VISION ONUS FACE.
Sunday Discount by Dr. Chapman, the
Noted Pastor-Evangelist.
Tie Cbrlftlia Werld Hae Ever Beta Urine, la
tbe Rope of This Premise.
New YonK Citv. The following cr
mon ui one prepared for publication by the
Rev.Dr. J. Wilhiii'Chapman, America' bent
known evangelist, who ia now preaching
to overflowing congregation in thia city.
It i entitled "A Vision of Ilia Fare," anil
i founded on the text, Hev. aii: 4, "And
they ahnll Bee Hia face." .
The Apocalypse, or Revelation, at it la
more frequently called, ia aiippowd to have
been written A. I). M to 97, and thua for
1800 years the Christian world haa been liv
ing in the hope nnd inspiration of thia text
of Scripture. The glad cry of the faithful
everywhere haa been:
"Aa for me, I will behold Thy face in
righteouxnewi. I ahnll be siiti'icd when I
awake with Thy likenesa." Psalm xvii: 15.
I wish we might see Him now. We have
had hints of Hie beauty, nnd little glimpses
of His glory, but oh, to behold Hii.i! We
are greatly indebted to the artists of the
world for what they have ahown us of their
vision of His grandeur. "Christ Before
I'liate" was a picture so real that a little
rirl, when she looked upon it wanted to be
if tod uo that she might untie His hands.
Hoffman's "Christ in the Garden" ia auch
a masterpiece that one can not look upon
it without having his emotions stirred to
the very depths. Paintings have certainly
done their work. They nave stirred the
imagination of the people. They have
strongly impressed the beauty of His char
acter upon hearts everywhere. They have
fixed the thoughts of men upon Him.
They have drawn the Christian nearer to
Him, and they have done much to stimu
late fellowship with Him always, home,
indeed, have been won to Christ by simply
looking upon them. Count Zinaendorf,
founder oi the Moravian settlement, said
that the deepest impression that was ever
made on Ins lite came to hir.i when looking
unon a picture of the sufferings of ChrUt.
He saw these words underneath:
"I did all this for thee; what hast thou
done for Me""'
And yet, valuable aa they are, they are
not to be relied upon because they are not
ancient enough. The early Christians
shrank from any material presentation of
a human Christ, and thus it is that art, aa
wo have it to-day, has passed through cer
tain definite stages.
In the earliest age Christ was presented
by the use of symbols. The representation
of the fish was to draw attention to Him
who made men fishers of other men. The
drawing of a vine was to draw the atten
tion to Him who said, "I am the vine."
The picture of the cross was supposed to
fasten the thoughts of the people upon
Him who was its willing victim.
The second stage of art was the use of
Old Testament types. In the picture of
Moses striking the rock, one could see a
representation of Christ, who said: "If
any man thirst, let him come unto Me and
drink." In the sacrifice of Abraham both
the love of Uod in the gift of His .Son, and
the love of the Son in the gift of Himself
shone forth. In tiie three children in the
fiery furnace thera is a perfect representa
tion of the Son of God seen in the form of
the fourth, "which was like unto the Son
of God Himself."
In the third stage of art New Testament
allusions were used, and a shepherd be
came a picture of Christ, who was "the
Good Shepherd " the "Great Shepherd"
and the "Chief Shepherd."
In the eighth century men began to
paint His likeness as they conceived it, but
it is easy to understand that these repre
sentations could not be reliable because
every trace of His physical appearance was
lost. - Not a syllable in the Gospels or the
Epistles tella us how He looked when He
walked upon the earth. Why is this?
Surely the disciples bad not forgotten His
appearance. It may be for several rea
sons: Flint, because the first ages of the
church were distinctly spiritual, and they
would shrink from anything that would
make Christ even seem to be material.
Second, they never thousht of Him after
His departure as the afflicted one or the
Buffering one, but they saw Him at the
right hand of God in the glory, and as they
had no power to present a picture of Him
there, so they had no inclination to pre
sent Him in His humiliation. Third, be
cause thev still felt Ilis presence with them.
They had no need to put Hia face upon
ranvas. I would a thousand times rather
have the picture I carry about with me of
Christ, which no artist has ever painted,
or ever can paint, which I could not do
scribe to you in words, even if I had the
tongue of an nngel. It is far beyond any
earthly art. The early disciples must have
felt this. Fourth, it may be that because
when they saw Him after the Resurrection
He was so different from what He was be
fore that they could not paint the first
picture, and they would not try to paint
the second.
And yet we do know much about Ilim.
It would not have been difficult to tell how
Stephen looked. Wa have but to read
Acta vii: 55, 60 "Cut he, being full of the
Holy Ghost looked up steadfastly into
heaven, and saw the glory of God and
.leaus standing on the right hand of God.
And lie kneeled down, and cried
with a loud voice. Lord, la,v not thia sin
to their charge. And when he had said
this he fell asleep." So it is with Jeau
Himself. We have had some hint of Hi
beauty in the legends of old. The story
of St. Safronica; of the handkerchief used
to wipe His face as He went to Calvary,
upon which the impression of His face was
left, and which was to be seen as it un
folded in the presence of Mary, His moth
er. This ia Itomish, and haa no foundation
in fact. The story of one I'ublius Lentulus,
who was said to be President of the peo
ple of Jerusalem, to the Roman Senate,
runs thus:
"There came one among us, tall in stat
ure, beautiful in anticarance. His hair
wavy and crisp and falling down over Ilis
shoulders. Ilia brow, broad, smooth and
most serene. His face without spot or
wrinkle or any such thing. His nose and
mouth faultless. His beard abundant and
hazel color -like His hair. His eyes promi
nent and blue. In denunciation, terrible;
in ad;nonition, calm and loving. He was
I Vi l "ec,n t0 ,3Unh. bat often to wee.
i His hands beautiful to look upon. In
speech, grave, reserved, modest. Indeed,
j He was Purer than all the sons of men."
All this is beautiful and interesting
i legend, but it is said that there
was no such office as President of the pea
- P'e f I"us:l'f to the Roman Senate, and
that Puhlius T,entiilu never lived
1 viWhy. thi al,sn "t Christ' in mar
, ble and Christ upon the canvas? Why is it
f that the pen has never described Him so
i that we might reproduce His face? It cer-
tainly must all be of God. One reason mnv
I be in order that we mijrht know that He
' belongs to the wide world, and to no race
I of men in particular. If He were known
to be white, the black man might feel that
f lie was not in symapthv with him If He
i were Known f be black the white man
would certainly feel n barrier between
) them. Hut as it is. He is Jesus, the Light
of the world, and the Caucasian, the Mun
i f v?' t,ie African, all can sav together-
'fade, fade each earthly joy, Jesus is
mine. And yet, there are phrases of
, hcripture which seem to give us bir.ts not
to be passed by silently.
: I. HIS FACE SET TO JERUSALEM
Luke ix: SW'And it came to pass w hen
t the time was com .!,., H .l,,.,.i.i v
ceived up. He steadfastly set Hi face to
go to Jerusalem.
He loved the eitv rf .TUn,..i. i ...
the time He went t.iwur.l ,t ..... .
: of euadgws, and every step' He took wo
into the deepening shadow of Calvary'
cross. I need not describe Ui going. He
i conqueror, in the very way He
"TO.un aireei oi me city, ana wa ked
the highway of the land lie loveri II.
i"" ' tilled with courage, and when He be-
,meiu the city He wept over it. Take this
!'" P'cture end there ia nothing huer in
V " sentiment, and there is
f nothing deeper in human pathos. Take it
S . revelation of God, and no one need bti
f afraid of Him. Philosophy muy speculate
;,bout Hun and try to reconcile" Hi two
) natures; theologians may attempt to de
' line Jinn as beinu ii.fi, ... utjrnl aA
, changeable, but th
confused, and all that lie Tan .ay is" t 7 f"""" ""' w"W wun me nocK.
the One to whom he b g"ven hil eou.K 0eVe falU to fln1 1U hom
i the Son pf Uod, who wa divine enough irnlht driving before tt ell the crca
f to ao to Jerusalem ia the very tone ui, lure intrusted to 1U cure.
death, and human enough to be blinded
with Hi tears a He looked upon the city.
He knew all about the suffering of Jerusa
lem from all eternity, and yet Ho went on.
When He ate the Passover and snnke of
the one who should betray Him, He knew
what was comine, and still He went on.
When Pilate mocked Him Ho knew it was
but the forshadowing ot the aufTcrings of
the cross, but still He went on. When He
endured the pain of the scourging He knew
that tnis was nut the beginning of agony
with which the pain of the cros was not
to be compared because it was an great,
and yet Ho went on. The world has never
seen such a conqueror as the Son of God,
"who died that we might live."
II. HIS FACE IN THE DUST.
Matt, xxvi: 30-30 "Then enmeth Jesus
With them unto a place called Gethsemane,
nnd saith unto the disciples, Hit ye here,
while I go and pray yonder. And lie took
with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebe
dee, and began to be sorrowful and very1
heavy. Then snith He unto them, Mv soul
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
tarry ye here and watch 'irith Mc. And
He went a little farther, and fell on Hia
face and prayed, saying: Oh, My Father,
if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me;
nevertheless, not a I will, but aa Thou
wilt."
In the thirtieth verso we read that when
they had sang an hymn they went out.
How simple, and yet how profound the
meaning!
There never hd been uch a going out
before; there never has been such a going
out ince. From the supper He mnde His
way with the faithful few to Gethnpiiiane,
where the agony was so great that Gethso
mnne has stood for suffering ever since.
"Oh, My Father, if it be possible, let
this cup pass from Mo!" I wonder why
the cry? Some one. ha said it wa be
causo He was about to be branded as a
sinner, treated as a sinner, put to death as
a sinner, nnd it was His horror of sin that
wrung the cry from His soul. .Yet wo hive
trifled with it, nnd sin has always been
the same, is to-day, and shall bo till tho
end of time.
Dr. Gregg tell of a story in Fox' Book
of Martyrs, where a Christian was to die a
most horrible death being placed in a
sack filled almost with venomous reptiles.
As he looked at it he said:
"I can stand this for Jesus' sake."
Yet when they put him in the sack and
he felt the first touch of the reptiles upon
his face he gave a shriek of agony that
could not he described.
It is said that no one ha ever really
known what prayer ia until ho has learned
of the Spirit to put into practice this one
offered in Guthsemane. It is not the kind
that is offered to the congregation, or that
is said at the bedside before we close our
eyes in sleep; it is the kind that is
crushed out of us. It is the cry of the
Syrophenoecinn woman, "Mv daughter is
grevinusly vexed of the devil." It is tho
cry of Jesus in Gelhsemanc, "My Father,
let thia cup piss from Me."
You say. "What! His Father and all
His suffering?"
Yes, His Father, still, and yours, also.
In the midst of an agony that may have
almost broken your heart, you might have
cried: "My Father!" When there was not
a hope in ytsur life you might have whis
pered, "My Father! And if the cry had
come from the heart you would have cot
ten as quick a response:
"Be still, and know that I am God."
III. II (3 FACE SPIT UPON.
But there is still another picture of His
face in tho New Testament. Matthew
xxvi: 62-68 "And. the high priest arose,
and said unto Him, Answerest Thou noth
ing? What is it which these witnesi
against Thee? But Jesus held His peace.
And the high priest answered and said
unto Him, I adjure Thee, by the living
God that Thou tell us whether Thou be
the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saitli
unto him. Thou haa said; nevertheless 1
say unto you, hereafter shall ye see the
Son of Man sitting on the right hand of
power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Then the high priest rent hi clothe, say
ing, He hath spoken blasphemy; what fur
ther need have we of witnesses? behold,
now ye have heard His blasphemy. What
think ye? They answered and said, He ij
guilty of death. Then they did spit in His
face and buffeted Him, and others smote
Him with the palms of their hands, say
ing, Prophecy unto us. Thou Christ, who
is he that smote Thee?"
Have you noticed how quiet He wa in
all the inockings nd the scourging? It
must have been because of the Gothsemane
experience. There are scenes in our lives
that make talk a sacrilege. When you
came back from following your child to
the grave, or reached your homo after
being at the new-made grave of your moth
er, not a word was spoken; the' house was
as still as tho tomb where they rested. A
night with God would have the same ef
fect. They may spit upon Him and strike
Him, but He feeis it not, for while He
walk the earth He live in heaven. Paul
found this out: "I knew a man in Christ
nbove fourteen years ago (whether in the
body I cannot tell, or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell; God kuoweth) such
an one caught up to the third heaven. K
1 knew uch a man (whether in the body,
or out of the body, I cannot tell: God
knoweth) how that he was caught up into
paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
which it is not lawful for a man to utter."
2 Cor. xii: 2-4. And yet in point of fact
Paul wa lying at the gHte of Lystra. Peo
ple though him dead. Ilia back wa bleed
Ug. His whole body was bruised. It is
a possible thing for us to be transfigured
by the power of God, and become insensi
ble to every earthly experience. Just a
when the hell-hounds were let loose against
Jesus Himself, and they (mote Him and
apit upon Him, thev never touched Him.
IV. HIS FACE HEREAFTER.
We have hint as to what lie ia to ba
like in the hereafter. "For God, who
commanded the light to shine out of dark
ness, hath slimed in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory ol
God in the face of Jesus Christ." 2 Cor.
iv: 6.)
We are told how He will appear to the
inner: "For the gret day of His wrath
is come; and who shall be able to stand?'1'
(Rev. vi: 17.) There was a time when
as they amotc Him they covered His fact-:
"And some began to suit on Him, and tu
cover His face, and to buffet Him, and sav
unto Him, Prophesy: and the servants did
strike Him with the palm of their hands."
(Mark xiv: 63.) But not now. His eyes
pierce His beholders through and through,
and their unforgiven sins in awiul proces
sion pas by. The cry of the lost soul is
"Mountains and rocks, fall upon us, and
hide us from Hia faceV' "And I saw a
great white throne, and Him that sat mi
it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven lied away; and there wa found no
place for them. (Hev. xx: 11.) This pas
sage gives another touch to the picture,
and what a chanee there is! Once there
wa in that fa.-o that which brought little
children to Him, and made women love
Him; and now tho very earth and the
heaven have fled away from Him. "For
the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous,
and Hi ear are open unto their prayers:
Where Cnpld Got Quick Action.
One day last week a young man got
oft the train at Glendlve. Tbe flret
sight which arrested hie attention wae
a pretty young woman standing at her
fatber'a gate. He spoke to her and
ehe pleasantly replied. The conversa
tion continued and they finally walked
down town together. In the store win
dow they aaw a baby carriage which
suggested housekeeping. In less than
an hour from the time he alighted from
the train the young man wa married.
The particulars soon became known,
and it Is said that whenever a train
w hia ties there Is a blushing maid wait
ing at every gate In Glendlve. Forsyth
(Mont.) Times.
Am Intelligent Bird.
The yakauilk, or trumpeter, of Vene
zuela, a fowl ot the crans specie. Is
a bird of extraordinary Intelligence.
The natives use It Instead of sheep
dogs for guarding and herding their
flock. It Is said that, however far the
yakamlk may wander with the flocks,
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
international Lennon Comments For
June I.
Subject: Psul at Lystra, Acts xlr 8-21
Golden Tt, II Timothy II., J Memory
Verses, 8-10 Commentary oe
tbe Usy's Lesion.
8. "There eat." His visual posture,
allowing his helpless condition. "Impo
tent." Entirely deprived of the us oi hi
feet.
9. "Heard Paul urak." The apostle
f (reached on several occasions, and the
itme man had heard repeatedly the teach
ing of the gospel, arid had accepted it with
faith. There wa probably no synagoguo
at Lyntra, and the missionarie were no
doubt obliged to speak in the market place
or ome other place of public resort. .Two
other similar miracles have already been
recorded. Chap. 3: 1-10; 9: 33. "Who....
perceiving." Paul' attention wa at
tracted by the cripple, and he fast
ened his errs upon him and aaw hia
faith from the expression of his counten
ance. "Had faitn to be healed." He
had confidence in the power of Christ to
heal him. He must have heard of mir
acle which the apostles had performed at
0'her places. See v. 3. Tho Greek word
here signifies to be aaved, including a
complete salvation both of soul and body.
10. "Stand," etc. Luke makes no men
tion here of any direct appeal to the name
of Christ. That omission may be owing
to tho brevity of the record or the tenor
of Paul' discourse may have been so ex
plicit in regard to the course of hi au
thority a to render the us. al invocation
unnecessary.
11. "In the speech of Lycaonia." What
this language was we do not know. Wheth
er Paul preached to the people in the
Greek language or in their native tongue,
is n disputed question. The Cambridge
Bible thinks that the apostles did not un
derstand their language, which would ac
count for the fact that their idolatrous
proceedings wero not stopped sooner,
"The gods." Tho Gentiles had corrupt
ed the fundamental doctrino of the unity
of God, and thoir various system of re
ligion were founded on the supposition of
a plurality of deities, male and female, dif
fering in their rank, their attribute and
the functions assigned to them. "Like
ness of men." Nothing waa more famil
iar to the heathen mind than tbe thought
of the gods, assuming human shape aud
going around among mankind.
12. Uttrnabas, Jupiter.V Thi was the
supreme divinity of tho heathen and wa
called the father of gods and men. He
wa the king of all the universe; his
throne wns Mount Olympus. "Paul, Mer
curius." Ho was, in heathen mythology,
represented aa one of the sons of Jupiter,
the messenger nnd chief spokesman of the
gods. He was the god of eloquence. He
was always represented as vigorous ond
graceful. Ho was youthful in appearance,
Barnabas waj supposed to be Jupiter be
cause he had a more dignified appearance.
13. "Priest of Jupiter." All these dei
ties had their priests, rites and sacrifices,
"Oxen and garlands." The oxen wero for
sacrifice, and the garlands were cither to
decorate tho animals, or to crown the
apostles, or decorate tlicir house.
14. "Apostles." Barnabas was called
nn apostle because lie was sent forth by
the church, not becauso he had been
chosen to the peculiar work of the apostle
ship. "Hoard." They were probably at
their lodging house and the news waa
carried to them that the sacrificial pro
cession was coming. "Rent their clothes."
This was a custom of the Jews at the
death of their friends, in times of publio
calamity, and when they heard blasphemy
or witnessed any great transgression of
the law. "Sprang forth." (R. V.) They
were horror-stricken and rushed into tho
multitude to stop the proceedings.
15. "Like passions." Subject to the
same infirmities and sufferings mortals
like yourselves. "Bring you good tidings."
(K. V.) It is a message of good tidinr
which eta forth the living God to net
in place of dumb idols. "These vanities."
The word "vanity" and "vain" wero al
most invariable terms used by Jews to de
scribe the emptiness and worthicasness of
heathen worship. "Living God." This is
the moat glorious nnd distinctive of all
tho names of God. Tho gods of the her th
en world were dead and powerless. Psa.
135: 13-18. "Which made." Tho Author
and Creator of the universe, therefore to
Him alone all worship and honor are due.
10. ' III times past." Tho period befora
the time of Christ. "Suffered." Permit
ted, allowed. "All nations." All the Gen
tile nations; the Hebrew nation had a
direct revelation from God. "Their own
ways." God withdrew the restraints of
His grace and providence. In Rom. 1: 23
the apostle brings , to view other' connec
tions of this fact. ' The reason why Gud
abandoned the heathen waa that they
first abandoned Him.
17. "Nevertheless." Though they had
no written revelation. "In that He did
good." Ho has demonstrated His exis
tence nnd moral ch&racter by doing them
good. "And gavo you." (It. V.) Tho
rain and fruitful seasons nnd food and
f;ladness were tho witnesses God gave the
leathen of His goodness, and were reason!
why they should love and obey Hiin.
18. "With these sayings." Paul's ad
dress to them thus briefly outlined.
"Scarce restrained." It wa with diffi
culty that they prevented these Lys trans
from sacrificing to them.
19. "Certain Jews." These wero no
doubt the same ones who had been the
leaders in the persecution at Antioch and
Iconium. '"Persuaded tho people." That
the apostles instead of being gods wero
only apostate Jews deceiving iho people.
"Stoned." Paul refer to this in 2 Cor.
11; 25. "Drained him out." (R. V.)
As thoy would drag out a dead man.
The atoning was public, in tho midst of
the city. "Supposing," eUr. They stoned
him until they bad the fullest evidci.o
that he was dead; and so, most probably,
lie was, Whedon believes ho waa actually
dead.
20. "He rose up." Miraculously re
stored to life. But even if he were not
fully dead he must have been terribly
nianaled. for thev all Rimnost-H him Hp.nf
and Ilia restoration must have been mirac
ulous. "He departed. Not decmina it
safe to remain longer. "To Derbe." A
city a few miles further east, and tho ex-
.- . i : . . . c 1 1 . . i ' - :
li . mc rasbri ii tuuib ui null tuiaviuiiui
tour,
21. "Had taught many." Had made
many disomies. (R. V.) "Returned."
Their courage was undaunted, and they
return to the cities where tucy have just
been so terribly persecuted.
22. "Disomies. Discin es had been
made at every point. "Much tribulation."
This word ia from the Latin "tribulum,"
a thrashing-instrument, or roller, whereby
me corn was epavatea irom tlie Husk.
"Kinadom of God." This is noporrlinir n
the wurds of Jesus. John 10:33; 15: 19-21.
See also Uom. U: 12; Rev. 7: 14.
Btodytos; Tree Buctj
It will be found Intensely Interest
ing to study the nature of the winter
buiW of various trees as tbey prepare
to unfold in the spring. They should
be taken under observation Just be
fore they actually open, when they
are being excited by the warmth ot
the season.
Moat large, scaly buds will reveal
their complete history tor the coming
season as relates the growth. They
-will be found to contain miniatures
of leaves and stems In some case
the flowers, too.
Tbe scales ot leaf coverings also
have Interest for the observer In their
varying forms. Tbe horse chestnut
has a coating of a sticky substance, as
though to keep out the elements.
Others will have velvety coverings
like cloaks to keep them warm and
dry.
Some buds will cover flowers only,
and theso may be made to Introduce
spring by their being cut on branches,
placed in water and stood in a warm,
suuny window. The fuxiy buds of
elms should be auong tbe observed.
Meehau' Monthly.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR TOPICS
Jss I "Tbe Parses el His Comlsi"
Mstt avflL II; John g. Ill -
Scripture Verses. Ps. xxllt; Isa,
xl. 11; Jer. xxxl. 10; Zech. lx. 16;
lieb. xlll. 20; 1 Pet. v. 4; Ezek. xxxlv.
1-31; xxxvll. 24; Mle. v. 4.
Lesson Thoughts.
Even before we turn to him Christ
somes to seflk and to ave before we
feel our need.
While the world tendB always to In.
lure and destroy, every influence that
monies from Christ Is to give life and
oy and blessedness. -
A ChrUt came to Seek and to save
the lost, so this should be the su
preme object of every Christian life.
Seloctlona.
The Savior desire that all shall
repent and be Raved. He has done
everything; possible to wisdom and
love, at the greatest cost, to save
them. So we, like him, are to care
for the little once, the children, the
lowly, tho wandr-rcrs, those farthest
away. This 1 the Joy and tbe duty
of the church.
Lady Huntingdon wae trying to load
the despondent brother of Whltoflold
to Christ. To her urgent entreaties
he answered. "Oh, It Is of no use!
I am loat, I am lost!" "Thank God
for that!" said she. "WhyT" eoc
claimed the man In astonishment
"Uocause," said Lady Huntingdon,
"Christ came to save the lost; and,
If you are lost, he is Just the one that
can save you."
An Indian, when asked what the
Lord has done for him, gathered
some dry leaves Into a circle, and,
placing a worm In the center, set
them on fire. As the flames drew
nearer on every side, and wero about
to consume the worm, he lifted It out,
and, placing It safely on a rock, looked
up and said, "This Is what Jesus did
for me."
Suggested Hymns.
Jesus saves! O blessed story.
Jesus of Nazareth! O what a
name!
Christ has for sin atonement made.
The whole world was lost In the
darkness of sin.
Have you sought for the sheep.
Out on the desert, seeking, seeking.
EPW0RTH LEAQUe MEETINQ TOPIC
Juo I Tbe Purpose ol His Coming Mail.
xvllL II; Joba x. la
The souls of men have strayed from
God. The children of men are all the
children of God at birth. Heaven Is
not hostile to any condition of human
Infancy. Christ said of the children,
"Let them come unto me." God's
reaulrements are reasonable. He
holds no man responsible for what he
waa at birth. But he takes the meas
urement of every man at maturity.
It Is significant that In the greatest
and truest life ever lived among men
the purpose of mere pleasure had no
place. Yet that princely man of Pal
estine was no leaden-eyed pessimist
gazing at the dust of despair. Rivers
of cclostlal Joy roled through the sub
lime solitudes of his soul. His were
the high pleasures of soul and not the
low pleauuros of sense.
"What would Jesus do?" Is not the
question of most practical Importance.
What would Jesus have me do? The
very door of my life swings upon that
hinge. What pleasures of touch are
right for me? What pleasures of taste
may I Innocently Indulge? What
pleasures of sight will minister good
to my soul? What pleasures of sound
will awaken the music of manhood?
The safeguard against the perils of
pleasure Is purity of heart.
In a thousand unsuspected ways the
Lord Is feeling after us. If happily he
may find us. At every turn in this
earthly Journey and In every crisis of
the soul he lays his hand upon us.
Could we but sense his touch, would
that not move us to be true? The
soul is the one object of his search.
He can hardly be called an agent.
For he Is not in the employ of an
other. He la the great Overseer him
self out in the mountains seeking the
lost. How does he seek? By showing
us the truth. By convincing us of sin.
By revealing to us the path ot life.
Through the mind. Through the emo
tions. Through the will. His special
business Is to seek and to save the
lost. And no small part ot his work
Is to keep men saved who have al
ready been rescued.
The duty of personal work on the
part of each member of the flock can
not be delegated to the pastor. Th9
call of God is for Increased personal
work In the business of soul-rescue
on the part of the Lord's laymen.
Parents must seek to save the.V own
children at the home altar. The duty
cannot be shifted. Clean and living
literature is a mighty factor In sav
ing people. Have It In easy reach of
the children. Sentimental trash must
be supplanted with sublime truth. The
larger life of Christ will produce
larger love for Christian service.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Hi man wno asm
uou mr ins uuj
bread will not te
asleep in the
shads when be
ought to be out
In the field at
work.
He who lets the
ottering basket go
by may have lets
cauie to blush 1
than he who tries
IV?C? to malle a nlk'-l
ring like a dollar.
Men of the strongest denominational
onvictiona often aro found feeling fcr
the smallest denomination In their
pocketpocketa at the collection.
A doctor's hood will do a fcol no
good.
A collection la often a (election of di
minutives. The world Is a hotel and not a home
to the Christian.
There I no breath perfume like
heavenly conversation.
Expansion In soul la one of the laws
ot the leaven of ChrUt.
The good seed that fail of fruit are
but a reproach to the soil.
A man muft be great In soul before
God can give him great service.
On the Delectable mountains the
higher you go the less tbe frost and
now.
Helping other I tbe best self-help.
Priest and pastor are far from syn
onyms. If you give the devil nothing to de
vour tie wl'.l coon depart
The saloon la the devil's bank;
Wild cats will yield wheat.
Hell Is to see heaven ihut not get It
A cocked hat just fit a lop-sided
braiu.
Hypocrisy la treachery coated with
respectab 'Itty.
THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACT3 ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPEflANCE.
Ninety-nine Ont of a Hundred ftulelile
Itesnlt Prom Kxcesslve Drlnkln- The
Ho-Callril Moderate Drinker la a B1
Right A IfMeous Ambition.
Of suicides nt least ninety-nine out of
hundred result from excessive drinking.
Tho hundredth case i very often that of
omc miseruble woman driven to uicide
by poverty or nbuso too much whisky
drinking by some man usually causes the
poverty nnd abuse,
When you see a lot of young men gnmb
linn away their money, sleep, future and
honor, you Hnd that they are drinking.
If one of them is not drinking, he la the
shnrp-eyed, clear-headed swindler engaged
in robbing the others.
That swindler nmong gamblers knows
better than anybody else that his ablest
ally, his most cunning assistant, is alcohol.
It is the clever swindler who moat ener
getically urge drinking among his victims.
In every prosperous gambling house in
America the player get all they want to
drink for nothing.
Champagne, whisky, brandy are offered
freely to all who come, whether they play
for hig or little stakes.
Mmy a man ruined by gambling has been
made a gambler nnd captured for life by
the drink offered him at the door, iust as
he has made up his mind not to gamble, or
to stop gambling and go home.
A young man mnde notorious through
inherited money recently squandered a
large fortune nt gambling in one night.
His friends could only say for him by way
of excuse that he drank too much.
It will he admitted by the sober man
and by the drunkard esnecially by the
drunkard that whiskv adds strength to
every vice,- to every harmful inclination.
At the same time it weakens every good
resolution, cverv one of tho force's that
work within us for our betterment.
these editorials on whisky drinking are
not written especially fcr t!io man who by
actual experience knows the results of ex
cessive drinking. They are written in the
hope that they mav promote serious think
ing among men whose habits are not yet
formed, that thev may awaken a keen
sense of responsibility among those who
have young men in their charge.
To-day let. us briefly discuss the case of
the so-called "moderate" whisky drinker.
Of "moderate" drinkers at least half are
struggling againt the temptation to drink
excessively. Of the moderate whisky
drinkers, of tln.e who pride themselves
on thoir self-restraint, a great majority do
drink to excess occasionally, nnd every
time they make this mistake their moder
ation diminishes nnd their self-control is
weakened.
There is no sadder drinker than tho mis
called "moderate" whisky drinker.
He takes a drink, then tr-kci another,
then rues un his best enemies nnd strength
of will in the attempt to keep from taking
a third, lie was, technically, a "moder
ate" drinker last yenr. nnd considers him
self a moderate drinker this year. lint
whnt he takps to-day he would have
looked upon with horror a year or two
yenrs ago.
The "moderate" drinker, gradually drift
ing towanl excels, suffers more keenly
even than the conlrmed dmnkard.
The drunkard takes his heavy dose of al
coholic poison. He wines out utterly his
self resnect, bis strength of will, every de
sire to be a decent man. While the alcohol
lasts his moral sufferings are over. He suf
fers physically the next day. then drinks
again, and so nn until the end.
The moderate drinker struggles constant
ly with himself. If ho is nn intelligent
man. he constantly mistrusts himself nnd
fears his growing inclination.
If he has the power of self-esaminntion
he knows how much his success is hurt by
his drinking, he knows how much harm
it does to those who blindly relv on his
statements of his moderation, ito knows
what a lie the talk of moderation is.
The hard drinker goes to destruction;
lie travels quickly over his hideous journey.
The so-called moderate drinker strug
gles, nnd deceives himself more or less.
Sometimes, if he is fortunate and not over
driven by cares and failures, he gets
through life in more or less respectable
fashion. More often he fills up the place
of some confirmed drunkard who has gone
to his grave by one of the whisky routes.
The drinker who foolishly talks, at homo
and abroad, of his "moderate" drinking
nnd its harmless character, is among the
nio-t harmful of men. During his brief pe
riod of life he makes whisky respectable.
He is the recruiting sergeant who adds to
the army of drunkards.
Another dangerous, and at the same
time preposterous, creature is the besotted
fool who boosts of the amount that ho can
drink.
In every bar-room, in every club, you
meet a pour, befuddled, weakened creature
bragging about his "capacity." This same
nan sneer at the respectable human being
who cannot drink much.
It is actually a fact that tho drunkard
who boasts of the quantity of alcohol that
he can put into hi system is often ad
mired by other men. Ho never is com
pared, a he should be compared, to a bog
with tuberculosis.
When you next hear a man boasting of
what he, can drink and rilling the mind of
young men with a hideous ambition to be
brutes, give the hard drinker a few fact.
Tell him that the capacity to drink a
great deal means a weakened, degenerate
eart. It dues not menu a strong head.
Take a young man in normal health,
with a strong heart and a good supply of
blood his system is at par. If you add a
little alcohol you overdrive his heart, and
flood the brain tissue with alcoholic blood,
causing drunkenness. This drunkenness,
easily caused, prove physical superiority,
not inferiority.
An athlete in perfect condition is made
drunk by an extremely small amount of al
cohol. The wretched outcast drunkard on
the street would take five times as much to
stop the shaking of hi hands and get him
sell in condition to beg. That does not
mean that the athlete is interior to tbe
gutter drunkard.
The child rifteen or sixteen years old in
the last stage of consumption is sometime
kept idive by the use of alcohol such a
child can absorb without intoxieatim three
times a much as the strongest man.
Tliese facts may convince the man who
bona;, of hi capacity that his boast is sim
ply a confession of weakness, of physical
decay.
If you think anything said hero his truth
and value, repeat it to those who will be
bencllled. If you think the poiuts made
are v.iul; and ineffective, think oi' other
an! b..ir urgumeuls. Remember that, so
far r.j u.aniple and talk go, you are respon
sible for other men, especially for those
ubout you.
Uo vi- t you can to promote the develop
ment ot a race free from alcoholic poison,
its ciiiuej, excesses, miseries and failures.
New York Journal.
Alcoholic Stimulants Discarded.
The Massachusetts State Sanitorium at
r.utland, where consumptive arc sent nnd
given the out-of-door treatment, has prac
tically discarded the use of ulcoholic .am
ulants. Kxpert opinion, a expressed at
the recent tuberculosis C9ngru iu Lon
don, coincide with the cxperie:ica of the
physician at Butluad.
Word Iodluiit to Desoribe,
American citizen know that what we tell
them a to the devantution and iniquity of
the liquor traltic ia true, or rather, is fal
lens than the truth, becauso words are in
adequate to describe existing coaditioo.
Acs-ressive Work Needed.
The need of more aggressive temperance
work is emphasised by the recent an
nouncement that the National Protective
Association of Liquor Dealers bus been
revived to wage war against the prohibi
tion movement and how that "prohibi
tion law are ineffectual." It will have
it headquarters in Louisville, and will
be supported by a fund to which the dis
tilling and liquor jobbing interests of the
entire country are expected to contribute.
The money will be used in employing
IeaUer to conduct campaign in State
where Prohibitionist are strong, in dis
tributing piintcd matter, in employing
statistician and writer ou economic sub
jects, and anti-prohibition arjuiueuu par
ticularly. I
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
Ocaerel Trad CosdltioBt.
R. G. Dun & Co.' "Weekly Review of
Trade" says: "The weather and wages
continue the only seriously disturbing
factors in the business situation. Trans
porting lints continue to make splendid
exhibits, railway earnings for the first
week of May exceeding those of a year
ago by 6.3 per cent, and surpassing the
same week's earnings in 1900 by ig.o. per
cent. As was indicated by weekly re
ports, pig iron production attained a new
record for the montii of April at 1,503,
326 tons and the weekly capacity of fur
naces in blast on May I, according to
the 'Iron Age,' was 35.2.064 tons, far sur
passing all previous high water marks.
Failures for the week numbered 228 in
the United States, against 177 last year,
ind 17 in Canada, against 19 a year ago."
LATEST QUOTATIONS.
Flour Spring clear, $,?.I5''3.35 ; best
Patent, ?4.8o; choice Family, $405.
Wheat New York No. a, 89c; Phil
adelphia No. a, Sabc; Baltimore No.
8oc.
Corn New York No. 2, 7o5iJc; Phil
adelphia No. 2, 66a66Viic; Baltimore No.
2. bti'Ac.
Oats New York, No. 2, 47c; Phila
delphia No. 2, 51c; Baltimore No. 2, 49
asoc.
Hay No. I timothy, $15.00315.50;
No. 2 timothy, $14.50315.00; No. 3 timo
thy $u.5oai3.50. .
Green Fruits and Vegetables. Applet
New York, mixed sorts per brl $3.50
34.25 ; do, No. 25, all varieties, per brl
$2.75a3.oo; do, Fancy Russets, per brl,
$4 0034.25 ; do, No. 1 Baldwins, per brl,
S4.00a4.25. Asparagus Norfolk, per
dozen $2.0033.25 ; do, Eastern Shore,
Maryland per dozen, prime, $1.2531.50;
do, seconds, 75ca$too. Beets Charles
ton, new, per bunch, 4a6c. Cabbages
Florida, flat, per crate, $i.5oa ; do,
Charleston. Early York, per crate, $1.75
32.00; do, North Carolina, per crate,$i.50
ai.75; do, Norfolk, per brl, $1.7532.00.
Cucumbers Florida, per bssket or box,
$1.5032.25. Eggplants Florida, per crste
$1.5032.00. Green peas North Carolins,
per basket, $1.2531.50; do, per full bsr
rcl $2.5033.00; do, Cbsrleston and Ssvan
nali, per basket $l.ooai.25. Kale Na
tive, per bushel box 15320c. Lettuce
Norfolk, per half-lmrrcl bssket 40a6oc;
do, native, per bushel box 60370. On
ions Bermuda, per box $1.8531.90; do,
Egyptian, per sack $2.7533.00. Oranges
California seedlings per box $2.25.1
3.25 ; do, risvels, per box $3.2534.00.
Sadishcs Norfolk, per brl, white, 75ca
$1.00, do, native, per 100 bunches, red,
:oa65c ; do, per 100 bunches, white, 75a
3oc ; do, Eastern Shore. Virginia, per brl,
?5c.a$i.oo. Rhubarb Native, per bunch,
ia2j4. Spinach, native per bu box, 20325c
Spring onions, per 100 bunches, 60 a75c.
Squash Charleston, per bushel box, 75c.
i$i.oo. Str3wberrics North and South
Carolina, per quart, 4a8c; do, Norfol!.,
per qusrt, 539; do, Esstern Shore, Vir
ginis, per quart, 539c ; do, Maryland, per
juart, 5a8c ; do, Rappshsnnock, per qt.,
a6c. String beans Florida, per basket,
jreen, $1.2531.75; do, wsx, $1.2531.75.
Tomatoes Florida, per six-basket car
rier, fancy, $2.5033.00: do, fsir to good,
f 1. 50.-12.25; do, culls, $1.253.1.50.
Potatoes. White Mary laud and Penn
sylvania, per bu, No. 1, 8oa8sc; do do
seconds, 60370; New York, ner bu. best
stock, 90393 ; do do, seconds, 65375 ;
Western, per bu, primed, 85390; new
Florida, per brl, No. 1. $5.ooa6.oo; do
lo, seconds. $3.5034.00. Sweets Eastern
Shore, Virginia, per tr.uck brl, $3.7534.00 ;
lo do, per flour brl, $4.0034.25 ; Eastern
shore Maryland, ped brl, fancy $3,753
t.25; York River, per brl. No. I, $3-5oa
j ob ; Potomacs, per brl, fancy $3.7534.00 ;
N'orth Carolina, per brl, fancy. $3. 50a
1.00. Yams, North Carolina. Der brl.
tancy, $3.0033.50.
Seed Potatoes. Maine Houlton Ear
y Rose. $3.25 to $3.35 ; Maine crown
Beauty of Hebron, $3.25 to 3.35; Maine
frown Buibank, $3.25 to 3.30; Msine
frown Green Mount3ins, $3.25 to 3.30.
Provisions. Bulk shoulders, oc; do,
ihort rib sides, toe ; do clear sides, io'Ac
acon rib sdes, lie; do clear sides,
1 1 c ; bscon shoulders, 9iC Fat backs,
)Hc. Sug3r cured bressts, I2c; sugar
:ured shoulders, o'c. H3ms Snull,
13c; Urge, 13c. Smoked skinned hams,
t4c; picnic hams, gic. Lard Best re
ined, pure, in tierces, Ilc; in tubs, lie
per lb. Mess pork, per bbl, $18.50.
Butter. Sepsr.itor, 23324 ; Gsthered
Cream, 22323: Imitation, iqaao; Prints,
r-lh, 24325: Rolls, 2-Jb, 23324; Dsiry pts.
Md.. Pa.. Va.. 323.
Eggs Fresh laid eggs, per dozen, 15a
I5?c.
Cheese. New York State cheddars,
uMiaiiic; do do fkts, nai2c: do do
small. I2ai2j4c Ohio Flats, loj-janc;
io picnic, njai2c. Skims, oaioc. Swiss
cheese, l.vm'Ac.
Live Poultry. Hens, 13c: old roost
srs, each, 25330c; spring chickens 30a
J2c; winter chicRens, per lb. i8a22c;
roung chickens, 1 2a 13c. Ducks, 10313c.
Hides Heavy steers, association and
(alters, late kill, 60 lbs and up, close se
lection, itaiiVic; cows and light steers,
Live Stock.
Chieafrn Cattle-CilpnHv in tt,nnn .
rood to prime steers $7.0037.50; poor to
medium $5.0036.80; slockers and feed
ers S2.75aC.IO. Hr( Arfivi e w
lower, mixed and butchers $6.9537.30;
good to grioafe hesvy $7.3037.45 ; rough
heavy $7.0037.20; light $69037.15; bulk
Dt S3ics 317.0037. 25. alieep isheep and
lambs steadv : eood to rhrtir- urihra
$5.8036.30; Western sheep $5.5036.30;
native ismbs $5.2536.75; Western lambs
$5.5036.75.
East Liberty, Cattle steady; choice
$r.70a6.8s : nrime $ficnrrrt- crtnH tew
ao.20. Hogs steady, prime heavy, $7,253
73o; nest mediums, $7.0537.15; heavy
lowers, 9o.q5a7.0o. anecp steady; prime
$25033.50; choice lambs, $6.6036.80; veal
calves, $5 5035.75.
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Montreal iron molders wsnt $2.50 a
diy.
Rochester, N. Y., msy get a big lace
factory.
New Haven, (Conn.,) is rapidly being
unionized.
Albany policemen cannot ride free on
street cars.
Denver lumber workers struck last
week for 25 cents a day increase.
The American Federation of Labor
will place a permanent organizer in Chi-
C3g,.
Milwaukee Ubor men do not want the
Stste to establish a brick yard at Green
Bay.
Plasterers' laborers in Manhattan and
the Bronx have had their 'wages in
creased to $3 25 for a day's work of
eight hours' duration. Their wages had
been $3, and they demanded recently
$3.50 a day. but their union made a com
promise with the contractor on the de
mand. The system of official sweating in Eng
land has driven tbe telegraph operators
and other postoffice employees to organ
ize for the redress of their grievances,
and there are now five trades unions in
that government department, with an
aggregate membership of 50,000,
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAO
CRECNANT thouuhts FROM Thdl
WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS,
romi Anxiety-The Nclti- Wnr raf
I la t's Bscan Wa Are CMto4 t
tbe Iman of OodW Do Hat TaAAL
Knongh With Ond,
Faint heart, who toil and pray, but dual
If Ood will arant!
Theirs i the harvest who in trust
1)0 sow and plant.
Nor ponder whether it will be
Or full or scant.
If once it fail, with diligence. ',
They sow again.
Another year will aurely'bring
The needed rain. 1
The needed Min. to fill the field
With fuller grain!
-
Tho Lord of Love may hear a thongK
He heard us not,
But never vet the pravcr of faith
Hath He foreot;
Some day Hi word will fruitful mak
Each waiting spot.
We rie betimes, a if our seal
That word could apecd; ,
e can eat the bread of carefulness.
That cannot feed;
Delaying ret, we only add
Sore need to need.
Oh, happy they who quietly
Anticipate
The Meaning He will shower down,'
Or noon or late! ' ,
They toil, they pray, aright; their faith 1
Hi will can wait.
Hnrriet McEwen Kimball, In the Ne
York Independent.
A Little Sermon.
Tennyson was but clothing in the parpla
and fine linen of poetry a naked eternal
truth when he sang:
More things are wrought by prayer tbaxC
this world dream of,
" For ao the wholo round eart& f
every way
Bound by gold chains about the feet of
God.
Never yet ha the traveler found a peo
ple who did not pray. Knee have baea
found without raiment; whole nation
have been found without house; countries
have been fouud without mnnufacttirM?
never without prayer. Where you nna
human features, human passion and hu
man speech, there you find human prayer.
-ueumugjrw. weu io meir uiierer, aucta
praver often are. vet nnivei-Ml It ..!. t
not be otherwise, for prayer i within as
at once the chasm dividing from the brut
creation below, the link uniting to that
divinity above.
llie necessity for nraver ia in u th iti
not also in Uod as we arc a part of II im-
sen, crcaieu in Jli imager Wo read that
the prayers of the saint come up to Uod
aa sweet amellinir incense." Ia there nnk
then a sense in which our prayer are aa
necessary to God' love na are those pray
er necessary to our own spiritual breath
of life? The Scripture lesson gives as ata
instance of both of these neeeKulLiea. .Tmu
took Hi disciples with Him when He wens!
apart to pray, the three a little dearer
and who lived nearer to Him than the re
ne iook lurtner into the garden of Hiaj
sorrow that last sad night, as if He longedl
for their comuanionthin and thoir nn-
ers, also to go with Him up to His Father.
Sadly and lovingly He rebuked themr
"Could ye not watch with Mo one hour!
and they looked at H im with their sleep
bewildered eye and did not understand.
His longing for their sympathy and pray
ers that nutht, even as we look now with
world-dinmcd vision and only half-way
call our thoughts from other thinga whet
we enter into the holv of hob
nor dream from what high privilege we ara
self-shut, by thU indifference. For onlr
py prayer nnd communion with the maetj
hich God. that tlicrht rnnlrl nrnn tL- k-
loved ones approach unto tho knowledge
pf tho great weight of sin and sorrow that
lay upon meir saviour Heart, the weight
of the sin of the world nnd Hi own bear
ing 01 it. And that night f'cter, Jamoa
and John were privileged to haro some
what of His burden for the sin of the world",
and they were o sound asleep that area
Christ's own gentle awaking and warning,
twice repeated, roused them not to thai
privileges.
We to-day are privileged to ehare some
what in Christ's agony for souls, and yet
how few, comparatively, do. We do not
talk with God enough to know Hi wish
for us, nor to know what He is feeling and
thinking for Hi world. We only come to
Him when we fcol a great need for Hi
help. Andrew Slurrav says:
''i'he child who onfy wants to know tha
love of the father when he ha something
to ask. w ill be disappointed. But ho wh
let God be Father alway and in every
thing, who would fain live his whole life ux
the father's presence and love, who allows
God in all the greatness of Hi love to be
a father to him, oh! ho will experience
most gloriously that a life in God infinite
fn,,herlineH and continual answer to pray
er are inseparable."
But the disciple bad need of prayer
that night for their own strengthening,
icmptauon waa coming upon them awift
and aure. Jeu warned them of it. Had
they been praying they would also hava
been watching. The Christian who spend)
much time in talking with God ia not tha
one easily betrayed into denying hia LorJ
before a company of scoffer. Jeaua haa
et u here on this earth for a little whil
with the order: "Tarry ve here, and watck
with Me." New York Mail and Express, .
Obedinnt tu Ood.
Oh, that we could take that imple view
of things aa to feel that the one thing
which be before u is to please God! What
gain i it to please the world, to please th
f treat, nay, even to please those whom wa
ove, compared with this? What gain ia ik
to be applauded, admired, courted, fol
lowed compared, with thi one aim of
not being disobedient to the heavenly vis
ion ? J. H. Newman.
Real Jtcpeotance.
Repentance is not merely a little,
twinge of remorse over some wrong thing.
It is not limply a k-iish of teara at tha
recollection of some wickedness. It i not
mere ahame at being found out in soma
meanneaa or uncleuiilincsa or dishonesty,
it ia the revolution of the whole hf.
Sina wept over must bo forsaken forever.
Repentance is a change of heart, a turn
ing of the face just the other way.
A Theory About Lir. ,
The earth is not the prison-houae of a
race condemned to be circumscribed durinaj
the first stage of its immortal career by
the fearful curse of God; but it ia tha
beautiful and appropriate acene of human,
endeavor and trial, of human aspiration
and success, on whirh we are fully per
suaded that the tenderest blessing ot
God' parental lovo is ever rcstma.-
Charlea C. Coe.
Religion.
F.e'igion has not disappeared from tha
transfiguration mount it ia fulfilled in
Jesus alone, aud in II im is found in com
plete perfection. Character haa not bevn
decollated by the disappearance of Khjab,
it has found its supreme exemplar in
Jesus Christ. Hev. C. I. Smith, M.ndea,
Louisiana.
A Ovaamla Principle af All.
Faith ia a dynamic principle of life; It
charge the soul with divine impulses, and
is the motor of its best activitiea. Rv.
Dr. Walker, Presbyterian, Troy, N. Y.
Most Hal Play HIHlnrtl.
The playing of billiard by student
ha been prohibited by the Stat Ag
ricultural college of -Oregon. Tu ac
tion was by resolution ot th faculty,
and make auspenslun the penalty
of violation ot tha rule. In mat luff
th announcement in chapel Preslda
Oatch said an elimination, of th col
leg record showed that iu per eaak
of the failure In claa work wera fcr
atudttnta who frequented billiard t "
The world U alfrari vl':'.
fat philosopher.
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