The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 10, 1895, Image 5
THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., OCTOBER 10, 1895.
RECT QUESTION.
DR. TALMAGE PUTS IT POINT
BLANK TO MEN AND WOMEN.
tham up in his parlor! But this foul
dog of sin ami these herds of transgres
sion we have entertained for many a
w h eh should ho
till you get a good crack at h : m, and
when at iast von f.ud him in a t’ght
times (he last illness of the Christian is
thronah the
long year
l)'r<-ctly tu tli<
»<> Hiiv*- .Not is<-fin
Free Offer of
*‘I» Tlilrio Heart Kiglil?’
Hearts of All
Ij Aet't ptf il tin)
In Christ .Je»u*.
in our
the cleanest, hr
nature. Out with Ihc v
ve 1 rh-alcrs oi an in '.a' <> ae, !
Turn out the Ina.i- and let Christ
con.'' in! A licit hen i a an t an early
Christian who hud the reputation ot
curing diseases. The Christian said,
“You must have all your idols destroy
ed.” The heathen gave to the Christian
the key to his house, that he might go
in and destroy the idols. Ho battered
to pieces all ho saw, but still the man
did not get well. The Christian said to
him, “There must be some idol in your
house not yet destroyed.” The heathen
confessed that there was one idol of
beaten gold that ho could not bear to
give up. After awhile, when that was
destroyed, in answer to the prayer of
the Christian, the sick man got well.
Many a man has awakened hi his dy
ing hour to find his sins all about him.
They clambered up rn the right side of
the bed, and on the left side, and over
the headboard, and over the footboard,
and horribly devoured the soul.
Repent, tlio voice celestial cries,
Nor longer dare delay.
The wretch that scorns the mandate dies
And meets a fiery day.
A Believing Heart.
Again, wo need a believing heart. A
good many years ago a weary one went
up one of the hills of Asia Minor, and
with two logs on his back cried out to
all the world, offering to carry their
sins and sorrows. They pursued him.
They slapped him in the face. They
mocked him. When ho groaned, they
groaned. They shook their lists at him.
They spat on him. Ti. y hounded him
as though he were a wild be^st. His
healing of tho sick, his sight giving to
tho blind, his mercy to the outcast, si
lenced not the revenge of tho world. His
prayers and benedictions were lost in !
that whirlwind of execration: “Away ]
with him ! Away with him 1”
Ah, it was not lueiely tho two pieces
of wood that he carried; it was the
transgressions of tho race, tho anguish
of tho ages, tho wrath of God, the sor
rows of hell, the stupendous interests
of an unending eternity! No wonder
his back bent. No wonder tho blood
started from every pure. No wonder
that ho crouched under a torture that
made the sun faint, and the everlasting
hills tremble, and the dead rush up iu
their winding sheets sis ho cried, “If it
[ he possible, let this cup pass from me.”
But tho cup did not pass. None to com-
i fort.
There ho haugs! What has that hand
douo that it should bo thus crushed in
the palm? It has been healing the lamo
and wiping away tears. What has that
foot been doing that it should bo so
lacerated? It has been going about do
ing good. Of what has tlie victim been
guilty? Guilty of saving a world. Tell
me, ye heavens and earth, was there
ever such another criminal? Was there
ever such a crime? On that hill of car
nage, that sunless day, amid those
howling rioters, may not your sins and
mine have perished? I believe it. Oh,
tho ransom has been paid. Those arms
of Jesus were stretched out so wide that
when ho brought them together again
they might embrace the world. Oh, that
I might, out of the blossoms of the
spring or the flaming f Jiuge of tho
autumn make one wreath for my Lord!
Oh, that all the triumphal arches of the
world could bo sung in one gateway,
where the King of Glory night como in !
Oh, that all tho harps and trumpets and
organs of earthly nnsic might iu ouo
anthem speak his praise!
But what were earthly flowers to him
who walkoth amid tho snow of the
white lilies of heaven? What were arch
es of earthly masonry to him who hath
about his throne a rainbow spun out of
everlasting sunshine? What were all
earthly music to him when tho hundred
and forty and four thousand on one side
and cherubim ami seraphim and arch
angels stand on tho other side, and
all tho space between is filled with the
doxologies of eternal jubilee—tho ho
sanna of n redeemed earth, tho hallelu
iah of unfallen angels, song after song
rising about the throne of God and of
tho Lamb? In that pure, high place, let
him hear ns. 8top, harps of heaven,
that our poor cry may bo heard. O
my Lord Jesus, it will not hurt theo
for cue hour to step out from tho shin
ing throng. They will make it all up
when thou goest back again. Comehith-
: er, O blessed one, that we may kiss
thy feet Our hearts, t(K) long withheld,
wo now surrender into thy keeping.
When thou goest back, tell it to all the
bent,
gliest
room
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in all our
it Betr me.
New York, Oct. ti.—In his sermon
for today Rev. Dr. Tulmage speaks di
rectly to the hearts of all who have not
yet definitely accepted the free offer of
salvation in Christ Jesus. The subject
was, “A Point Blank Question,” the
text being II Kings x, 15, “ Is thine heart
right?”
With mettled horses at full speed, for
he was celebrated for fast driving, Je
hu, the warrior and king, returns from
battle. But seeing JoJiouadab, an ac
quaintance, by the wayside, he shouts,
“Whop! Whoa!” to the lathered span.
Then leaning over to Jehouadab Jehu
solutes him in the words of the text—
words not more appropriate for that
hour and that place than for this hour
and place, “Is thine heart right?”
I should like to hear of your physical
health. Well myself, I like to have ev
erybody else well, and so might ask, Is
your eyesight right, your hearing right,
your nerves right, your lungs right,
your entire body right? But I am busy
today taking diagnosis of the more im
portant spiritual conditions. I should
like to hear of your financial welfare. I
want everybody to have plenty of mon
ey, ample apparel, large storehouse and
comfortable residence, and I might ask,
Is your business right, your income
right, your worldly surroundings right?
But what are these financial questions
compared with tho inquiry as to wheth
er you have been able to pay your debts
to God; as to whether you are insured
for eternity; as to whether you aro
ruining yourself by the long credit sys
tem of the soul? I have known men to
have no more than one loaf of bread at
a time, and yet to own a government
bend of heaven worth more than the
whole material universe.
Gospel Truth.
The question I ask you today is not
in regard to your habits. I make no in
quiry about your integrity or your chas
tity or your sobriety. 1 do not mean to
stand tin tho outside of the gate and
ring the bell, but coming up the steps,
I open the door and come to tho private
apartment of the soul, and with the
earnestness of a man that must give an
account for this day’s work I cry out,
Oh, man, oh, woman immortal, is thine
heart right:
I will not insult you by an argument
to prove that wo are by nature all
wrong. If there be a factory explosion
and tho smokestack bo upset, and tho
wheels be broken in two, and the engine
unjoiuted, and tho ponderous bars bo
twisted, and a man should look in and
say that nothing was tho matter, you
would pronounce him a fool. Well, it
needs no acumen to discover that our
nature is all atwist and askew and uu-
joiuted. The thing doesn’t work right.
The biggest trouble we have iu the
world is with our souls. Men sometimes
say that though their lives may not bo
jnst right, their heart is all right. Im
possible. A farmer never puts the poor
est apples on tup of his barrel; nor does
the merchant place the meanest goods
his show window. The best part of
jis is our outward life. I do not stop to
liseuss whether we all fell in Adam, for
we have been our own Adam, and have
till eaten of tho forbidden fruit, and
have been turned out of the paradise of
holiness mid peace, and though tho
flaming sword that stood at the gate to
keep ns tmt lias changed position and
comes behind to drive us in, wo will not
go.
Tho Bible account of us is not exag
gerated when it says that we are poor
and wretched and miserable and blind
and naked. Boor! The wretch that stands
shivering on our doorstep on a cold day
is not so much in need of broad as we
are of spiritual help. Blind ! Why, the
man whose eyes perished in the powder
blast, and who for these ten years has
gone feeling his way from street to
street, is not in such utter darkness as
wo. Naked! Why, there is not one rag
of hi linchH left to hide the shame of our
sin. Sickl Why, the leprosy lias eaten
into the head and tho heart and the
hands and the feet, and the marasmns
of an everlasting wasting away has al
ready seized on some of us.
Oar Need*.
But tho meanest tiling for n man to
do is to discourse about an evil without
pointing a way to have it remedied. I
speak of tho thirst of your hot tongue
only that I may show you tho living
stream that drops crystalline and spar
kling from tho Rock of Ages and pours
a river of gladness at your feet. If I
show you tho rents iu your coat, it is on
ly because the door of God's wardrobe
now swings open, and hero is a robe,
white with tho fleece of the Lamb of
God, and of a cut and make that an
angel would not be ashamed to wear.
'If 1 snatch from ym the black, moldy
•»ad that you are munching, it is only
Ve you the bread made out of the
'heat that grows on tho celestial
bit. Naked in tho fires of the cross,
and «, tumb of which would be
tnough v ^0 all heaven n banquet
Hear it, om 'Viill, and tell it to yo r
friends whct» V go home, that the
Lord Jesus vJbru 'u make the heart
tight. /
First we need a repenting heart If
I for the last 10, 20 or 40 years of life wo
have been going on in tho wrong wuy, it
is time that we turned around and
started in ti e opposite dnection. If we
offend our friends, we are glad to apolo
gize. God is our best friend, and yet
bow many of us have never apologized
for the wrongs we have done him I
There is nothing that wo so much
need to get rid of as sin. It is a horri
ble black monster. It polluted Eden. It
killed Christ. It has blunted the world.
Men keep doge in kennels, and rabbits
in u warren, uud cattle m a pen. What
a nun that would be who would shut
place give it
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Bat, inv friends, that i not the right
1 ind > f licait. No man t v.. did moan
a thing toward us as \.t have done to
ward God. And if we cannot forgive
others how can we expect God to forgive
us? Thousands of men have been kept
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that you will soon have to go
that store, that you will soon
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out of
have to
immortsi’s that tho Bst aro found, ami
let tho F.tti pt-'b bouse riug with the mu
sic and L. < .nice.
They have some old wino in bcaveu,
not used except in rare festivities. In
thin world those who are accustomed to
use wine on great occasions bring out
the beverage and say, “This wine is 80
years old” or “40 years old. ” But tho
wine of heaven is more than 18 centu
ries old. It was prepared ut the time
when Christ trod the winepress alone.
When such grievous sinners as wo coma
back, mothiuks the chamber lain of heav
en cries out to the servants: “This is
unusual joy! Bring up from tho vauHs
of heaven that old wine. Fill all tho
tankards. Let all the white robed guests
drink to tho immortal health of those
newborn sons and daughters of the
Lord Almighty. ’’ “There is joy in heav
en among the angels of God over one
sinner that repenteth,” and God grant
that that one may be yon 1
A Forgiving Heart.
Again, to have a right heart it must
be u forgiving heart. An old writer
says, “To return good for evil is God
like; good fur good in manlike; nvilfor
good devilliko. ” Which of these natures
have we? Christ will have nothing to
do w ith us as long as we keep any o.d
grudge. Wo have all been cheated ai d
lied about. Thcroafo people who dislike
us so lunch that if we should come down
to poverty and disgrace they would
say: “Good for him! Didn't I tell you
so?” They do not understand us. Uu-
snnetifled human nature says: “Wait
out of heaven by an unforgiving heart.
Here is some one who says: “I will
forgive that man the wrong ho did me
about that house and lot; 1 will forgive
that man who overreached me iu a bar
gain ; I will forgive that man who sold
me a shoddy overcoat; I forgive them—
all but one. That man I cannot forgive.
The villain—I can hardly keep my
hands off him. If my going to heaven
depends on my forgiving him, then I
will stay out.” Wrong feeling. If a
man lie to me once I am not called to
trust him again. If a man bejray me
once I am not called to put confidence
iu him again. But I would have no rest
if I could not offer a sincere prayer for
tho temporal and everlasting welfare of
all men, whatever meannesses and out- |
rage they have inflicted upon mo. If !
you want to get your heart light, strike
a match and burn up all your oid
grudges, and blow the ashes away, "if
you forgive not men their trespasses,
neither will your heavenly father for
give yon your trespasses.”
An old Christian black woman was
going along tho stieets of New York
with a basket of apples that she had for
sale. A rough sailor ran against hur
and upset the basket, and stood back
expecting to hear her scold frightfully,
but she stooped down and picked up the
apples, nml said, “God forgive you,
my sou, as I do. ” The sailor saw the
meanness of what he had done, and felt
iu his pocket for his money, and insist
ed that she should take it all. Though
she was black he called her mother, and
said, “Forgive me, mother, I will nev
er do anything so moan again.” Ah!
there is a power iu u forgiving spirit to
overcomo all hardness. There is no way
of conquering men like that of bestow
ing upon them your pardon, whether
they will accept it or not.
An Expectant Heart.
Again, a right heart is an expectant
heart. It is a poor business to be build
ing castles in tho air. Enjoy what you
have now. Don’t spoil year comfort iu
the small house because you expect a
larger one. Don’t net about your in
come when it is 13 or $4 per day be
cause you expect »o have after awhile
$10 per day, or $10,000 a year because
you expect it to be $20,000 u year. But
about heavenly things, the more we
think tho better. Those castles aro not
iu the air, but on tho hills, and we have
a deed of them in our possession. I like
to see a man all full of heaven. He
talks heaven. He sings heaven. Ho
prays heaven. Ho dreams heaven. Some
of us iu our sloop have had tho good
place open to us. Wo saw tho pinnacles
, iu tho sky. Wo heard the click of the
| hoofs of the white horses on which vic-
! tors rode, and tho clapping of tho cym-
! bals of eternal triumph. And while in
our sleep wo were glad that all our sor
rows were over and burdens dune with,
tho throne of God grew whiter and
whiter and whiter, till wo opened our
i eyes and saw that it was only the sun
! of earthly morning shining on our pil
low. To have a right heart yon need to
be tilled with this expectancy. It would
make your privations and annoyances
more bearable.
In tho midst of the city of Paris
stands a statue cf the good but broken
hearted Josephine. I never imagined
that marble could bo smitten into such
tenderness. It seems not lifeless. If tho
spirit of Josephine be disentaberuacled,
the soul of the empress has taken pos
session of this figure. I am not yet sat
isfied that it is stone. The puff of the
press on the arm seems to need but the
dressme of tho 1'nger to indent it. The
figures at tho bottom of the robes, the
rufilo at the neck, the fur lining on the
dress, the embroidery of the satin, the
cluster of lily and leaf and rose in her
hand, tho poise of her body us she seems
to como sailing out of the sky, her face
calm, humble, beautiful, but yet sad—
attest the genius of tho sculptor and the
beauty of tho heroine lie celebrates.
Looking up through the rifts of thocoro-
net that encircles her brow, I could see
tho sky beyond, the great heavens
where all woman’s wrongs shall bo
righted, and the story of endurance and
resignation shall ho told to all tho ages.
Tho rose and tho lily iu tho hand of Jo
sephine will never drop their petals.
Believe not tho recent slanders upon her
memory. Tho children of God, whether
they suffer on earth iu palaces or in
hovels, shall como to that glorious rest.
O heaven, sweet heaven, ut thy gate
wo set down all our burdens uud griefs!
The place will be full. Hero there are
vacant cha rs at the hearth and ut the
table, hut there are no vacant chairs in
heaven. The crowns all wont; the
thrones all mounted. Uomo talk of
heaven as though it were u very hand
some church, where a few favored spir
its would come in and sit down on fine
ly cushiom 1 seats all by themselves
and sing psalms to all eternity. No, no!
“1 saw it gi at multitude that no man
could number standing before tbo throne.
Ho that talked with mo had a golden
reed to measure the city, and it was
12,000 furl,ngs”—that is, 1,600 miles
—in circumference. Alt! heaven Is not
a little cob ny at one corner of God's
dominion, where • man's entrance de
pends upon what kind of clothes he has
on his back and how much mone^ he
has iu his ] irse* but u vast empire. 4God
grant that the light of that blessed
world may shine upon us in our lust
moment 1
The first time I crossed the •Atlrmtio
tho roughest time we hud was at the
mouth of Liverpool harbor. Wo urri-ved
at nightfall and were obliged to lie
there till tho moruiug, waiting for the
rising of the tide, boforo we could go
tip to tho ci How tho vessel pit^ht'd
uud writhed iu the water I bo suene*
resign that partnership, that soon among
all the millions of dollars’ worth of
goods that aro sold you will not have
the handling of a yard of cloth, or a
pound of sugar, or a penny worth of
any tiling; that soon, if a conflagration
should start at Central park and sweep
everything to the Battery, it would not
disturb yon; that soon, if every cashier
should abscond and every insurance
company should fail, it would not affect
you? What are the questions that stop
this side the grave, compared with the
questions that reach beyond it? Are you
making losses that are to bo everlasting?
Aro you making purchases for eterniiy?
Are you jobbing for time when yon
might bo wholesaling for eternity?
What ques* : ou of tho store is so broad
at tho base, and so altitndinous, and so
overwhelming as the question, “Is thy
heart right?”
Or is it a domestic question? Is it
something about father or mother or
companion or son or daughter, that you
think is comparable w ith this question
in importance? Do you uot realize that
by universal and inexorable law all
these relations will bo broken up? Your
father will bo gone, your mother will
be gone, yo^r companion will be gone,
your child will bo gone, yon will be
gone, and then this supernal question
will begin to harvest its chief gains, or
deplore its worst losses, roll up into its
mightiest magnitude or sweep its vast
circles.
What difference now does it make to
Napoleon III whether he triumphed or
surreu.leied at Sedan, whether ho lived
at the Tuileries or at Cliiselhurst,
whether he was emperor or exile? Thev
laid him u iu Ins cofliu in tho dress
of a field marshal. Did that give him
any belter ihauce for tho next world
than if ho had been laid out in a piu u
shroud? And soon to us what will oe
tho difference, whether in this world
wo rude or walked, were bowed to or
maltreated, were applauded or hissed
at, were welcomed iu or kicked ouj,
while laying hold of every moment of
the great future, and burning in all the
splendor or grief, and overarching and
undergoing all time and all eternity, is
tho plain, simple, practical, thrilling,
agonizing, overwhelming question, “Is
thy heait right?” Have you within
you u repenting heart, an expectant
heart? If not, I must write upon your^
soul what George Whitefield wrote up
on the window pane with his diamond
riug. Ho tarried iu an elegant house
over night, but found that there was no
God recognized iu that house. Before
he left liis room in tho morning, w‘ i
his ring ho wrote upon the window
pane, “Ouo .hiug thou lackest. ” After
tho guest was gone the housewife came
and 1 joked at tho window, and saw the
inscription, and called her husband and
her childroji, and God, through that
ministry of the window glass, brought
them all to Jesus. Though you may tn-
day be surrounded by comforts and lux
uries, and feel that you have need of
nothing, if you are not the children of
God, with tho signet riug of Christ’s
love, let me inscribe upon your souls,
“Ouo thing thou lackest 1”
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Erysipelas
Hts been mv afSiction from ciii : ”.ood.
It vrns cniiB d by impure i t aim every
< / ure »
t- g spell
f n « r a 1
J v.T'idd give
v.a>. rooters did
it c> l t l: tl3 good
and J bccar.e de
spondent. Last
spring erysipelas
settled in my eyes
and I became total-
ly * or Bevera l
tI ASaaiHaWsX .1 weeks. Hood’a Sar
saparilla was recommended and after tak
ing one bottle my sight gradually returned,
my blood became purified and I was
restored to good health. With Hood’s Sar
saparilla ouo is well armed to meet any
foe.” Miss Lulu Leu, 144 Market St.,
Memphis. Tenn. Remember
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla
Is the Only True Blood Purifier promi
nently in the public eye. fl; six for *>.
Hno/J’c Pillc eiire all liver ills, I IPous-
IHJOU b r Ills ness, tieulaelie*. r--
R. S. LIPSCOMB,
* ‘ • il 1 '!
Merchandise Broker
And Dealer ia
The Celebrated No. f
Weheler & Wilson
Sewing HachinM.
Needles and attachment! for •U
different makes of machines.
Office over R. A. Jones’ store.
It’s the Talk
Based on facts that your dollar
will buy more
Groceries
at Webster’s than at any other
store In town. My stock of
Fine Candies is up-to-date.
Yours for business.
W. M. Webster, Jr.
’uly ig, 1895.
A Wise Investment.
A policy of insurance in such com
panies as the iFtna, Home, Hartferd,
American Fire and Pennsylvenle to
protect your home and business frsss
ioss and damage by fire is a wins 1*-
vestment.
I shall be glad to furnish such pro
tection at any time. Call before im-
suring.
1^. O. crTiYCY.
100
PROOF
Corn Whiskey.
100
-)'o(-
I WILL furnish 100 proof Cor*
1 Whiskey in quantities of 4 galleag
and 3 quarts at $1.40 per gallon a?4
upwards. Address.
J. P. DELLINGER,
Dellingers, N. C.
Turnip Seed!
Fine Assortment!!!
W. B. DuPRE,
•hone 21, ISisrlit Call 4-7—2 Iting-H.
Heart Disease 30Yrs!
Short Breath, Palpitation.
Mr. G. W. McKinsev, postmaster of
Kokomo, lud., and a brave ex-soldier,
says: “I had been severely troubled
with heart disease ever since leaving
the army at the close of the late war.
I was troubled with palpitation and
shortness of breath. I could not
sleep on my left side, and had pair,
around my heart. I became so ill
that I was much alarmed, and for
tunately my attention was called to
Dr. Miles’ Heart Cure
I decided to try it. The first bottle
made a decided improvement in my
condition, and five bottles have com
pletely cured me.”
O. W. McKINSEY, P. M., Kokomo, Ind
Hr. Milos Hoart Curo Is sold on a positive
cuarantoo that tho first bottle will benefit.
AildruitglstssulMtatSl, 6 bottles for #5. or
i! will boBont. prepaid, on roeylpt of price
by tbo Dr. Milos Modical Co, Likbart. ind.
Valnable City Lots For Sale.
j^c^-ooD 6uyN£.5<; IDEA.
/Vci M lyjuiw
SHOE. I^nI
'ou jor 90 3*^
by hv'jwg
t Sjfey Top SAL?- AT
C. I_,I I >JVI I
CLOSE OUT THE ENTIBE
remnant of my stock of Straw
A/I I I Hats, Ladies’ Oxford ties and
IL#L* Summer Dress Goods an pncM
^wer than you have ever had. The best lin#
f saddles in town, just opened up, at price®
om $3.50 to $15. A big lot of double and
ngle barrel Shot Guns, Pistols of all makee,
artridges of all kinds and calibres always on
and.
Respectfully,
J. N. Lipscomb.
AM goods delivered town.
[,IMF,STORE * SPRINGS * LIME * VORU,
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Manufacturers of
BUILDING, * PLASTERING * AND * AGRICULTURAL * LIU,
And Dealers In
Coal, Shingles, Laths and Plaster Hair.
Dymamite, Blasting Powder, Fuse and Dynamite Caps.
lot
on Limestone Ave., wit 1
ndid o room cottage and goo
buildings.
One
SJ)li
out
(>ne lot in west end with splendid
room col I are.
v i< e nice building lots near cott<
mill.
mo excellent lot at Limesto
springs.
liree room house and lot, wohJ ei
For terms apply to
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Cut Pricss
At J. I. Sarratts.
I M now offering my entire stock at prices that will sell to an jobs
wanting goods. Gents’ low cut shoes 80c, Ladies (»0c, Childs 60s
and up. Men’s suits, new goods $2.50 and tip, Pants 40c and up. Caf-
foefitbg for $1. Sugar. Rice, Ten. Lard. Meat. Flour, and Tobies* at
BOTTOM PRICKS. California Hums He. Dove brand 9e. Monsvits
tools, such as Shovels. Spades, Mattock*. Picks. Ac , cheaper thin say
one in town. A few Straw Hats h fl at New York cost. Gent’s shirls
Ifigc and up. Suspenders 5c and up. Giv nit* a eull win n in tuws.
Respectfully,
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