment
not on!' without authority, but it is
the highest crime that can can be com
mitted uguinst the government of God
or man. Perhaps I ought not to make
this broad assertion without giving
some additional reasons for it.
In the first place it is dihoncsf. I
employ you as a minister, pay your
salary aud build you a church because
1 have confidence in your theological
doctrines. But you may be at the
same time wholly unfit for my politi
You represent the church ns an un
finished structure and the state as its
scaffolding. I think tho church came
is often supposed to have been a fair
stand up fight between the two lead
ing forms of Christianity. It was not
so. Tho religious differenco was a perfect from tho hand of its divino
false pretcnco'of the political preach-1 Architect built upon a rock, estab
ers for the promotion of their own lished, finished, complete and every
schemes.' Thero was not a sane man one who comes jihu n vy me rig hi,
mons to show that he was greater stinenco is alwnys easier than moder
mail oeiino, muiu nuuuun iuuu viu
and more eloquent than Cicero. Ii
litical preachers would have done this, i your position gives you no authority
but Faul and Peter did no such thing, to provoke violent hostilities against
There is nothing in tho Scriptures
V) justify tho Church in applying its
discipline to any member for offences
purely political, much less for his mere
opinions or feelings on public affairs.
lho clergy aro without authority, as
they aro often without fitness, to de
cide for their congregations what is
right or what is wrong in tho legisla
tion cf the country. They arc not
called or sent to propagate any kind
of political doctrine. The Church and
the State aro entirely separate anu
distinct in their origin, their object,
and tho sphere of their action ; inso
much that the organism of ono can
never bo used for any purpose of the
other without injury to both.
Do I therefore say that tho Chris
tian religion is to have no influence on
tho political deitiny of man ? Far
from it. Notwithstanding the unfaith-
tulncssof man- professors, it has al
ready changed tbe face of human so
ciety ; and it will j-ct accomplish its
mission by spreading peace, independence-,
truth, justice and liberty regu
lated by law, "lrom the sea to tho ut
termost ends of tho earth." But this
will bo accomplished only by reform
ing and elevating tho individuals of
whom society is composed ; not by ex
asperating communities against each
otlier; not by any alliance with the
governments of tho world ; not by any
vulgar partnership with politicians to
kill and plunder their enemies.
hvery timn vou rctorm a bail man
and bring his t hnractcr up to the stand
ard of Christian morality, 3011 make
addition, greater or less, to that right
eousness which cxalteth a nation, and
subtract an equal sum from the sin
which is a reproach to any people.
Sometimes a single conversation is ex
tremely important in its immediate
effect upon tho public interest of a
whole nation. No doubt tho accept
ance of lho truth bv Dionysius the
Areopadte, bad much to do in mould
ing the subsequent laws and customs
of Athens. Tho conversion of Con
stantino was followed by tho instant
abrogation of all law which fettered
tho conscience. In tha reign of Theo
dosius tho people of Tbewsalonica rose
against the Roman garrison and killed
its commander. For this act of rebel
lion tho Emperor den-reed against them
tho curse of an indiscriminate war, in
which tho guilty and tho innocent
were conlouuded together in ono gen
eral slaughter. His spiritual "guide,
philosopher, and friend" at tho time
was Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan,
who boldly denounced his crucltj-, re
fused to give him tho Sacrament, or
even to administer it in his presenco,
compelled him to tako his seat among
sins, and afterwards to regulate his; the penitents on tho portico of tho
own life by the rules of a pure and church and induced him to humble
perfect morality. They expressed no' his diadem ia thedust for eight months
preference for one form of government' in eucccssion. The conscience of tho
over another, they provoked no polit-1 Emperor was thoroughly awakened
al leader. Now you are guilty of a
base fraud upon me, if, instead of
on all that continent, who would have
felt himself impelled by motives mere
ly religious to murder his neighbor for
believing or disbelieving in transub
stantiate If proof of this wero want
ing, it might be found in the fact, that
long before the war ended, tho secre
tarinn cries were abandoned, and
Catholics as well Protestants, wero
fighting 011 both sides.
Jt is utterly impossible to believe
that the clergy of England and Scot
land, if they had not been politicians,
would have thought of waging bloody
wars to scttlo questions of election
and reprobation fate, foreknowledge,
free will, and other points ot meta
physical theology. Nor would they,
apart from their politics, have encour
aged and committed the other horrid
(rimes of which they wero guilty in
in the manner of religion.
Can you think that tho Irish were
invaded,and conquercd.and oppressed,
preaching religion.you take advantage! and murdered, and robbed for centur
of the position 1 have given you to
ventilate your crude and ignorant
notions on S'.ale affairs. I have asked
for bread and 3 011 have given me a
stone ; instead of the li.-dt i bargained
for, 3'ou put into my hands a serpent
that stings and poisons me.
It destroys the unit of tho church.
There is no room for national dispute
about the great truths of Christianity;
but men will never agree upon politi
cal subject, for human government
is at best but a compromise of selfish
interests and conflicting passions.
ies, merely becauso the English loved
and believed in tho Protestant re
ligion ? I suppose you know, that
those brutal atrocities were carried
on for the purpose of givingto politi
cal preachers in England possession ol
tho churches, cathedrals, glebe lands
andtythes which belonged to the Irish
Catholics. The soldier was also re
warded by confiscations and plunder.
The church and the state hunted in
couples, and Ireland was the prey
which they ran down together.
Coming down on our own country
tavern-keepers, liquor dealers, or dis
tillers. If any of your hearers lie ig
norant or coarse enough to desire
more wives than one apiece, you should
certainly teach them that polygamy
is the worst feature of Asiatic man
ners, inconsistent with Christianity,
and dangerous to domestic happiness ;
but you cannot lawfully urge them to
carry firo and sword into tho territory
of tho Mormons, merely because some
of the Mormons are in this respect
less holy than you. If the holding of
slaves or bond servants be a practical
question among the members of our
church, I know of nothing which for
bids -ou to teach whatever you con
scientiously believe to bo true on that
subject. But in a community where
slavery is not only unknown, but im
possible, why should any preacher
make it tho subject of bis weekly vi
tuperation F You do not improve the
religion of tho slave-holder by tradu
cing his character, nor mend tlie spir
itual condition of your own people bv
making them thirst for tho blood of
their fellow-men.
If any person, to whom the service
of another is duo by tho laws of the
State in which ho lives, shall need
your instructions to regulate his per
sonal conduct towards tho slave, you
aro bound iu the first place to tell him,
that as long as that relation cxists.he
should behave with the utmost hu
manity and kindnes; for this you
havo tho clear warrant of tho Apos
tolic example and precept. In deal
ing with such n person you may go
as much further as your own conscien
tious interpretation of tho Bible will
It you
When vou mix the two together you you find Massachusetts and Connecti
break the church into fragments, amcut in colonial times under the sole
instead of "one Lord, one faith and : domination ot political preachers
one baptism," you create a thousand j Their treacherous wars upon the Indi-
warring sects, and substitute tho pro-,ans for purposes wholly mercenary
verbial bitterness ot ihcodium theohigi- theirenslavingof white persons ns well
cum for the "chanty which tbmketh as rod ones, and selling them abroad
no evil." I or "swapping them for blackamoors ,"
No ono wnl deny that a union of : their whipping, imprisoning and kill
Church and State is ulways the cause I ing Quakers and Baptists, for their
of bad irovernment. perverted religion I conscientious opinions : and their base
and corrupt morals. I do not mean ticatment of such men as Eoger Wil
merely that legal union which exists' iatns and his friends, will mark their
in European countries That is bad j government through all times as one
enough; but you have loss common (of the crudest and meanest that ever
sense than I give you credit for, if you existed.
do not see tlmt this adulterous con-j Political preachers have not ehavcd
nection nssumcsits most pointing form any better since the revolution than
door' will find a mansion prepared for
him. It needs no scaffold. Its rounder
refused all connection with human
governments for scaffolding or any
other purpose.
You say (in substance) that, with
out sometimes takingpolitical subjects,
a minister is in danger of falling into
a "vague, indefinite and non-committal
style" which will do no good and bring
him no respect. Ihe gospel is not
vague, indefinite or non-committal
upon the subjects of which it takes
jurisdiction, and upon them tou may
preach as loudly as you please. But
I admit that in times of great public
excitement an important election or
a civil war men listen impatiently to
the teachings of faith and repentence.
(V sermon which tells them to do jus
tice, love mercy and walk humbly bo
fore God, is not an entertainment to
which they willingly invito them
selves. At6iicha t'mio a clergyman
can vastly increase his personal con
sequence, and win golden opinions
from his audience, by pampering their
passions with a highly seasoned dis-
courseon politics. The temptation to
gratify them otlen become too strong
tor the virtue of the preacher. I fear
that you yourself aro yielding to it.
As a mere layman 1 havo no right to
advise a Doctorof Divinity ,butlhopo
I am not over presumptuous when I
warn you against this specious allure
ment of Satan. All-thoughts of put
ting the Gospel asido because it does
not suit tho depraved tastes of tho
day, and making political harranguea
to win popularity in a bad world,
should bo sternly trampled down as
the suggestions of that evil one, "who
was a liar and murderer from the be
ginning." Faithfully yours, ic,
J. S. Black.
York, July 25, 18GG.
when the church is voluntarily pros
tituted by her own ministers to a
political party in a popular govern
ment. The evil influenco of such connec
tions upon Church and Stateis easily
accounted for. Both of them in com
bination will do what either would re
coil from if standing alone. A poli
tician, backed by tho promise of the
clergy to sustain him, can safely defy
honesty, and trample upon law, fordo
what he may, he is assured of clerical
support hero and of heaven hereafter.
The clergy on tho other hand, and
those who are under their influence,
easily acquire the habit ot praising
indiscriminately whatever is done by
their public men. Acting und reacting
on ono another they go down to
gether in the direction of tho pit that
is bottomless; and both uro found to
havo ' a strange alacrity at sinking."
No man can serve two masters faith
fully ; for he must bato one if he loves
the other. A minister, who admires
and follows such men as thoso who
have'lately ruled and ruined thisroun
try, mu-t necessarily depiso the char
acter of Christ. If ho glorifies the
cruelty, rapacity and falsehood of
his party lcadcrs,ho is comptlle 1 byyin
law ot human naluro to
carry you. It you aro sure that the
divine law does, under all circumslar.- inflexible
ccs, make the mere existence of such 1 deny the Lord who bought him."
a relation sinful on tho part of the. The experience of fifteen cenlt
master, you should induce him to dis
solve it by the immediate emancipa
tion of his slaves; for that is truth to
you which you believe to bo true. But
where is tbe authority for preaching
hatred of those who understand the
scripture uillerentlyr hut privi
lege can you show tor exciting servile
insurrection f Who gavo you the
right to say that John Brown was
better than any other thief or mur
derer becaiue his crimes wero com
mitted agiinst pro-slavery men ?
I think tho minister, in his pulpit
discourses, itf forbidden to touch at all
upon that class of subjects which are
1 i-ai. l i - .
luriiiypoi cm; sueiiior inutnccas tne
tanking law, tariff, railroad charters,
State rights, tho naturalization laws
and negro suffrage. These are ques
tions of mere political expediency ;
nlurics
proves thut political preachers are tho
great curse ol the world. Moro than
halt tho bloody wars which at diner
cut periods have desolated Christen
dom, wero produced by their direct
instigation ; and wherever they have
thruht themselves into a contest com
menced by others, they always en
venomed the strife and made it more
cruel, savago and uncompromising.
Tho religious wars, so-called, had
nothing religious about them except
that they were hissed up by the clergy.
Look back and sec if this is not truo.
Tho Arian controversy (tho first
! great schism) was followed by wars
in which millions of lives were lost
Do you supposo tho real quarrel was
for tho insertion or omission of filiotjue
in that part of tho creed which do-
sri os the pro.-cssion of the IM
religion takes no cognizance of them ; Ghost? Did a homoousinn slaughter
they como within the sole jurisdiction his brother because ho was a homoious
of lho statesman ; and tho church has tan? No, it whs not the differenco
no more right to take sides upon them, of a diplhong, but tho plunder of an
than the ciil gorertsrncr.th'U to uso empire that they fought lor. It was
its legislative, judicial or executive the politics of tho church, not her
power lor the purpose ot entorcing religion, thai lniuriatea uio parties
Uicr ailUWIer, iuey prOVUIieU IIO OUV- Xillll'OI ui " h vuviuuuij ansiciiru , yj v w.v jui yvrv n i-uiuivuig tiniuii, ...... ..uti..vvv ,..w j-
ical revolutions, and they proposed no I his subsequent reign was aistinguisnou j principles wnony religious. ianu conveneu men mio uciuuua. 1 10 1 nuu, i-u. n -r.v...
Jegai reforms. If they had done so I by justice and mercy, the integrity of In short, if I am not- entirely mia-J Tho thirty Years' War in Germany! clothing is infinitely worse
before. About the commencement ol
the present century they were busy in
their vile vocation all over New Eng
land, and continued it for many years.
The wilful and deliberate slanders
habitually uttered from the pulpit
against Jefferson, Madson, and the
friends who supported them, wero a
disgrace to human nature. Tho im
mediate effect of this was tho the
Yankee plot to secede from tho Union,
followed by corrupt combinations with
a foreign enemy to betray tho liberties
of the country. Its remoter conse
quences arc seen in the shameless ra
pacity and bitter malignity which,
even ut this moment, are bowling for
the roperty and blood of an unarmed
and defenceless people.
You and I both rememl cr tho polit
ical preachim; which ushered in ni.d
supported tho reign of tho Know
Nothings, Blood Tubus and Plug Ug-
lies ; when Maria Monk was a haint
and Joe Barker was Mayor of Pitts
burg; when pulpits resounded
every Sunday with the most injur
ious falsehoods against Catholics ;
when the public mind was debauched
by the inculcation of hypocrisy and
deception ; when minister met their
political allies in sworn secresy to plot
against lho rights of their fellow-citizens.
You cannot forget what came
of this riot, murder, church-burning,
lawless violence all over the land, and
lho subjugi.tion of several groat
States to tho political rule of a party
destituto alike of principle Ac capauty.
1 could easily prove that thoso cler
ical politicians, who havo tied their
churches to the tail of tho Aboliton
party, aro criminal on A grandr scale
than any of their predecessors. But
1 forbear, partly becauso l havo no
time, and partly becauso it mny, for
aught I know, lie a soro subject with
you. 1 would not excite your wrain,
but rather "provoke you- to good
works."
Apart from tho general subject,
thero aro two or three special ideas
expressed in your letter from which I
venture to dissent.
You think that, though a minister
may speak from tho pulpit on politics,
ho ounht not to indicate what party
ho belongs to. It strikes mo, that if
he has a party, and wants to give it
ecclesiastical aid or comfort, ho should
boldly avow himself to be what ho is,
so that all men may know him. Sin
cerity is the first ot virtues. It is bud
to bo a wolf, but a wolf in sheep s
jHTTIio habit of drinking can bo
cured by giving tho drinkers all tho
liquor they want all the time. Iliat
this experiment will prove a success
we know. It was tried on a whiskey
ist in Milwaukco not long sinco who
after drinking nil tho liquor ho could
hold for two weeks, imagined he saw
snakes, devils, Ben. Butler and Thad.
Stevens, and jumped out of a four
story window, running a curb stono
into his head. lie has not drank a
drop since, nor will he tho rest of this
century.
BPrcntico says that Col. Forney
and all his numerous relatives havo
been living upon the public bread and
butter until tho smell of bread and
butter is exhaled so strongly from ev
ery poro of their boJics as to be per
ceptible ten yards oil, yet lho tolonel
has the impudence to talk tauntingly
about tho "bread and butter party."
Tho power of iinpudenco is indeed
amazing.
CsyS"-Mr. Horaco li. Claflin, tho New
York merchant, returns tho comforta
ble income for tho year 18(i", of ono
million two hundred and ninety thou
sand dollars, (cents not counted,) or
(our thousand dollars per day.
tftrA Columbus (Miss.) colored
woman recently gavo birth to four,
boys, whom she lias named respect
ively Abraham Lincoln, William H.
Seward, Henry Ward Bccchcr and
Horace Greeley.
BwrAn ingenious puzzle is present
ed in a London paper:
10
sr
The answer is : "Tho season is back
ward," (C's 011 "is" backward.)
ft-jr-A man has been arrested in
Washington for scU'mg blackberries
by the ouart, with three
pasteboard in tho
measure.
inches of
bottom of tho
t-arA match game of billiards was
recently played at Emporium, Pa.,
tho proceeds of which wero devolcd
to the Schools.
l-Jr man in Connecticut has been
fined $ 4 for gett ing in his hay on Sun
day to prevent it being ruined by a
threatening rain.
tayThe wife of tho French consul
was seriously wounded by a stray
shot during the New Orleans riot.
trrGovernor Pollock, Superintend-.
entof the United States Mint, at Phil
adelphia, has been removed from off! 00.
tkaTOur prayers and (rod's mercy
aro like two buckets in a well while
' the one ascends tho other descends.
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