jSaoeat BRINDISF.
Itmon Taught by ft HUto.-U
IKlitPrrncB Voyage.
i., "nfi mi i ,,; i fniiM .r..i. mru
rjaUmfrlo Mad- AcU xxvtl., 44.
viitcd Jrr,',r historical city, which
rJJJj to becauae it waa tho terminus
L? mt famous road of the ago, the
ipi.inn War. and for it mighty
,n,Vrshailowing ft city which oven
Uil'i hosts mld not thunder down,
" l to-morrow morning leave your har
"Lifter touching at AUmna and Cor-
ToTm!' about ,no Mediterranean to
Ll'na. KBXP- 'hBT b,n alng
VoimU in my Now Testament of a
. rtrmwnn voyego in an Alexandrian
It wa this very month of November.
n Iving In port not Yery far
frt. On boaril that vessel wuri two
'-riutiel passengers: one, Joaephua, tho
' v we have strong reasons to
the other, a convict, ono l'aul by
' iho was going to priaou for upsetting
Of M IIICJ " IIIII till'
ii aiW'tc- down." Thia convict hnd gained
witklwe ' Captain. Indent,
ink
that mm anew aimoat aa
k .ij.ui the ana aa
the sea aa did tho Caiv
... I... I .l,l...,Ll tl.J...
L ilrMt'ly; ho had dwelt much of liia
C t l1 lia unit VltlikrmH a . 1
and storms; and bo knew what
, talking booui. (seeing me
frUii storm was coming, and perhaps
. ....... t I. i m. iitmiWi worth v In I, -
k fllj S"I.I, . J ... .-
L hf S'lviioil tho Cnptafn to atay in the
7t Hut 1 hear the Captain and the
I talking together. Theysay: "W
,4 aff'-r-l to take tho advice of thia
.man. and he a minister. Ho may Ik
ti, pr s' li very well, hut I don't bclievo
, a niarlin'spike from a lulT tackle.
it.sr.1' Cast off! Hhift tho helm for
rnv! Who fears tho Mediterranean?"
I. S'l'if only a little way out when a
i.iii.i. tailed Kuroclydoh, niado tho
il it- tiirii.tn, h)ix)!c tli inivit as ym
J t.r.nrii-h a Kiar. and tHaoil thn hulk
:h' hoo '". (.'viTltoard with tho car
It . nil wn.Hlirt with anlt wntcr, nud
Mm. n" : and there aro no mnrino in-
L,. (-irnMiiiiin. All uaiulN nhoy, and
Titll thr niirimrs.
-iit i- ii't'Tiuitioii eoinea on rrew and
Lnkvi. 1 monauirs anort in tho
.. sii.l th' I'HIowa clap their handa in
J .1. -triictinll III the lull of tlinat.irm
krti lmiii i liiiik. It in the chain of the
at I"" n " walks tho deck, or holds
wtlr nciiik; atiiiNt the lurching of tho
-thi'ipiny driiiiK from his Iomu btrd
. iTieiit'to tho crew: "Now I exhort
I of roihI cheer; for there mIihII ho no
fniiV nifln'a life anions you, hut of tho
For tlnTo Mood hy mo thin tiiht tho
kj .'I i "Hi. wuom i am, ami wnoni l
r. viiic henrnot, l anl; thou muat Ik
.lit foit Caiuir; and, lo, tJod lioth
i tlirt' till thxtii that sail with thee.''
r:.'ti iliiy lmv' piiv-il, and them ia no
-fu-ii . "I' tli" Htorm. It ia midnight,
linn fii the lookout, tlr iimn peera into
M-kik-'ui and, hyn lliixh of li'htnini;, sees
n; nhiteluii'iir the!irenkeri,aiii knows
nm-t eoiiiini; in-ar to soinu country,
Uvv Hint In u few inoiiienta tho vexaol
.lioer.l on the rm-kii. -Tho ahlp
'ikriluiiT in a tornndo. They drop tho
Iiiik liiie, ami hy tho light of the liui
tli.y ir it iK twenty fnthoina. Npeei.
a little further they drop
line npiiu, ami lv tho light
'kuiirrn they sco it ia fifteen fathoms,
hiiiulrul nud aeveutv-aU souls within n
fit of nwful shiiiwreck ! Tho mannirers
vmwl, pretendiiiK they want to jiMik
tho Mile of the ship and umlorgird it,get
'.h- SttlllH iMMll I.TIutfll,inr If, If f. ..u.w.
I'nul f.'os through tho sfmiii, and ho U-lls
.i.... it .i . . . j. . i .
oi.u ii uiey (to on in i ue uonr it win imi
ntli nf thi'in. Tho vessel strikes I Tho
.t vio-i,,,- TIia lln.l-iM I rei...
r I .v. i i nun I x liu
kl tarts in the thundering surge! Oh,
t wiM struggling for life! Here they
r as if they would never rise, lift,
ins h "M of n tiiuher, roiiie filiating and
'VI oil it to the IteAch rl.mi ui
liiiiix .pi-end their arms through tho
nntii their chum plow tho mind, and
x' tin Mini wring out their wet locks
I . a ll. When the roll i,f .. ul,i,, iu
hi tno liundred 1111(1 seventv-sir ixhh.Io
"r t tl;i-ir iwiiue.. "And so," snys niv
".l cii'iu- to pass that they escniied oil
i Inii'l."
""t 1 1 . iit this .siil.joet:
Hint those wlip get us into tronMo
i"! -tiiy to help us out. Theso hhipi.ioii
I'll oiit of l air lliivciis into the storm;
N n iw the teiiiMst dropHd uisui
l!iev Hiuitcl togootr in tho small
'nnii,- nothing for what became cif
'A llle liasMMIircl's. Ah n... ' lo. .......
I'" i- tlie aiiin iii all ugi-s. They who
int.. tioul.l.. ii,.,,. r st-ip Ui help us out.
I """ '"'"'I't that young man niton life
I will In, 111,, ... 1......I. ..,
li!il-,-ihlv. ami to .Iron l.l.n ...,i
t .-. ,ty. liftinlilors always inakit
'f .he liiK-es of imilililiiri, 'fl..,v
t V"ll ilitiiltut fH.i.t.wf ui 1. o.. :
'ill !"k von." will 1. n, of
iv.'l-:i I thi i.f.li..u
i . tl c...i..iiii-iini in our mo,
K ' nit the mimes of those who have got
,11'im. iireoioiiiiioiii f..n !...
, --,i niv iliu
one who ev..r l...l,,.l
-veie . :
ii " s i" vim inn iriini
i !.'' .llJ,t '". with dumagl rig-
1 "U Willi .11 I'll.. lliryA lti.pl..... ,1
-- is- - i.M ii , inn nicy
' 7"in lilnnic or thnw v., . .....
'IS. ' tljlll llim mf fl .......
M - " V ' H" "l.'iillS IU llll-ll
Imt lie never got ono out. Hu
-itrni int.) theft, hut he would not hide
roods or hail out the defendant. Tin
rihows tholly tho way over the gossa,
JTJdgo into tho cobweh; but it novel
the My tho way out of tho cobweb ovei
oasniiKT bridge. I think that then
plenty of fast young men to help tin
rnl shiu his money; but wheu he had
d his suli.stnueo in riotous living thoy
i-.i i. inn pasiurea, winlo thev
IK lueiuseiVKH lo some other new coiner
who take l'mil out-. ,.f 1T..iM it -ii
I l , - lltl-lllf win
uo help to hull when ho get into tin
ker ol Aleliln
remark again, as n lesson lonrnod from
esi, uiai ic is ii'ingeroii Ui refuso tho
Sel Of IMIIllH.l.ilit. ii.lirio..i.j li I a .1
" iWt, to, K" ";lt wil1' llltt' '''!'. The'v
ight lio know nothing nlsiut it. Thev
I: "He ia imlu .. 1,1 m ?
.' iiuiinifr. 1 licy veut.
tllO h ill) was il.-l e, ...... I Tl
I i ........ .-j , ... ii,.iii ui o 11
Fit IllailV li.Hinleu ho n. u.
iey knijvv notliing nliout tho world. They
i.i.n w un. .VUl my iricuiis, it is not
wiry to luivo ihu Asiniio cholera be.
.Vou can givo it medic:.! treatment in
It is not noeess.ii'v In
r own arm broken befi'ir.. v..n
iv how to uiiliiii..,. n r :.' . i
,. , . ,: ' i iiii' iuii". uii
"ho stand iii the pnliiit, and in iho olllcu
i ( hl'lktlnt, t......l...H f i ..
, 'i, noon uiai mere are
lain stvles of l-0i..f n.l i.:...i . ,
.. - .- i. nil niniin II.
fivmr that will lead to destriu tion its . er
r y, "J 1 K""w Umt tf ,,m' "hip went
If I.U1I. II.......... it. ... ...I . .
1.11 I ",,, ,u, "i "WIW li tl lllfitl lll'-
i . '",J,;ll. young man, in thyyouth;
let thv lifurr ..h...... , i.. 1.. .i . ;
.. .i ... '"to tii niy iiuys oi
VOUth: but know flinn !,.. .... ii
'K lod will bring thoe into judgment."
i iiot iiiui ii, out wo Know that
ouiig people refuse the ailvice of parents.'
,i V- '"w m ovor-Muspicious. uiiil
t her in ....ii:..,. ,.i.i i ii. . .1 .
fbefii on tho sen of life. They know
re tho atornia sleep, and during their
(( liavesecu a thousuud battered hulks
III . ' 8 wl,t,r8 lauty buriiod, and
."iiiiuureii, ami moraiiiy sunk. Tuny
l,,.l. ,, ounwureii many ft
paiof dlstreM, and endure.1 great stress
i.iei, una gone scuuiiing under
IVlliw ,l fl... .,1.1 ..ll.' .
. , .... -wi' iuiii kinin
PI tllHV Hi... f..!!.!. I . T...I. .
--j ,v muaiiiu; numi, ijtjutL aii
lllail-tii fiiu ,.l..u.l. ..I ..a
mm I ii .uwfk .uu Kiuvr oi
I T .i rt- HU 'e mialiea not as
1 1. i I tluught, but with low passion.
Wain it a sewar through whl. h impurity
!. nd his heart the trough iu which lust
'"and drinks. Mun shudder as tho
Mr
m P'"e, and parents cry: "Wolf!
i neoui-esald tho Lord s t raver
at his moton-i kni and againsi that Inlqnift.
oua brow once prcnami a pare mother', lips.
But he refused her counsel. He went where
eumrlydons hero their iah. He foundered
on tho aea, while all hell echoed at the roar of
the wreck: Ixiet Paciflea! Lost Pacifies!
Another kvwon from the subject ia that
vnrisiiana aro always ante.
There did not aeem to lie much chance for
Paul getting outof that shipwreck, did there?
They had not, in thoao dava, rockets with
which tthrow rorse on-r foundering von
aols. Their lifoboata were of but little
worth. And yet, notwithstanding all the
danger, my text aaya that Paul escaped aafo
to land. And an it will always lie with Wod'a
children. They may lie plunged into dark
ness and trouble, la.it hy tho throne of tho
eternal Ood, I assert it, "the) shall all e
capo aafo to land."
Sometimes there cornea a storm of com.
mercial disaster. The cables break. Tho
masts fall. The rargisa are acattered over
tho eoa. Oh! what struggling and leaping
on kega and hogsheads and cornbins and store
aholveel And yet, though they may have it
ao very hard in commercial circles, the good,
trusting in t)od, all como aafo to land.
Wreekera go out on tho ocean's lnwh and
find tho shattered hulks of vessels; and on tin
street of our great cities there ia many a
wreck. Mainsail slit with banker's pen.
Hulks alienm'a end on Insurance counters.
Vast credits sinking, having suddenly sprung
a leak. Yet all of them who are tlisl s chib
dren shall at last, through His goodness and
merry, ow-apo safe to land. Tho Heand.nn
vlan warriors mod to drink wine out of tho
skulls of the enemies they had slain. Kven
oUod will help us, out of tho inmpierwl ilia
and disasters of life, to diiuk sweetnnaa and
strength for our souls.
You have, my friends, had Illustrations in
your own life of how tl delivers His jhhv
jilo. I havo had illustrations in my own
life of the same truth. I was onco In what
on your Mediterranean you call a Kuns-yl-(Ion.
hut what on tho Atlantic we call" a
rvclone, but the same storm. The stoniM-i'
Orcce, of tho National lino, swung out into
tlm river Mersev at l.iverHsl, Ih.iimI ;(.
New York. Ve had on Imar.l seven
hundreil, crew and pan infers, ll u cam.i
together strangers Italians, Ini'n.n mi, K.i;.
lishnien, H weili-s, Norwegians, Ai "i-
cans. Two flags floated from tn
masts Dritish and American cuigus. Wo
had a new vasel, or ono ho thoroughlv i-...
inodehxl that tho voyage had around it ml
tho uncertainties of a trial trip. The gr.vit
steamer felt its way cautiously out. into the
sea. Tho pilot was discharged, and commit
ting ourselves to tbo care of Him who hold
cth tho winU in His list, wo were fairlj
started on our voyage of three thousand miles.
It was rough nearly all tho way the sea w ill
strong bulfeting disputing our lxitli
Hut ono night, nt II o'clock, nftoi
tlio lights bad been put out, a cyclone a
wind just main to tear hiW to pieco
caught us in its club -ho.. Hcauio down ai
suddniily that we had not time totako in the
sails or to fasUm the hatches. You may know
that the bottom of thn Atlantic is strewn
with tho ghastly work of cyclone. Oh1
they aro cruel win.N. They have hot
breath, ns though thev cam up from
Infernal furnai-es. Their merriment is
tho cry of affrighted ut.scngor4.
Tli'iir play is the foundering of steam
ers. And, when a ship goo d m il, thev laugh
until both continents hear them. 'I'hey go
in circles, or, as describo them with my
liuud rolling on! rolling on! with finger of
terror writing on tho whitj sheet of tho
wave this aoutctioe of d-vim: "Let all that
como within this Hrclo perish! Itrigantines
pi down! Clippers, go down. St.-amshiiis,
go down r And the v.-ssel, Iwaring tho ter
rible voice, crouches in tho nurf, and as tho
waters gurgli) through tho hatches and port,
holes, it lowers nwav, tlmusanils of
feet down, further and farther, until nt liu-t
ii siriKes inn iKiu.im: and all is imsuv. for
thoy havo landisl. Helmsman, dead nt tho
whis-ll Knginmo'. ileml amidst tho cxtin.
gulshod furnaces! Captain, dond in tlio
gangway! 1'asseiigeiN, dead in tho cabin!
liuried in the grout netery of dead steam
ers, bosido tho City of Huston, tho Islington,
tho President, tho Cambria waiting for the
archangel'a trumst to split up tho dis-ks,
and wroncli upon the cabiu d sirs,and unfast
en tho hatchtis.
I thought that I had seen storms on tho sm
before; but all of them together might havo
como under ono wing of that cyclone. Wo
were only eight or nine hundred miles from
homo, and in high uxisN-tut ion of soon swing
our friends, for there was no ono on lmard
so ihsir ns not to havo a friend. Hut itsocuiid
lis if wo were to bo lis:ipMiiutcd. Tho most
of us cxKS'til then and there to die.
There worn none who inndo lightof the sril,
savotwo. (hm was mi Knglishiiian, and ho
was drunk, and tlu other was an Ameri
pre, and he was a fool! lh! what n
tiino it was! A night to make one'i
hair turn white. We camo out. of the berths,
andstissl in tho gangway, and looked into tho
kteeruge.und sat in tho cabin. While sea to. I
there, we heard overhistd something like
niinuto guns. It was tho bursting of Uie sails.
Wo held on with hoth hands to keep our
places. Those who attompte-l to cross
the lloor camo I mck bruised and
gjinhisl. Cups and glasses were ilaMHil
to fragments; pieces of the table getting
Iisiho, swung hitoss the mlism. It mviiico!
as if the! hurricane took that great
ship of thousands of tons and stis
It on end, and said: "Shall I sink
It, or let it go this oncer" And then it ciuim
down with such force that the billows tram
pled over it, each mounted of a fury. Wo
felt that everything doHuilod on thtipri
puNing screw. If that stopped for an in
stant we knew tho vessel would fall oh into tho
trough of the sea and sink; und so wo prayed
that tbo screw, which three times since leav
ing Livvrsi had already stopssl, might
not stop uow. Uh! how anxiously wo
listened for tho regular thump of the ma
chinery, upon which our lives seemed
to depend. After a while soinu ono
said: "Tho screw ia stopped!" No
ils sound had only bmn oveiiwenl
by the uproar of tho tempest, und we
hristthcd easier again when we heard the re
gular pulsntiousof the overtasked machinery
f;oiug thump, thump, thump. At .'! o'clock
u the morning the, water covered tlio ship
from prow to stern, and tho skylights gave
way ! The deluge rushisl in, and wo felt that
lino or two more waves like that must swamp
usforev.ir. As the water rolled back and for
ward in tho cabins, und daihcd agaiht thn
wall, it sprang Imlt way up to thn ceiling,
lttihliini: through the skylights as it
camo in with such terrille roar, .there
went, up iroui tlio culiiu n shrink of horror
which I pray (lod I may never hear again,
1 have drcainisl tho whole scene over again,
but (iod has mercifully kept mo from hear
ing that uiucry. Into it se..nie.noJsj' com
pressed the agony of cximctol shipwrouk.
Jtwwuiod to my: "I shall never get bonis
again ! My children shall be orphaned, and
my wife shall Isj widowed! 1 am launching
now into eternity! In two minuU-s 1 shall
meet my Ul!"
There wei-o atsnit flvo hundnvl and fifty
pa-iM-ngers in the stowage, and as thn at.'r
l ushisl in and touched tho furnaces, and Isw
gun violently to hiss, tho poor creatures in
the steerage imagined that tho Isiilers were
giving way. Those passengers writhed in tho
water and in tho mud, some praying, sonin
crying, all terrified. They made a rush for
the deck. An oltioor stood on dock mid beat
tliem back with blow after blow. It was
nwossary. Thoy could not have stixsl an
iusUint on the deck. Uh! how they
bogid to get out of the hold of the
ship! One woman, with child in her arms,
rushed up and caught hold of one of tho
olllcors and cried: "Ho lot me out! I will
help you I ik let me out! I cannot din
here!" Home got down and prayed to tho
Virgin Wary, saying: "O blessed mot her I
keep us! Have mercy ou us."' Homo stood
with wlUto lips and ilxedgazo, silent in their
terror. Home wrung their hands and cried
out: "OOod: what shall I dor What shall
I dot" The time camo when the crew
could uo Kmgor stay ou tho diik.
nud tho cry of the olllcers was: "ilolow! all
hanils below.!" Our brave uud sympathetio
Captain Andrews whose praise I shall not
cease to SMMsk while I live had been swept
by the hurricane from his bridge.and had es
caped very narrowly with his life. The ey.
clona seemed to stand on the deck, waving if
wing, crying: '"Thia ship ia mine! I hav
raptured It! Ha! hal 1 will command it
It (foil will permit, I will sink it here and
now! By ft thousand shipwrecks, I swear
the di sun of thia vessel T' There waa a
lull in tho storm; but only that It
might gain additional fury. Crash! went
the lifeboat on ono side. Crash I went the
lifelssit on tho othiT side. The great lamina
goi loose, ami, aa wttn the heft or a thunder
lw.lf I. I . I . I , . . .
lsilt, pounded the dis k and lieat the mast
the ill boom, studding sail Ixsim. and square
sail boom, with their strong arms, beating
time to the awful march and music of the
hurricane.
Meanwhile the ocenn became phosphores
cent. The wholo acene looked like fire. The
watfir dripping from tho rigging, there were
ros of lire; and there were masts of lire;
and there was a deck of fire. A ship of tire,
aailing on a aea of fire, through a night of
fire. May I never see anything like it again!
Kvorylsjdy prayed. A lad of twelve
years of ago cot down and prayed for
his mother. "If I should give up." ho
said, "I do not know what would ls
come of mother." There wore men who,
I think, had not prayed for thirty vcara,
who then got down on their knees. When a
man who has neglected (hsl nil his life
reels that ho has como to his last time, it
innkee a very busy night. All of our
sins nnd shortcominga )osseil through our
minds. My own life seemed utterly un
satisfactory. I could only aay: "Here, Lord,
tnko mo ns I nm, I cannot mend mnttera
now Isrd Josus, Thou didst die for tha
chief of sinners. That's me! It seems,
lord, aa if my work ia done, nud poorly
done, and iim Thy infinite mercy I cast
myself, and in this hour of shipwreck and
Jarknees commit myself and her whom I
hold by the hand to Thee. (I Iird Jiis!
praying mat n may lie a short struggle in
tho water, nnd that at the same instant wo
may Isdh arrive In glory P' Oh! I tell you a
man prays st. night to tlio mark when ho has
ft cyclone nlsive him, an is-oau ls'iiooth him,
and eternity so close to him that ho can fsd
its breath mi his cheek.
Tho night was long. At. last we saw the
ilawn lisiking through the sirt holes. As in
the olden time, in tlio fourth watch of the
night, Jcus camo walking on the sen, from
wno clilMowavo cliff; and when He puts
His fis.t Usiii a billow, though it may ls
Uissisl up with might It gisx down. Ho cried
lo the winds, Hush! I'hey knew His voiiv.
Tho waves knew His fisit. They dii-d away.
And in tho shining track of His fis't 1 rend
sheen letters on scrolls of foam nnd lire:
"The earth shall bo lllli-d with the knowledge
if thai ns the waters cover
Uio sea." Tho oeiyiu cnlniod. Tho
th of the Ntcnmcr tss-amo mors
and more mild: until, on tho Inst morning
ut, the sun threw round nlsiut Us a glory
inch as I i.ever witm-ssiil Is-fore. (h maim
I pavement, of mosaic, reaching from horizon
lo horizon, for all the splendors of earth and
heaven to walk iism a pavement bright
Mioiigh for the f.sit of a seraph bright
riioiigli for tho wlusds of the archnngel'a
hariot. Aa a virent embrace a child, nnd
kisses nwav its grief, so over thst s.i that
tad Iss'ii writhing in agony in the tciniM.
the morning threw its arms of Is'auty and of
tuowihi-toiii, and tho lips of u th and heaven
met.
As I enme on deck if was very iiuly, ami
so were Hearing the shore I snw a few sails
tgninat the sky. They msiunsl like the spirits
if tho night walking the billows. I Icom-d
vcr tho tatfrail of lw venwi, and snid: "Thy
say, Ollml, is in the sen, and Thy jiatli in
the griat waters."
It grew lighter. The clouds wen- hung in
purple clusters along the sky; and. as if tluss.
purple olii-teis wore pressed into rcdwinn
ml poured out lim the sea, every wave
tiirmil nito crimson. Yonder, tin- cleft
tnl opposite to lire cleft ; and here, a cloud,
rent nnd timr.il with light, Msniu-I like a
ialai-e, with Main bursting from the wiu
lows. Tho wholo scene lighted up un
til it seemed us if the angels ol
liisl were usee tiding and di-sccmling
tiMin stuirs of fire, and the wavc-crcsts,
.hanged into jassr. and crystal, and nine
ihyst, as they were Hung toward the Is-aiii,
niado mo think of the crow us of lieuvi i cast
ts'fore tho throne of tho great Jehovah. I
loaned over the tnld'ail again, and snid, n it h
more emotion than before: "Thy way. O
iiisl. Is in the sea, and Thy path iu the great
waters?'
Ho, I thought, will lie the going off of tho
Htorm and night of the Christian's life. The
.larkness will fold its tents and away! Tho
golden feet of tlio rising mo;'ii will como
ikippiug upon the uioiiuUiiiiN, and nil tho
wrathful billows of the world's wisi
tire.l. inlo the splendor of eternal jo v.
An I so wo come into the harbor Tfie
yclolio Is'lund us. Our friends be.
'ore us. tin I, oho is always good,
all around us. Audit the roll of the crew
Old the pilssengers had been called Novell
nuudred souls would have uni-wcred to their
names. "And so it came to pass that we all
scaped safe to land." And may (lod grant
that, when all our Salibaths ou earth aro
inlod, wo may Hnd that, through the rich
mercy pf our Is ml Jomis Christ, we all have
weathered the gale!
Into the ImrlMv of lienvtn now wi gllile.
Mi me at i.l :
Softly wx ,rl i on i hi- iirlsht l Ter ll.li-
Home in In-I :
illorytoO.il ' All our ilmn-i ra nre n'er:
We unit eeure mi Hie slorilli-il Rhore.
b srjr tnde.1 : m will Mlmut svermure.
Ilniiiii at lanl !
Hisimi at lsnt 1
TKMI'KtlANCK SV.WM AND NoTKH.
In Pnmasi'ua the natives style drunken
men ns victims of "tho Knglish "disease."
Tho Illiio Kihlxui Hociety iu Christiania,
Bwetlen, uow iiumlsirs about MM iiiemlsTs.
The retail liiUor trallic is now prohibited
In seventy-nine municipalities of the province
of Manitoba.
Cardinal Manning declares that Ukiii tho
work of total almtiuence iles.iiU the great
Desa of the Nation.
Kortuno kniM'ka once at every man's door,
but she doesn't go hnntinc 'through beer
suliHina for him if he hapiens to lie out.
A liquor ofllcer, iii searuhing ,a house in
Boston, found behind a large iiicturo an
opening in the wall which conifiiM fifty
pomes oi inger iM?or.
Mayor Creirier. uif ChicHiro ris-nnllv nv.
Vokeil for one year the licenses of thirteen
salism-keepera fir not obeying the .Sunday
Curtain Closing law.
Kightv Jaoaneso iriris nt Xmmsaki. .Tanan.
are Istmlisl together in a Y. W. C. T. I', that
Is said ti Iw the strongest organization of
me I.IIIII in iiih r.iupire.
It is our observation, sava the Srirulilir
American, that beer drinkiiig in this country
produces the very lowest kind of inebriety,
rlosely allied tn riminnl insanity,
A Chicago paper says the danger line is
passed as regards the corn crop. Not at ull.
The danger lino will only bo reached when
tho coi n is manufactured into whisk)'.
It is reported that iu Iuivillc, Ky ft In
Imisihsiblo to keep dipsrs on the public welln
Inh-iiuso the sulism men have them taken off
or destroyed so us to force the thirsty public
Into their dives.
"If you wish for o clear mind, strong mus
cles, quiet nerves and long life, avoid all
drinks but water," says n wise physician.
We might add that money ran be kept in
the piM-ket, and comfort brought to the borne
U nothing stronger than water is chosen,
A Mississippi town of 7500 inhabitants pro
vides a large number of saloons for the men
to get drunk iu, but baa repeabslly failed
to sustain the existence of uvea one ic
cream parlor for Uie refreshment of wives
nd children. Tha same stream of money
could not How in two opHsit directions.
Tha nfurnafional Uoyul Templar relates
an incident concerning a London drayman
that illustrates the real value of a beer-drinker's
health. This man was in the habit of
showing his great strength by taking a full
barrel of lr, raising it and depositing it
gently on the dray. One day, while iwr
forming this feat, ho received a slight
scratch on his han Ho thoroughly poi
soned by laser was his system that iu spite of
every effort to save his life he died in three
days.
RELIGIOUS READING.
i
tPO.I TUB SHORM Of OA.MLKSJ.
Tha Sabbath mora was sweet to tee
Upon the shores of Galilee.
Hetwixt white clouds, like lake of bine,
The sapphire of the sky shone through ;
V here Magdala once flourished fair,
A falcon tsiised In languid air;
Mist fashioned Into strange design,
Far mountains loomed in purple line;
H weet strains that swelled to choral dose
r rom oleander co)eea rose.
And through the calm beat boomed tht be
Upon tho shores of Galileo.
Pnncnth atlrred leaves along the marge
The swelling tig grew ri-e and large;
1 crpetual summer seemed to rest
Upon the water's tranquil breast.
No white sail swept the lake along,
1 here rang no soaring worship song ;
Itethaaida'a razed walls were dumb,
And silence scaled Capernaum:
Oray old Tiberias alone
Upreared its parapcta of atone;
And yet what Joy It was to be
Upon the shores of Oslilee
Iter trod His ever-nntlent feet
In twilight cold and noontide herd;
Perchance beside yon foiintniti'a brink
He paused awhile to rest nnd drink,
And blessed the children nt their piny
Hrfore He took His onward wny.
These are the waves He badn be still
That even now obey Ills will;
The same sky throws its arch above
Aa when Hotnught Hla creed of love.
The snmo winds blow their blessings free
Upon the shores of Clulilee.
And thoncH wild dnaolstion now
Keats cm the shore's and mountain's brow.
1 ho living words that hero had birth
Have foned with glory all the earth.
They dwell in prayerful hearts alar
lleneath the New World s renlth star,
And spread where blue Pacific smiles
U pon her ieacrful palm-girt isles.
And w hen, In years to come, w tli men
The lonely land shall bum again,
licvrred of all His mime ahull lie
Upon the shores of Ualiloe.
Ctnijreyiitlonnliiil
cosvmtsio.
Tfn i;,-i,1 In jf s o ni'.n;. iilmis In view
or Its rexiilts as that in which Hie sinner
awakes from his indillerence. Is brought
back from bis wanderings, and accepting
the terms of salvation, is enabled to rejoice
in (lod Ilia Hovior. Then bis views i f the
world of life, of the object of b'a being, of
nil things, in fact, ore essentially misliliml
and changed. Then does he commence to
run the race, that successively followed,
will conduct "to glory, honof, and im
mortality." Then is ho watched with tho
intonsest solicitude by those holy beings,
w ho nre sent forth "to minister for them
who shall be heirs of salvation." And if
there is "joy among the angels of Ood, over
one sinner that rcienteth," who can tell
how much that joy may be enhanced,
should the highly-favored object of It. by
the grace of Oisl become a bright nnd shill
ing light in tha world, and bring forth
much fruit to tho glory and praise of his
Bnviour.
Aa the opening of the Christian life Is thus
imiH.rlnnt in its results, nnd ns so much
dcienila on a right commencement. svial
care should be had that the great nut 11 lies of
that life should bo well unileMood. There
are iimltitiuli uK..
I - " I nm w renew nig
' grace, whom nature bus endowed with an
in. ii in ii'iiiisTiimeur, ana wiioin me jov of
it heir first live, often overlook the fact, that
."bonds and ulUictiiuis" am npisijntisl to all
who would overcome the world, mid become
heirs of immortal life. In the fancied
strength of their attachment to their Saviour,
they set at nought the obstacle that would
opsise their progress, uud often are disposed
to Wonder nt the trials of tii'ire cxisTienivd
disciples. Instances aro not iinlri qui nt,
w here In the miction of feeling that some
times succeed thia state of mind, these very
iiiili viiliinla are entirely unfitted to meet tha
real dilllcttliios of the way, and fail to retain,
in timeof trial, the spirit nnd temper of their
Master. Such have yet to learn the solemn
intNirt Ol the civ.. Hlct indeed aro they
who have known its iiiisirt by experience,
nnd have learned, at the feet of C.irist, to
uiukt a right improvement of ulllictions.
orrriso rsr.n io it.
One of the saddest tilings about the saddest
disaster that America has ever known, the
Conemaugh Ynlley Hood, is the fact that a
large part of tho loss of human life was
needless. Kven after the waters were let
loose hundreds mi l thousands might have
raved their lives, it issaid, had they believed
tlio messenger who camo riding wildly
through tlio streets, felling them of the
awful peril that threatened them. Hut
"they hud beard theso rumors before;"
"they wrro not going to bo frightened into
'fleeing from their homes;" "they were used
to such warnings." Alas! bIiis! the warn
lug was disregarded once too o fen, ami Hie
Whelming fl.ssl slew its thousands. Hut
liow exactly like the unrepentant man did
these victims of the rising waters reason!
There is not a man in America within
sound of thc hiirch-hf 11 who has not received
warnings its earnest as the Pennsylvania
sufferers ever heard, to lice front the wrath
to come. The tragic clement is wanting,
perhaia; no flying horseman rides through
our streets telling us to lice to the mountains
for salvation from sin, but, Sunday niter
Sunday, from ten thousand pulpits" comes
substantially the same message, "Turn ye,
turn ye, for why will vo die!" And men
listen very comfortably to the ofi-repeate-l
warning, perhaps with a smile or a sneer,
with the unspoken thought iu their hearts
thut they have got used to that old story,
and they cannot be any longer scared info
the kingdom of heaven as though they were
frightened girls. Or, ierhaps, they listen
with a half-formed determination to escape
from destruction when the danger is more
Imminent. And all tho time Cod's patient
hand holds hack the )s iit-iip llis.il nnd gives
the uiirets?iitant another and another
chance. Yet the wril is not abated. Cod s
omniioteiice cannot avert the destruction
which is sure to overtake the
guilty, unrepentant soul. The reservoir
of w oe Is being filled up. Men aro treasur
ing up for thcnselvcs "wriilh against the
day of wrath," and though s thoiLsand
warning may be unheeded, at last comes
the cloud-burst of destruUiou. It is a com
limn phrase, lightly bantered about, that
history repeats itself, but it is as full of sig
nificance ns it was in tho days of Noah ;
"For ss in tho days that wero before the
flood they wero outing and drinking, mar
ried and giving in marriage, until the day
that Noali entered into tlio ark, and knew
not until the flissl lame uud took them all
away; so shall the coming of the Son of man
bo." Kver since the davs of Noah, in tlm
nmral world, the history of the patriarch's
tune has been repeated. 'The warning watch
man on the city wall has sounded t lie alarm,
nud the thoughtless citizens have disregard
ed and despised it, hut tho time has always
come w hen the words of warning huve had
a lerriblu significance and the unprepared
have found too often then thut it wss toe
late to llee.
Joining in the amusements of others Is,
in our social state, the next thing to sympa
thy in their distresses, and even the slender
est bond that holils society together should
rather be strengthened thuu snupt Laiulur.
WHAT TUB W. C. T. U. WILL PO.
Wheu, twenty-five years ago, Alfred
fvo first advocated the principle of arbi
tration to settle dilhVultieM, some person
wild: "As well might ono attempt to drive a
spun of llui y steeds with white ribbon reins."
'1 his la lust what the W. C. T. U. exiax t to
do. We have harnessed the two "fiery steeds,"
AVar and InUuniwrance, together, and with
the power of the white ribbon and the in
spiration of our lieautiful banner bovered
over by the while dove of peace, we expect
to drive them from our beloved country, and
nusllv from the world. 7u an uh J. Auc".
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
tiKSSO! KOlt NUN II A V, NOV. 21
"anlomon'e Wise) Choice-," t Kings ft,
:-13 -Golden Text: Prov. H. 11
Com ments.
The last days of David were dorc-ted tn
gathering together materials for tha Temple
of the Lsird. to bo built by Holomon, hla son,
at Jerusalem. Itecnuse he had aet hla alTec.
tlon upon the house of hla Ood he gave and
f athered in great abundance wood. Iron,
irass, silver, gold and precious atones, anil
gave to Solomon a solemn charge concerning
the house end kingdom. David also pur
chased a site for the house, tho very plnro
where Abrah am had 'centuries lief ore offered
up lasso (II Chmn. 111.. 1; (Jen. xii a, 14),
and there ho built an al tor unto the Lord and
offered sacrifice, the Is.rd answering him by
fire from Heaven (I Chron. xxl., Sa-ilill
"Ho David alept with hia fat here, and was
buried in the city of David; having reigned
over Israel forty years; seven yonra in Heb
ron and thlrty-throo years iu Jerusalem."
(I Kings, II., Id, H.)
"Then Holomon ant en the Throne of tha
liord asking instead of David, his father,
and iirosimre.1, ami all Israel olssyed Him."
(I Chron. xxlt.,
0. "In (Jlheon the Lord npwarod to Solo,
mmi In a dream by night." The nrk of Jlo.
was in a tent which David had pitched for it.
In Jerusalem, but tho Ulicniaele and altar of
burnt offering were t U I boon (II Chron. 1,
.1, 4), and thither Holomon and all tlm con.
KTogatlon hnd gone to ofTer sacrifice. Tho
isird hail appeared to Samuel nt the taber
irnclo in Hhilohnnd to David at tho threshing
J is.r of Arannak (iHam. til., 31; U Chron.
111.. 1). Imt we do not read that Ho ever no.
la-ared to Haul for Saul was thorfaighly illso
Isslient and rebellious, but David and Holo.
mon, though gnsit sinners and often over
como, sln.vroly sought tho Lord. The Isird
apieare.l to Solomon a seism. I tlm.i on
another is-coslon, and these great favors
should havo drawn and kept him very close
U.O.sl (1 Ki. Ix.. tl; xi , Hi. The L..fd frs
nucntly revealis! Himself to His servants In
vlslonsand dreams (Num. xil , il; Job xxxiii.,
l.i), hut Moses was honored nlsive all others
in .ni-i-sjss i (.mm. xn., 7, f; Pent, xxxiv
Hn; liisl now reveals Himself to us bv His
word and Spirit na r.-allv as llo did to Moses.
Samuel, Solomon and oilier.
.L" V.",.,J"'1 B",: A"k '" 1 "h"H Riva
the,.." It is written that Ahasiierus said to
Oiieen Ksther: "What Is thy nsptet It
shall be even given then to the half of tlm
kingdom." And that Solomon gavo unto
tkss Vuisn of Sheba all her desire, whatso
ever she asked (Ksther v., !l. tl; I Kings x
1.1: but here Is tho King of King saving to
Ktng Holomon: "Ask what I shall givo
! .,". . aame lord said once to a poor
blind beggar: "What wilt thou that I shall
do unto thee?" (Luke xviil.. 41) and is saving
to-day: "Ask and ye shall nis-lve;" "All
things whatsoever vo shall ask iu prayer, be
lieving, yeshHll receive" (Mat. v 7; xxl.,":) )
H it. "AndSolouionsalil: Thou hatliowist
unto thy servant David, mv father, great
mercy." Acknowledgment of mercies re
issivisl Is always most appropriate in till our
approaches to (iod. Our highest place (slay
ing low nt our Hisleemer's feet, rcalizm our
own weak-no, but rejoicing in His wisdom
and strength; glorying not in wisi,n. might
or riches, but iu know ing Him w ho is in Him
self all wisdom and wealth and power. Ha
that glotieth let him glory iu the ls.nl.
"Ho walkisl before Thee In truth, and In
righteousness, and in uprightness of heart
with Tins. " ,'his u his testimony to I iod
concerning '.is father; happy the fathers who
can Imvo such testimony given coins-riling
them by their sons.
"I nm but a little child; I know not how
to go out or como In." This is his testimony
concerning himself, and his unlit ties in hiiii
aelf, for the lile.li position to whiih he hud
been on lbs 1.
"Thy people which Thou hast chosen."
They uro the lord's people whom Ho has
chosen to make Him a name, uud Solomon Is
the lord's representative mining them.
David said in his last words that "He that
ruleth over men must lm just, ruling in
the fear of OihI," and Solomon seems to ile
um to Isi Just such a ruler over (bsl s chosen
ptsipln. j
"(live therefore Thy servant an under,
standing heart to judge Thy pisiple." In tho
parallel passage of II I 'liiou. i., 7-l', his
ie.pie.st is stated to lie for wisdom nnd knonl- I
edge that he may t;n out and in before tlio
people nnd judge thm. That .lesus Christ
Himself is the Wisdom of (bid wo nro
plainly told in 1 ( or. I , "4, :i(t, and that Ho
is niado unto us Wisdom; but while we trust '
Him to htm us liinv ,-a.u ruu- ......... u.oo
i ii wi-n. .iiiili
to let Htm bo their Wisdom ill tlie everyday
life, preferring rather to lean Usui their owii
understanding and go their own way.
lU-14. "And tho speech pleased the Lord
that Solomon had asked this thing." It was
wisdom for judgment that Solomon asked
for. that lie might discern Is twis'ti g.ssl and
Isnl, na Is manifest iu tho record which fob
lows our lesson aud iu the last verse of thin
chapter.
"I'liderstainlliig to discern Judgment." It
pleiiMsl tin. Lord that he had not aski-d riches
nor long life but this one thing the isiwer
to discern right aud wrong and to do thn
right, or iu one word, "Righteousness.-' Tin
Is one peculiar feature of the character of
Jehovah that "The righteous lord lovetli
righteousness" (I's. xi., 7i, and nlsive all place
is this desirable in a ruler.
"Ileliolit, I have done according to thy
words; lo, I have given tins' a wisn and mi
iiuilnrstaiiding heart." In chapter iv Jo-'J'.i
WH l-SUil Hint. Jnili.li U...l I..-.. ..I ... .
the sand which is by tho sea hi multitude'
I ...... SI... I l . . . 1
anil iiii.v mill RIill minimi HI WlSUOIIl U 111 I Ull
llorstiLllfllllfr MIliMlulilli, ioii,.:. .....I i..M
...... ... miii. mi j-iirw
of heart, even as the sand which is on the
srnsuore; wmcn certainly Itiiticates that,
though the ieoplo wero so numerous, Solo
mon would have w isdom given him for every
- iiii. iiiiKiii i.iiuir oeiore llllll.
"I have also given this thut which thou
hast not asked, Isith riches and honor." How
diligently people seek that which may get
them foisl nud raiment and have little or uo
tiino left to seek lloil, while He ki-ops saving:
"Seek ye llrat the kingdom of (iod, mid His
righteousness and all theso things shall bo
added unto vou;" offering to do for us exceed
ing abundantly ntsivo all wo ithk or think
(Matt, vi., ;t:t; kph. iii., ::oi.
"If thou wilt walk in my wars,
then I will lengthen thr days." Wisdom is
given him for tho asking, riches ami honor
without being asked for, but length of days
Is promised only on condition of obedience;
providislhe will kis.iiliod's statutes and cum.
mauiluients mid wall; in His ways; otherw ise
it would not bo a hleasiniruittisr'to himself or
Ms people to have his days ou earth length
ened. lft. "And Holomon awoke; mid behold it
was a dream." It was, however, u dream to
some pursiso, for tlm lord was iu it as lio
was in tlm dremns of Jacob, Joseph his sou,
Nebuchadnezzar, Ouuicl, Joseph, husband uf
Mary, Pilate's wife, and others, (lod does
sometimes oven to this day reveal His w ill
iu a ilream or vision of the night, concern
ing sH'iul guidance on uuusiiul matters;
but ordinarily llo does rut reveal Himself
except by His WonL an I never in conflict
Willi it. Whatever is not in perfect agree
aiout with tint Word of (jod uroce?d not
..om Ood but from the prince of darkness.
Isu. vlU., ).) "He came to Jerusalem
and offered up burut offerings and peucs
offerings." The burnt otfering tvpitled our
Lonl Jiwus offering Himself wholly totbsl
every thought, word and de,d aeeeptnblo!
and appreciated only by fbsl. The peucs
eltenng was partly burr.t and par tly aten.
partaken of l,t., by fi.sl and man. and shows
how when we truly believe iu Jesus wo have
fellowship w itn tWU. HrlKr.
A live lebster, balf red and half grern,
the dividing color lino ninalno; length
wise bis whole body, is now ou exhibi
tion iu Portland, Ale. Fishermen my
tbut siiecliueui like tbit aro very raro.
TEMI'KKANCE.
who ia tut rk mh dor
Thr nelghls.r? It la he whom thou
II art siw er to nid and ble-s;
Whose aching heart or burning brow
Thy sis.tliing hand may press.
Thy neighlsir 'tis the fainting jsmr
Whose eye with want la dim,
Whom hunger scuds from door to door
Oo thou and succor him.
Thy nelghlsir? 'lis that drimken man.
Whose years nre at the brim.
Hent low with siverlv and pain;
Oo thou and rescue bim.
Thy icigiilsir? 'lis his w ife, IsTcft
( If every earthly gem;
This wife' and children helpless left;
Oo thou nnd shelter them.
Where e'er thou meet'st a human form
'Nenth drunketiesa lient. down.
Remember 'tis thy neighlsir worm;
Thy brother, or thy son-
1 ss not, oh pass not heedless by,
I'erhnp tlmu canst redeem.
Himself and hi from misery;
Oo reason, plead with him.
Geo. W.t'ook.in lUtlttr-A uf Trmprrnnct.
TKMI'rnARCIO AT ClU.l.r.OK.
Or. Andrew 1 Peulssly recently ad.
.Iressed the Harvard Total Abstinenis
league. He said:
If I had a mil I Would Hot send him to
college unless he would give me a pledge not
to touch Intosicut -tig II us I Isilievo that
college lite is n cinii1 iici'i.l, nnd habit
f..i noil there are not easily broken. ( if my
own class of titty throe members when tho
temptations to drink wero less mid thcro
was even a pn-iuilice against anything
stronger than wine, when discipline waa
Itricter. when we had less speinlmg ni.uiey
mo men sum; one ptuug.sl into low ilissipa
tion. mid was only reformed after stem in
terference of his father: a fisirlh had hi
lile shortened by his early bad habits; it
llfth, u iiimii of tliie abilities', wns addictisl to
drink nud fnihsl of nttiiinmg more than it
shadow of the tepntotion he might have had.
All these men were drinkers in college, and
It. has bis'ii mv epel h iiisi that all other
grailnatt s w ho have lalleti in bad habits of
drink have contracteil their wav in mllege.
It i not fsfe to yi. , tothe teniptation, even
to a alight degree. 1 cannot recall from my
knowledge any rase of men w ho have never
boon intemperate Is-foro t went v-tlve year
of age. iiecomiug drunkards later. It is trim
that witne intemperate men reform, but it
very small percentage. Hut vmi any we do
imt mean to become drunkards. That very
same self-conlldenci. which you express i
dangerous. The over-coiillilent man is very
apt to go licyond the limit ha would consider
unsafe m mint her. It is those who nre will
ing to go to tlie very edge of safety who are)
lur.sl over into evil. The young 'man who
begins to drink to the limit of obcrnc
transcends that linn little bv little till ho has
iMss.nie a continued drunkard.
In college life there are great teniptation.
Many of your pleasantest companions drink,
nud drink to excess, though not perhaps of
ten. Vou are aw ay I l oin home influence
and restrictions and nre brought to look
lightly on drink. You are at a 'IhhI when
habits are formed. If is for you to decide
whether your miunnl instincts ami appetites
nhnll prevail. You have a life's win k to do
now, for H you curb your appetites you will
be able to master t hem, but if you give way,
Vou have Income then- sjive. You nuiy
w sh to drink a 111 tie, w it hunt ever going tar,
as you think tunny resHN'table men do. hut
you will tin. I that very tew of the most su
jiericr men give way' lo di ink at all. and
those whodo would achieve more if tin y all
.tamed entirely. If you learn to ileH'iul on
Inpior to ciihanee ws ial gatherings you will
Hnd in later bin that you cannot enjoy the
most brilliant n ciety w itliout some Minium
lo the inner man. A mini addictisl to the
habit of drink is less self-reliant nnd capable
nf doing himself just ice, though ho may never
go to excess. If you yield to the temptation
nf strong drink you will ls led to gambling
and other vices which are perhaps never
found iu abataiueiv. I 'l inking is also an ex
snsive habit, and tempts a man to get
money in nny wny ho can. indulgence, in
any degree brings you into the class of fhosn
w ho drink still mine, so that if you make a
beginning you are apt to reach tho bitter cud
before long. I would lemind you also, that
most Honors now are adulterated w it Ii poi
sonous drug. I have sin,i ii of the perils to
w hich you expose yourself by strong drink,
and I believe that you who preserve yourself
from these dangers by joining this leaguo
will look back in after years with devout
gratitude. In the Ingliesi point of view, in
the culture of tour immortal natures, you
have chosen tiie better course and you
bhoiild make it your life purpose always to
preserve the Is'tter way nud tlx yourselves in
Uie eternal principles of right.
A HoIIT WHICH IU;i'VK Mt Mill.
Mr. .1. T. Thomson observes: ' There was
a dear friend of mine w ho lust his reason
Some tiiiieago, but alter three years in an
nsvliiui he recovered and again cntere I In
I old position. I one day asked him, 'li.i y.nt
: know the cause of the loss of your reasi'iu."
He replied: '1 thought I w ns siaml ing ou n
I green spot siirroumicd by thousands nf mer
i ry -makers, ho were singing and dancing.
Iu tlicdislancu I saw a great wheel revolv
ing, nnd toward it all the dinn ers wi re slow
ly making their way. 1 could Hot sec tlio
other side of the wheel w here I was stand
ing, mid 1 thought I shifted my n.siiioii un
til I could gi t a better view ol that stujindoii8
w heel. I saw the merry-makers step from tho
greensward, and being caiudit by tlm wheel
were throw n into a great chasm on theothx
side. As I saw the .opli full into that fear
ful abyss I turned w it Ii u cry, and mv reason
was gone.' 1 myself was present when that
dear friend of initio turned with thut cry,
audi was the first to take the strong man
in my arms and hold him. If the thought
of so many pie tailing into an abyss waa
enough to turn a mini's reason, w hid must
be tlie thought of men and Women going
in thousands toward the brink of the but
touilos abyss'.' Lost, and with Christ at
Wild. Horrible, truly horrible!"
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'You stay dare, aiu'd ut. I vu of
holi in' you get tiled."
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Dot WHirner tnusick waa sound Luuiau.
aJuiOst suuicdiuius." l.ii'e.
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