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SERIES, VOL 6~N0. 43.
CHAHUSTON. S. (HOT)AY. JULY 17, 1874.
OLD SERIES, VOL 6-NO. 303.
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Por the Lathe ran VUitor.
tfProcsedingi of ths Wnttrn
of S. W. Virginia Synod.
■Hfiw *■ _____
body met pursuant to ad
^nimeut at Burke** Garden, Tase
t$t county, Virginia, on Friday,
gay 29tb> at 11 o’clock A. M.
fba following clerical member*
t, vis,: Rev*. S. Rhudy,
J. Greevcr, J. C. Re|»a«*, J. J.
jerer, E. H. McDonald, J. Mabood
B. Groover. Absent, X A,
^««n, A. Fhillippi and J. A. Bell,
hay delegate*—Messrs. S. Linda*
■* * ** H h .US«f;
trlS. tS>p*nhaver, A. Roaenbaain,
3.8pracker and J. M. Stowers.
Conference organized by the elec*
two of Rev- J. J. Scherer, President,
g*V J- Mabood, Secretary, and Bro.
g, H. Groeeclose, Treasurer.
Tbs foil lay delegation present in
Ac*t«i an increasing interest in, and
lire for, oar beloved church among
the membership, aud these brethren
sided greatly to the interest of the
Meeting of Conference by the active
part they took in all tbo measures
tkicb were proposed and discussed
hr the extension aud upbuilding of
ta kingdom of our Lord.
Reports on the state of religion in
1m different charges were made by-
pastors. While no special work
the Spirit of God was reported in
my of the pastorates, the faithful
log of the Word and use of
means of grace were attended
the blessiug of God, aud briugiug
forth fruit in the awakeniug and
^version of sinners, and the steady
development of the Christian graces
k the hearts aud lives of God’s peo
ple. Some of the brethren reported
tkst since the last meeting of Coo
ference they had received into the
ehmrcb classes whom they had had
wder catechetical instruction The
by delegates were called npou for
2S$f&m 'ili c /"Hl|M.J4«y»e
Their statements on the whole were
raeourugiiig, showing increased ac
tivity aud zeal among the member
«M| in regard to the various inter
sil of our Zion.
These interesting proceedings sng-
F'ded grave subjects for thought
nid investigation. Among others,
the following question was propowed
f*M discussion : “Can we promote the
eutae of Christ more extensively aud
Nicvesstully by each denomination
laboring exclusively for itself, or by
bburiug unitedly when occasion calls
for it r It was determined by Con
ference to discuss this question at its
present meeting, aud the questam
Uwt had been selected was deferred
nil the next meeting. After a full
*wi free interchange and comparison
of views on this important subject,
the vote being called for ou the first
danse of the qnestlou, it was nttani-
wotuly decided in the negative.
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mats the Bsnday school as an aut
Hilary in this great work.
The following qweaitJon* Wore as
horted for discos*ion nt next Owfer
snoc, sis.:
t. What relation does ehnreh avesi
bernhip hold to salvation T
M #. Has the Divine Lnw of Tithing
been revoked T
3. Is voluntary giving, ths IMvins
plan for supporting ministers of ths
Gospel» *
Conference, having completed its
business, adjourned to must at Bed
don, Bland county, on Friday before
the 5th Sunday in November, |W4.
KXXBCfMm OF SABBATH- *1
gregatiou repaired y> ths grove «
ths church and listened to a
by Rev. J. B. Groover, after which
the Lord’s Supper was administered
to a large number of communicant*.
At 3 P. M. the congregation agai|
assembled in the grove, when Rev.
J. X Scherer preached. The people
of the Lord having been fed from
His word and at His table, tbso
slowly separated and returned to
their buwe*
J. Mabood,
Saturday Morning.
Rev. J. A. Grown appeared. Rev.
4 J* Scherer, Piesident of Marion
IWale College, made au encourage
H report on that institution, show-
8 *S the number of students to bo
Citable for the first session. Com-
Sodious buildiugH have been pur-
vkaseilj and »n able eorjM of iuatrui;-
Herd red. May it send forth
bindreds of the daughters of our
eboreh with cultivated intellects and
«aoctifiwl hearts a blessing to tHr
church and the world.
AH the congregations represented
•sported Sunday schools, and for the
l'nrpose of awakening a deeper in
terest in this great cause in the
bounds of this Conference it was
determined to hold a Sunday school
Coeveqtiou at the close of the sum
Each Sunday school is re
S«estetl to send two delegates to
■»»d Convention. It is to meet in
Ebeoezer church, Sroytbe county,
**-> on Friday before the soooud
*ooday in October. The superin
teixleut or secretary of each school
i* expected to furnish a written re
pMrt °f the number of teacher*,
popils, library, papers, &c. Aud w«
ttr gently request superintendents,
tethers, and all who desire to aid in
promoting the Sunday-school’s cause,
! iut to forget this Convention. The
Sunday-school is the uursery of the
eliorcb, from it must come the future
uieiubershini and ministry of the
|«hurch. ,How imimrtaut then to
Irain the w teudar plants” iu the doc-
bines of our holy religion, and im-
IW to them such a knowledge of
the sacred Scriptures as will lead
them to Christ the source of life and
happiness. W« cau not over esti*
For Um Lutheran VUitor.
Miicn County, W. Vn
Juno 1874.
fNsr Visitor: This country pre
sents a pleasing aspect, not only ssa
suitable field for the development of
true Lutheranism, but also oa sc
eonnt of its mineral wssltb and pro
dncliveuess of soil. The beautify
scenery, too, captivates the eager
gazer, while coal mines, salt works,
and fatness of land, allure the money
seeker. The evnning sepbyr, cooling
the brow of the dull dreamer, as it
hunts its wuy along-tin* winding
stream, and the healthfalaesa of the
climate, add tuneb to the many other
attractions.
This is probably the finest * beat
pnrma^£ it* h*v-4W„i
ed an abundant crop. The soil m
well adapted also to the cultiva&Mm
of corn, potatoes, bay, fruit, Ac.
What a delightful country, “When*
every prospect |dc«sr*, aud only
mun is vile !*
This healthy, wealthy and brauli
ful conutry is inhabited by a plain
but nice people, principally at Ger
man parentage j and why should nut
the church of their fathers be their
choice f it la their choice. Bat they
have been neglected, seriously neg
levied.
Nov, while some cluster with e«
thusiaam around the standard of
Lutheranism, we call npou the «der
gy of tlx* Virginia Synod to ooutem
plate the condition of these people
until the auunal meeting of your
body, when we trunk measures will
las taken to send men, not o mas,
over here ; men of aetivily, uf euer
gy, of |>eraevora»oe, and of ability.
Men who *iil work. Fur witbont
these admirable aUrtbotaa of mmus’s
nature Ac need nol rwmc A#r# la AsAar.
Wo still urge tbo n see sailor, as
wall as the poaaibiHty. of forming, as
soon a* practicable, a West Virginia
Synod. One church now rapidly »p
proachiug completion ; In a time not
far distant others ran be batlt »4
differeiit points ia this State, sad
what a support they will bo to »nr
Zion, to our colleges!
Selections.
Ths Lorn to thi Chafch from * Vial
Dr. Guthrie, tbo
preacher of bio sgs, aad avaa
nor aa a paetor, bad aoi oaty
and piety, bat wan equally
t la bmdMaa abtlttfoa. Ho
was a profaaainnal baakor, aad to
|| ttOW hclf* Im|
la bavo tbo adva*
a Gsrnaan onivevmty j aad
bis splendid foture, la obfob bin
o >fk, showed hhi
Hi pa mud
bank, where bo was n
bwt virtually Preoidoat; sod In
way, bo says, bo
both with
tui
my
and aAtjr,
• bo, hi tbo
foaail i^rtr
bwdim*
Of
fifed ia tbo baaiaoaa of
than any old wife, or tbo «
ia tbo
w
the secret of prayer,
simply breanae lb*
i a mystery Let os
tf to fotboni and an
are, lore the benefiu
ittaobed to prayer.—
opport
bo won
of tbo*
Aad to
things.
Ouo of the great attractions of the
man was tn bis general knowledge,
facta and fragamata of slurb spar
kled like dlsmnaiis in the bnasm of
bio serasons in tbo form of ittamru
tioaa, aad by thi* knowledge be woa
the hearts of all. Kvery mao in at
trnetad aad interested hi a minister
who knows
be ia repaired m
Wb. It in like
pb from year owa country, who,
•iraagors, jmi, tbr«mgh the
knowledge of
rosne frieoda 1
be tbo rtoall of knowledge If m
mlnialev a%owa ignorance ia tolarting
Sitb
pia-eos
or baas
It ia af
sod tb
arise fi
labor i
charge*
are
Tbo
Jed re
(*bhreb
ity, tb
r ics®ce
arewlan
oa Dr
work fa
-My
q aired
w
filed fo
Ut w! sr
W« hoiw in the next number to lie
able to state by whom,
«a«i too ex- \
is tbo
man. -A certain doctor of divtatkr,
Wm «Ba« moan
ram me a thing*.) was
in n pastoral pattsh, aad to this rod
nrlorieil tbo twasdy third FnaUn. If-
nveant of the far i that aheap lu mr
drink watae,
when «irk. be iJi*0>nt*#«1 on the im
pur tame of water to the flocks, a
blunder apparent to the sinp*doa< |
au«l after IIhi nermow, no (lit) stood
about to light their pipes, the Dec*
tor bad tbo mnrtifcmthsoi to brer bim
self and sermon treated wllb asm
tempt, owe shepbord saying to aaotb
ev, 'Dnir bodie. Hear ye aver tbo
Nl* o’you about the sheep dtlnkia’ F *
Hot buatnes* sMIity In a minhstce
ta sharkniiz to the mioistorial ideal
pvweatRng la our coonuy. whore the
inatitntmu la expected to real mm
pity. Ilelpfeanaeaa ka an attractive
^-11 t m gan in 11 f wo"*# fib rem neffanw Jfi^ *fis-t s^awre
"“•frll W y wflff eiSe *H1"»
with very little to depend ou, gives a
diviner aspect to the miaiatry ia our
pyre. The prevaiMwg typo of mim
iotorial charsetct Iw moot pieces la aw
the style af a ptows baby bond—thee
are to be |s>wer!nlly emit, or liko
babies. Jbetr waknsos ia to bo tbeir
How many of oor godly
la would ^Is^rl wis^kr *i^s*^i*^i* ^3***!^
torsi rare of a man that had been a
hanker! The rt-bost ami nel
elementa U»at
woabl give, would bo shocking \
of theC
any pra
it is a
cw9*n pelt
Cbarvb
c Larch
the mi*
bwt did
plunge
than fi
third* n
to band
in tn*Mf
the e»*t
to be b l
lie ami
prejMirs
lint th.
ease} l!
snorwlit
1 fi iS*Tr Ml
|*rnn in
lag* s«
eat jw»f
their
of the
reproof
how re
men Wl
sympat
ifnoran
their tr
men of
absorbed and tronbllfl, and are In
vited to tfotcu to whtt they can not
command their though* to consider.
-Tie Prmhftfrimm
he
r* M»«rr. wh»ah
.« tiok. «fc», •to.aSBvSs *•!■«* n ‘V’ 1 '
at that t«~ W. .Ill The »>'“">«■■ ‘“ k
leave, and we trust, too, ia tbo beads s •<>«» * nd ‘ "“"*** wa .
of some on# who will provble and | * M cousummg bis Ufo nnti P*g
care tor it, a bamfoome UtUo cbnrcb. 1 P«*J «*• ,bo hlnt th,kt th€
. gL jp # JHlBfiMgBB. I
It ia really a great calamity for a I nature of Mfe,
man to look self reliant ui tb« min define self
istrj . Kirel. it tud.relea that he has J rI pUnatlons will
|*BATKB.—By
simplest things
too, the
obaenrx.
—
LL.
l’MHHOW A L IHF LU KNOB.—L* iH»U the
higher Alps the mow ia sometimes
piled so high, and so evenly bal
anced, that a crack of a whip or tbo
about ot a voice may give sufficient
vibration to tbo air to bring down
the whole mass upon the travelers
below.
Bo in oar moral world there are
tool* just hovering over the abyss
of ruin j a word, or even a look from
as, may cause them to plunge down
into the depth* from which there Is
no return j or a helping band stretch
ed out to them in tbo moment of
peril may lead them back to the safe,
sure paths of virtue aad 1
Knowing that wo have such power
•hall we not humbly pray, “Lead oa
not Into temptation, bat
from evil T"— London AOii
Mow much soever you humble
yottmlf, you oau not doacend aa for
as did tbo Lord Jeaua.
an ia actually suffering ot want. | Hear the pbyaiologfit explain the
fe. or tbdaMrtapbyai
k on tbo Board of Education, u m with prayer,
aad U»at he may not be aa depeu I diviaea to rfmpHfy
dent on the help of Divine Grace aa rredy perfectly
ho might bo. There ia no good | mac b confusion In!
for tolling too*, “My dm
brother, tf you suffer for the waul of
proper material support in tbit
world, your people all remember you
at a throne of graoo, aud you hriU
have a uright crown ia the world to
many. Prayer ia
log of our desires
agreeable to bin wi
of sias ami acknoi
dew.” The heaven 1
to boty family In1
beloved children,
The fear leas apoaOe working with I bear oar |
hi. ow. hands, contributing bin .bare gone astray, our tb
to tbo movements of trade, thanking ceivw gifts, ami
God that he did not need to be wo have want*,
chargeable to any man, would be ly *0grossed
oocalarUod to o«r ajefi, hie piety I W*nm t but that
would so torn to ewapmrlaoo with that In owr
of a celebrated doctor of divinity, wanta. If. throng
who hod so little common sense as cept hie sympath;
pub up hie beans which made | the find,
x mrmn
and their
confuse. It
labors of the
which is at
sve created
the minds of
iply “the offer
ImhI for things
Father wishes
roe with hit
3: «
promises to
wo we have
when we re-
request* when
never so bosi
affairs of the
sympath ire
joys, and cur
prayer, we •©-
he will
. hi- .Maim WHO «».,« ,..r and per
tbeir appumnaeu through thagpouad, [ ptoaaU too tmm ^ mA
with the old
00 tbo ippor
HP
to lev Xtog.
aad riags through
“Let tbo children of
to tbeir King. 1 * Ia
naaj, religion is re
gtasmy and
peeaiatentljr
1 their social circle*,
tbeir peace. 24 ever
iter slander uj
tb#
le m
bark is reacaed from
ripools of the ocean.
nUta when bo ex
ogwoo gloom for the
e awn and bis fetters
exile leapt
be le restored again
icee and the nleaaant
•wth. Bnt these are
aide emblems of the
•ttret sinners, when,
1 days and nlgbu of
tifol light of gospel
ipon tbeir souls, and
Mod's displeasure ia
ry bavo found Jr*nt,
aa, peaee with tbeir
l, and an Inliaritatire
boner. None In all
t to be so happy as
adorned with aalra-
pr sites of God are
l Tbeir path la as
1 aad their life ripetts
rtea and green pas
waters.
“children td 1 73ou *
to whom they hare
ed and in whose
fly neqnieoee, la the
t. Well indeed may
IWftffm | toiofia % so saw
ft la fitted to inspire
uuuq teak able."
•a thou in his Prrmim.
of the in % untile God
• children of men—
ten thousand,
ia his Lore,
mid aut quench, nor
—it is the harden
igh eternity of the
idtne.
ice in the H*fkUwnm
1 graciously wrought
Iren. It has maguf
d made it honorable
1 absolves from the
sin—it furnishes a
of life.
ko in his .Safest***,
rre, and foil—suited
r all—offered to all.
from sin, aud guilt,
I pain, and death,
re in his omnipotent
. Death wrest* the
beat and bravest of
bnt Zion's King is
are, ami holds the
nd of death. He
Dga, and his wisdom
arm cau break in
nd 0*1 r enemies— he
ig of the needy, and
of the widow—in
bis
the
the mighty can once be
Nothing "is *uifi^upten^
or too mioute for his care
and eoucero. Ilia eye never sleeps,
nor ia hie right hand ever weary.
With Him a thousand years are as
owe day, aad owe day ae a thousand
years. Think for a moment of the
empire over which he reigns. Think
of the millions of wonders that in*
visibly surround u*. Think of tbe
world* that glow beneath the micro-
scope. Our king U Lord of these.
Think of tbe worlds which the night
reveals ; tbeir spacious sweep, their
mystic flight, all tbeir Mblitno pb*
nomena, and all their possibilities of
life and history ! fi# is Lord of these.
Think ol the innumerable companies
of spirits, embodied and disembodied
Ailing a realm of life of which we
can not adequately conceive ! He ia
Lord of these. Such being tbe glory
of onr King, and tbe vastness of
his empire, why should any be trou
bled in heart, who have touched the
golden sceptre, which be ha* stretch
ed out, and meekly submitted to
hie authority t Rejoice, O believer,
rather in the lord always. Shout
thou inhabitant of Zion, for great is
the Hot* One of Israel in the midst of
ftot f-Ite/hnued CtoireA Mmmger
sou* of
likeoed
the nations and
_BiTy. *» -v 01
JUML
There la no feeling more common,
perhaps, than that of haring no
time to rest. In the busy Uvea of
theau who are, in any sense of the
word, workers—especially In our own
land, where everything conspires to
quicken onr nervous energise to the
utmoei—there seem* to be little
room for ropoea. From year’s end
fee year's end, with tbo exception of
an occasional day, or a form igh t in
the summer, band aud brain keep
oa, doing their utmost, till by and
by health wanes, mental prostration
ensues, or In some way nature makes
its reprisals. The brilliant student
who carries off the prizes in the
school examinations not uufreqaeut-
ly misses them in the sterner compe
titions of life. Tbe overworked pro
fosstoaal man dies of exhaustion
midway to the summit of success.
Tbe merchant who pours his very
life into profit aud loss, and balances
bis accounts in his dreams, falls a
victim to paralysis or apoplexy. “I
can not take time to sleep,” says tbe
ambitions toiler, pre«wng ou to tbe
goal sod the ciumu of the future,
beedleee of the day wheu be shall
seek sleep, and find it flying from
his pillow. Overtasked fathers and
mothers set to tbeir children—inker
♦tor* of their own excited brains and
uncertain nerves—examples of fret-
faluciui anil impatience, lu early-
lined brows and early fading bloom
we see the effects of too much honry,
too little rest
God sometimes m od* an “euforced
pause.” It comes tn the shape of a
trouble, aud fever, an unforeseen
journey perhaps—that we call au
accident—aud w« are taken oat of
oor ordinary Urea aud obliged to
•top. From the coufrnes of the sick
room the world recedes. Tbe cares
that loomed so large to our sight
yesterday seem to have gone away
indefinitely. The things that we
thought nobody dse could do must
a» importaotT OurV.lcAd^n iut/TSUit
—not tbe one we wanted, or planned
for, or intended, but the best for us,
God lias put it into our
liven—nod be makes no mistakes.
There are fathers who would, strange
as it may seem, aud wrong as it is,
never get acquainted with much bnt
tbeir children’s laces, if they were
not now and then kept at home for a
few days by illness. There are moth
ers who, in tbeir anxiety for their
children’s dress and de)K>rtment and
culture, lone sight of tbe souls that
they pusses*, till some sharp wind of
sorrow blows tbe mists from their
eyes, aud they feel that “the life is
more than meat aud the body than
raiment.” In hours of convalescence
the Book is read that has been
awaiting an iuterval of leisure; the
song is listened to that the little
daughter has learned at school; the
bods 00 the rose bush in the window
are counted and exulted over; some
thing kind and sweet is plauned to
be done for the neighbor over the
way. Not iu vain lias the Lord seut
his |iuusc into tbo whirl and the
hurry aud the tnmnlt in which the
hours and days were passiug.
If wo oould, for ourselves, recog-
uix* the tact that, to work well, we
must rest well, we should save oar-
ad ves tbo necessity of tnauy an hour
of pain. One of the meretricioas
phrases that has wrought mischief
with many of us is that familiar one,
sunlight from our hearts! Keeping
the vineyards of others, tbe refrain
beau sadly on the ear, «‘Mine own
vineyard have I not kept’—not be
cause I was too idle, bnt because I
tried to be too busy.” Let os re
member that God himself bos put
dignity upon rest—that be haflimadc
it the joy of tbe heaven we hope for;
and let os not chafe or be impatient
when he enforces it ou ns now.—
Teacher*» Treasury.
voived hero—if one, not wearing oat,
must needs rust and become useless
there might be sense in words like
these. But the fact is, that half of
us wear out before we have done
any real earnest work, and some of
ns rust even while we are trying to
do onr best. We shall most truly
serve ohr Master when we are physi
cally and mentally at our best And
therefore we ought to secure every
day, even the most intensely active
days, some little golden space for
solitude and leisure.
Of one, whose gifted sons and
daughters have stamped their im
press upon their generation, it is
said that, even when most occupied
with the crowding cares of a minis
ter's wife in a country parish, with
the superintendence of a school for
young Ladies, and the duties that fill
a mother's heart and hands, she
found time every morning for her
hour in the little chamber upstairs,
vrhenoe she would come with a brow
shining with the peace of God. How
often do we, who have less to do,
abbreviate our moments of devotion,
and so wear our days with ragged
A Thought
"Jeremiah, r in his interesting
sketch of X Addison Alexander, re
marks of this model student, “that
be had no taste for company, rather
avoided it—always ate hastily—
wonld spring np from bis dinner or
tea, rush to his room and pore over
his books.” Now, I believe that
after the legitimate amount of read
ing and cal tore, it is all-important
for the Christian minister to mingle
much in society, and form acquaint
ances with all classes, of varied char
acter and employments, that he may
lay a broad foundation for successful
efforts in his Christian work. In this
world of sin and sorrow, what op
portnnities occur for tho faithful and
efficient servant, walking in the foot
steps of Jesus, to sympathize with
the afflicted and to seek for the con
version of souls !
Perhaps it may require a great
effort of self-denial to leave a taste
ful study room and favorite authors
to mingle and move in uncongenial
scenes. But “to do good and to
communicate forget not, for with
such sacrifice God is well pleased.”
Too much time spent in reading is
not only a very selfish enjoyment,
but retards the growth of the reflec
tive faculties, the mind absorbing
like a sponge, aad having mostly bnt
second-hand thoughts. There mast
be time for observation and for active
work. Tbe Christian minister shonld
be mors occupied with his own
ttgtfilftiHgp sift
him to “behold wondrous things out
of his law,” let him go fresh from his
Bible study and the “still boors” of
oommunion with God, to mingle in
society and make personal efforts for
the conversion of souls. This is
God’s plan for the conversion of the
world. Paul counted all things bat
loss for the excellency of the knowl
edge of Christ Jesas his Lord, for
whom he had suffered the Iom of all
things, aud did ooont them but
dross, that he might win Christ.
And can or should the Christian
minister be absorbed in studies aud
literary pursuits which exclude for
the time being all thoughts of Jeeus t
“Lo, I am with you alway.” “Can
yo believe, which receive honor oua
of another, and seek not tbe honor
that coineth from God only V Are
not literary aspirants ambitious of
worldly honors, and is not Christ in
this way too often wounded in the
house of his friends T
In Accord with the Truth.
The 8. 8. World remarks that it is
not surprising that a worldly miudod
teacher should find it difficult to uu-
derstaud the Sabbath Bible lesson,
or make it interesting to his class,
and adds:
Any one who undertakes to be a
faithful teacher and interpreter of
the gospel must bo in harmony with
ivlktfet rnaar out than rust out” If snirit of j
w ... — — - with ease, with fervency and
edges, and miss the glory of God’s I sincere joy.
Jews were
knowledge of divine truth ho said,
“If any man will do his will he shall
know of the doctrine.” A half
hearted, halting follower of the Sa
viour ought not to expeot to know
the marvelous depths and extent of
God’s revealed will. His mind is
divided: it is trying to serve two
masters. That quick, delicate spir
itual perception required to see heav
enly troths, is blurred or destroyed.
The richness and beauty others be
hold in them he oaa not discern.
He oharges all the difficulty to the
obscurity of the truth rather than to
his own rebellious heart
When any teacher, therefore, finds
the Bible lesson unusually difficult;
when by ordinary pains taking study
he fails to get any vivid or clear ap
prehension of the message, or any
sense of its divine power, let him at
once inquire prayerfully whether he
is in close and conscious sympathy
with its Author, or in spiritual ac
cord with the probable teachings of
that truth. Let the teacher bring
himself into spiritual unity with
Jesus, and into full sympathy with
the Bible message, and the moun
tains of difficulties will melt away.
His spiritual sight will be extended
and cleared, the lesson will be taught
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