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Kviinab, the editor, Is ubly as sisted by practical and scientific writers, To Introduce, this paper In every locality In the West wo will send It for the remainder of 18S7, beginning with tho May number, for One Extra Copy with Each 5 Subscribers. GET UP CLUBS. Agents send for terms and exclusive territory, RESOURCES PUBLISHING CO. LINCOLN, NEB TAKE THE lissouri Pacific Railway The Shortest, Quickest and Best Route to Atchison, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Si. Louis, Cincinnati, Washington, Baltimore, Hew York and Boston. RECLINING CHAIRS FREE ON ALL TRAINS. ISrFor furtlier Information Folders, oto., cnll or or address II. 0. HANNA. City Ticket Agent, Cor, O and 12th sts. P. D. DADCOOK, Depot Ticket Agent. It, P. R, MILLAR, cn'lAgeut. 1URE SONGS IN THE NIGHT. REV. f. DE WITT TALMAQE'S SER MON AT THE TAOERNACLE. Jubilant Kxerelurs nt tlio Morning Bcnr Ice The Right Hand of lrllow'.hlp Kxtendrd to Many New Member. Thousands to Hear the Urrnt Divine, BnooKtVN, March 4. Exerciser nt tho Tnliernnclo this morning were jubilant, Ono hundred mid twenty now members were given tho right hand of fellowship, making tho communicant membership four thousand ono hundred nnd fifty. Thousands of stran gers worn present, Tho ton great silver tanknrds and tho long lino of chalices mado tho sacramental tnblo very impressive. Beforo tho sermon tho congregation, led by cornet and organ, sang! When earth shall pass away, In tho great judgment day, Jesus Is nilnol Tlio Itov. T. Vo Witt Tnlnnge, I). D., took as tlio subject of his discourses "A Song Concerning My Beloved.' His text was Isaiah v, 1: "Now will I sing to my well lo loved n song of my beloved." Dr. Tnlnmgo said: Tlio most fascinating themo for n heart projierly attuned is tho Saviour. Tlicro Is something In tho morning light to suggest him, and something in tho evening shadow to ieak his pruiso. Tho flower breathes htm, tho star shines him, tho cascudo proclaims him, nil tho voices of nu turo clinnt him. Whatever Is grand, bright mid beautiful, If you only listen to it, will scnk his prnlw. When I como in tho sumtner tlmo mid pluck n llowcr, I think of him who Is "tho Hums of Sharon and tho Lily of tho Vnlley." When I see In tlio Holds 11 lamb, I say, "Behold tlio Lntnb of God that takoth awny tho sin of tho world." When, In very hot weather, I como under n projecting ell IT, I gay: Hock of Ages, cleft for mo, Ia'I mo hldo myself In theol Over tho old-fashioned pulpit tlicro was n sounding board. Tho volco of tho minister roso to tho sounding board and then was struck back again upon tho ears of tho jieople. And so tho ten thousand voices of earth ris ing up And tho heavens n sounding loard, which strikes back to tho oar of all tho na tions tho praises of Christ. Tho heavens tell bis glory and tho earth shows his handiwork. Tho Bible thrills with ono great story of re demption. Upon a blasted and faded para Jlso it Kurc4 tho light of a glorious restora tion. It looked upon Abraham from the ram caught in tho thicket. It sjioko in the bleating of tho herds driven down to Jerusa lem for sacrifice It put Infinite pathos Into tho speech of uncouth fishermen. It lifted Paul into tho soventh heaven, and it broke ujxhi tho oar of St. John with tho brazen trumpets mid tho doxologyof tho elders and tho rushing wings of tho seraphim. Instead of waiting until you get sick nnd worn out before you speak tho prniso of Christ, while your heart Is happiest, uud your step is lightest, and your fortunes smile, nnd your Mithvfiy blossoms, and tho overarching heavens drop uion you their benediction, iiicak tho praises of Jesus. The old (Ircuk orators, when they saw their audiences lunttcntlvo and slumbering, had ono word with which they would rouso them up to the greatest enthusiasm. In tho midst of their orations they would stop and cry out, "Marathon I" and tho jieoplo's enthusiasm would bo unbounded. My hearers, though you may havo lieen bornodowu with sin, and though trouble, nnd trials, nnd temptation may havo como upon you, and you feel hardly like looking up, iiiethlnks thero is ono grand, ro3'nl, imperial word that ought to rouso your loul to Infinite rejoicing, and that word is "Josust" Taking tho suggestion of tho text, I shall ijieak to you of Christ, our soug. I remark, in tho flrst place, that Christ ought to bo tho cradlo song. What our mothers sang to us when they put us to sleep is singing yet. Wo may havo forgotten tho words; but thoy went Into tho MlW of our soul, and will for ever bo ft part of it. It is not so much what you formally teach your children ns what you slug to them. A hymn has wings and can fly everywhither. Ono hundred nnd fifty years nftcr you are (lend, and "Ok" Mortality" has worn out his chisel in rr cutting your iinmo on tho tombstono, yow groat grandchildren will bo singing tho song which this nfternoon you sing to your little ones gathered about your kneo. Thero is n place In Switzerland where, If you distinctly utter your volco, thero como back ten or fif teen distinct echoes, and every Christian long sung by a mother in tho car of her child lhall have ten thousand echoes coming back from all tho gates of heaven. Oh, if mothers only know tho power of this sacred spell, how much oftcuer tlio littlo ones would 1m gathered, and nil our homes would chime with tho songs of Jesus I Wo want somo counteracting Influence upon our children. Tho vory moment your child stops into tho street, ho steps Into tho path of temptation. Thero nro foul mouthed children who would liko 1 1 h n vour littlo ones. It will not do to kui j jar boys nnd girls In tho hotiso and make them house plants; thoy must havo fresh nir and recrea tion. Ood Bavo your children from tho icathlng, blasting, damning iulluenco of the Itreotsl I know of no counteracting inllu tnco but tho power of Christian culture and example Hold before your littlo ones the pure llfo of Jesus; lot that nnmo lie tho word that shall exorcise evil from their hearts. Give to your instruction all tho fascination of music, morning, noon and night; let it bo Josus, tho cradlo song. This is important if your children grow up, but jierhnps thoy may not. Thoir pathway may bo short. Jesus may Ik wnnting that child. Tlicn thero will bo n soundless stop in tho dwelling, and tho youthful pulso will begin to flutter, and littlo hands will bo lifted for help. You can not help. And a great agony will pinch nt your heart, nnd tho cradlo will lie empty, and tho nursery will lio empty, and tho world will lw empty, and your soul will bo empty. No littlo feet standing on tho stairs. No toys scattered on tho enrpot. No quick following from room to room. No strange and wonder ing questions, No upturned face, with laugh ing bluo oyes, como for ft kiss; but only a gravo, and a wreath of white blossoms on tho j top of ft; and blttirdesolatlon,nud n hlghiug ' nt nightfall with 110 ono to put to bed, and n J wet pillow, and ft grave, and a wreath of w hlte blovsouus on tho top of it. The heavenly Shepherd will take that lamb safely anyhow, whether you have lieeu ralthful or unfaith ful; but would It not havo been pleiuautcr If you could havo heard from those lips tho jiraUos of Christ! I uover rend anything moro beautiful than this alsnit a child's de parture. Tho account said, "Sho folded her hands, kissed her mother good-by, mug her hymn, turned her face to tho wall, said her littlo prayer, mid then died." Oh, if I could gather up in 0110 paragraph tho last words of tho littlo ones who havo gone out from all these Christian uiroles, and I could picture tho calm looks, and tho folded hands, and sweet departure, methlnks it would bo grand and lcuuUful as ono of heav ens great doxologlosl I next speak of Christ uv tlio old man's sonjr. Quick tnttslo loscti It charm for tho aged ear. The school girl asks for ft sehot tlsch or a glee; but her grandmother niks for "Balernm" or tho "Portuguese Hymn." Fifty years of trouble havo tamed tho spirit, and tho keys of tho muslo board must havo a solemn tread. Though the volco may lie tremulous, so that grandfather will not tnist It In church, still ho has the waltii;book oen Iwforo him, and he sings with his soul. Ho hums his grandchild uslecp with tho snmo tuno ho sang forty years ago In tho old coun try meeting houe. Somo day the rholr sings n tuno so old that tho young ooplo do not know it; but It starts the tears down tho cheek of the ngod man, for It reminds hint of tho revival seeno In which he participated, and of tlio radiant faces that long since went to dust, and of tho gray haired minister lean ing over tlio pulpit, and sounding tho good tidings of great Joy. I wits ono Thanksgiving day In my pulpit, In Syracuse, N. Y,, nnd llev, Daniel Waldo, at PS years of age, stood licsldo mo. Tlio choir sang a tune, I saMt "I ntn sorry they sang that now tuno; nobody seems to know It." "Bless you, my son," said tho old man, "I heard that seventy years ago I" There was n song today that touched tho llfo of tho ngod with holy flro and kindled ft glory on their vision that our younger eye sight cannot see. It was the song of salva tion Jesus, who ml them nil their lives long; Jesus, who wiped away their tears; Jesus, who stood by them when nil else failed; Josus, In whoso nnmo their marrlago was consecrated, and whoso resurrection has poured light tiou tlio graves of their ifo parted. Blessed tho B.blo In which spec tacled old ago rends the promise: "I will never leavo you. nover forsake yon I" Blessed tho stair on which tho worn out pilgrim tot ters on townrd tho welcomo of his redeemer I Blessed tho hymn lxok In which the falter ing tongue and the failing oyes flud Jesus, tho old man's song, I speak toyoungalnof Jesus ns tho night song. Job speaks of him who glvclh songs In tho night. John Welch, tho old Scotch minister, used to put a plaid across his lied on cold nights, and somo ono asked him why ho put that there. Ho said: "Oh, some times in tho night I want to sing tho prniso of Jesus, and to get down and pray; then 1 Just take that plaid and wrap it around mo to keep myself from the cold." Songs in tho night! Night of trouble has como down ujiou many of you, Commercial losses put out ono star, slanderous abuse puts out an other star, domestic liercnvmetit has put out a thousand lights, nnd gloom lias been added to gloom, nnd chill to chill, and sting to sting, and ono midnight has seemed to bor row tlio fold from another midnight to wrap Itself in more unbearable darkness; but Christ has spoken peace to your heart, and you can sing; Jesus, lover of my soul, I,ct mo to thy losom fly, While the billows near 1110 roll, While the tempest still Is high. Hide me, oh, my Karlourt hldo Till tho storm of llfo Is past, Safe Into the haven guide; Oh, receive my soul at last. Songs in tho nlghtl Songs In tho nlghtl For tho sick, who havo no ono to turn the hot pillow, no one to put tho tajwr on tho stand, no one to put ice on tho temple, or pour out tho soothing anodyne, or utter ono cheerful word yet songs in the nlghtl l'or tho txxir, who freeze in the winter's cold, and swelter in tho summer's heat, and munch tho hard crusts that bleed tho koro gums, and shiver under blankets that cannot nny longer lie Iintched, nnd tremble becnuso rent day is como and they may Ik set out on tho side walk, and looking Into the starved faco of child and seeing famlno there nnd death there, coming homo front the bakery, anil saying, In tho prcseuco of tho littlo famished ones: "Oh, my God, flour has gono tipl" Yet songs in tho nlghtl Songs In tho nlghtl For tho widow who goes to get the back pay of her husband, slain by tho "sharp shooters," and knows it Is the hist help sho will have, moving out of n comfortable homo In desolation, death turning Iwick from tho exhausting cough, mid tho pale chock, anil the lusterless eye, ami refusing nil re lief. Yet songs in tho nlghtl Songs In tho night! For the soldier in the field hospital, no surgeon to bind up tho gun shot fracture, no water for tho hot lips, no kind baud to brush away the flies from tho fresh wound, no ono to tako tho loving farewell, the groan ing of others poured into his own groan, the blasphemy of others plowing up his own spirit, tho condensed bitterness of dying awny from homo among strangers. Yet songs in the nlghtl Songs in tho nlghtl "Ah I" said ono dying soldier, "tell my mother that Inst night thero was not ono cloud between my soul nnd Jesus. Songs In tho night! Songs in tho nlghtl Tho Sabbath day has como. From the altars of ten thousand churches has smoked up tho savor of sacrifice. Ministers of tho gos(iel are now preaching in plain English, In broad Scotch, in flowing Italian, In harsh Choctaw. God's people have assembled in Hindoo temple, and Moravian church, nnd Quaker meeting house, and sailor's liethcl, aud king's chapel, and high towered cntho drul. They sang, mid tho song floated olf amidst tho splco groves, or struck tho ice bergs, or floated off into tho western pines, or was drowned in the clamor of the great cities. Lumbcrmon sang it, and the factory girls, and tho children in tho Sabliatli class, and tho trained choirs In great as semblages. Trappors, with tho nanio voice with which they shouted yesterday in tho stag hunt, and mariners with throats that only n few days ago sounded In the hoarso blast of tho sea hurricane, they sang It, Ono themo for tho sermons. One burden for tho song. Jesus for tho invocation. Jesus for tho Scripture lesson. Jesus for tho baptismal font. Jesus for tho sacrnmcntal eup. Jesus for the boucdlctlou. But the day will go by. It will roll awayou swift wheel of light nnd love. Again tho churehas will bo lighted, Tides of jteoplo again setting down the streets. Whole families coming up tho church aisle. Wo must have 0110 more sermon, two prayers, three songs, and ono benediction. Whntshall wo preach to-night What shall wo rend? What shall It bo, chil dren? Agod men and women, what shall it lie) Young men mid maidens, w hat shall It bo? If you dared to break tho silence of this auditory there would como up thousands of qiilek'nnd Jubilant voices crying out, "Let it bo Jesus I Jesusl" Wo sing his birth tlio barn that sheltered him, the mother that nursed him, tho cattle that fed beside him, tho angels that woko up tlio shepherds, shaking light over tlio mid night hi!!. Wo sing his ministry tho tears ho wiped away from tlio eye of the orphans; the laiiio men that forgot their erutchei,; tho damsel who from the bier hounded out into the sunlight, her locks shaking down over tlio flushed cheek; the hungry thousand who broke the bread as it blossomed into larger loaves that miracle by which a boy with live loatw mid two fishes became the sutler for ft whole army. Wo slug his sorrows hU stone bruised feet, Ills aching Qheart, his mountain loneliness, his desert hunger, Ills Btorm iielted lssly, tho eternity of anguish that shot through his last moments, anil th Immeasurable ocean of torment that heaved up against his croBs In one foaming, wrath ful, omnlitotont surge, tho sun dashed out, and the dead, shroud w rapped, breaking open their sepulchers, and rushing out to see what was the mutter. Wo slug his uwurnxtlon- Iho guard that could not keep him; the fur row of his disciples; tho clouds piling up on either side In pillared splendors as ho went through, trending tho atli1ess nlr, higher nnd higher, until ho eamo to the foot of the throne, and nil heaven kept Jubilee at tho return of the conqueror. I say once more, Christ Is tho everlasting song. Tho very best singers sometimes got tired; tlifl strongest threats sometimes get weary, nnd many who sang very sweetly do not sing now, but I hoie by tho grace of God we wlli, after a while, go up and slug tho praises of Christ where wo will never lw weary. You know there nro some songs that nreosjicclnlly appropriate for tho home circle. They stir the soul, they stnrt tho tears, they turn tlio heart In oil Itself, and keep sounding after the tune has stoped, like somo cathe dral IkjII which, long after the tap of the brazen tongue has ceased, keeM throbbing on tho air. Well, It will bo a homo soug In heaven; all tho sweeter because those who sang with us In the domestic elrclo on earth shall Join that great harmony, Jerusalem, my happy home Namo over dear to mo; When shall my lalsm hiuo an end In Joy and peace In thee. On earth wo sang harvest songs ns the wheat eamo Into tlio luirii, aud tho barracks were filled. You know there is no such tiiuo on n farm as when they get the crops In; nnd so In heaven It will bo a harvest song on tlio part of those who on earth sowed in tears nnd renipod In Joy. Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates, and let tho sheaves come flit Angels shout all through tho heavens, and multitudes comedown the hills crying: "Harvest homo! harvest homol" There Is nothing more Switching to ono's ear than tho song of sailors far out at sea, whether In day or night, Qis they pull nway nt the rojies; the liumlo Is weird nnd thrilling. So tho song in heaven will lo n sailor's song. They were voyagers once, and thought thoy could never get to shore, and before thoy could get tilings snug aud trim thoeyclono struck them, But now they nro safe. Onco they went with damaged rigging, guns of distress booming through the storm; but tho pilot eamo ftltonrd, uud he brought them into tho hnrlsir. Now thoy sing of tho breakers past, tho lighthouses that showed them where to sail, the pilot that took them through tho straits, the eternal shore on which thoy lauded. Ay, It will bo tho children's song. You know very well that tlio vast mojorlty of our race die in Infancy, and it is estimated that eighteen thousand millions of the little ones are standing ls-foro God. When thoy shall rise up altout the throno to sing, the millions and tho millions of tlio little ones ah I that will lie inuslo for you I Thro played In tho street of Babylon and Thebes; these plucked lilies from tho foot of Olivet while Christ was preaching aliout them; these waded In Slloam; these were victims of Herod's massnero; these were thrown to crocodiles or Into the flro; these came up from Christian homes, nnd these were foundlings on tho city commons children eve ywhero in all that laud; children in the towers, children on tho seas of glass, children on tlio battlements. Ah, If you do not liko children, do not go there. They are In vast majority, and what a song when they lift it around about the thraiiol Tho Christian singers nnd comiiosers of all ages will I hi thereto Join In the soug. Thomas Hustings wilt lio there. Lowell Mason will lie there. Bradbury will Ixi there. Beetho ven nnd Mozart will bo there. They who sounded the cymbals and tho triiuqiets In the ancient temples will lw there. Tho forty thousand hnrjM'rs that stood nt the ancient dedication will Imi there. Tho two hundred singers that assisted on that day will bo there. Patriarchs who lived nmldst threshing floors, shepherds who watched amidst Chal dean hills, prophets who walked, with long beards and coarso apparel, pronouncing woo against ancient abominations, will meet the more recent martyrs who wont up with leajn lug cohorts of fire; and somo will sjicak of tlio Jesus of whom thoy propheshsl, and others of the Jesus for whom they died. Oh, whatiiHougl It came to John uimiii l'atmos; it came to Calvin in tho prison; it dropiied to John Knox In the flro; nnd sometimes that wing has come to your ear, jwrhaps, for I really (io think It sometimes breaks over tlio battlements of heaven. A Christian woman, tho wife of a minister of tho rohim'I, was dying In tho parsonage near tho old church, where on Saturday night tho choir used to assemble and rehearse for tho following Sabbath, and sho said: "How strangely sweet tho choir rehearses to-night; thoy havo lieeu rehearsing therefor an hour." "No," said somo one about her, "tho choir is not rehearsing tonight." "Yes," sho said, "I know thoy are, I hear them slug; how very sweetly they slngl" Now It was not a choir of earth that sho heard, but the choir of heaven. I think that Jesus some times sets ajar the door of heaven, and a passago of that rapture greets our cars. The minstrels of leaven striko such n tremendous strain, the walls of Jasper cannot hold It. J wonder, will you slug that song? Will I sing it? Not unless our sins are pardoned, and wo learn now to slug tho prniso or Christ, will wo ever sing it there. Tho flrst great concert that I ever attended was In New York, when Julleu, in the Crystal Palace, stood before hundrodsof singers and hundreds of players Ukmi Instrument. Somo of you may remember that occasion; it was the first ono of that kind at which I was present, and I shall never forget it, I saw that one man standing, and with tlio hand and foot wield that great harmony, boating the time. It was to mo overwhelming. But oh, tho grander scene, when thoy shall come from tho east, and from tho west, aud from the north, and from tho south, "a great multitude that no man can number," into the temple of the skies, host Issyond host, rank beyond rank, gallery almvo gallery, nnd Jesus shall stand Is-foro that great host to conduct tho bar moiiy, with his wounded hands and his wounded feet, Like the voice of many waters, liko tho voice of mighty thundering, thoy shull cry, "Worthy is the Ijmb thot was slain to receive blessings, and riches, and honor, aud glory, and power, world without end. Amen and amen!" Oh, if my ear shall hear no other sweet sounds, may I hear that! If I Join no other glad assemblage, may I Join that, I was rending of tho battlo of Aglncourt, In which Henry V figured; and it Is said lifter tlio battlo win won, gloriously won, tlu king wanted to acknowledge the divmo in terposltion, nnd ho ordered tho chaplain to read tho Psalm of David; and when ho came to tho word, "Not unto us, O, Ixrd, but unto thy namo lo tho prnls," tho king ills mounted, aud all tho cavalry dismouuUsI, and all tlio great host, olllcers aud men. throw themselves on their faces. Oh, at the story of tho Savior's lovo and tho Savior's deliverance, shall wo not prostrate ourselves licforo him now, hosts of earth and hosts of heaven, falling upon our faces, and crying, "Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy nnmo lw the glorj I" , Uneer rxlilhltlnu. Thero was n queer exhibition in tho highest law court In Kuglnud a few days ago. The tables in front of the liench were covered with women's bustles. A patent was in volved, and the various styles of bustles were examined with curious interest by tho learned judges -Chicago News. SCRIBNER'S Prospectus for 1888 Beautiful Christinas Number. Among the important articles to appear during 888 are the following -S'eiul for prospectus; ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON win contribute KRiii to well iminlicr during the year, lie will write of tnimy topics, old and new, and In t familiar and personal way, which will form new bonds of friendship between the nu thor and his thousands ( readers, In his first paper entitled "A Chapter on Drcnms.' mwi nun !- imMisiuiun in ii-miuin, in in iii nppcurliitf In tlio January number, liu rela'ca Itl-M I l lltlilitt ill..... tail.. ..a.ll.. ..1 .. .. "l'rv jm " ihv jMiiiiiiij iinuiiii;i, iiu iuiii en .. -,tl..C... m...jviic(miiv Hiivivniiiir HlLin tIMIltl "Slrnngc Case of Dr. Jckyll and Mr. Hyde i-mii niiMji-i i, Mime iiiii'rcsiiiie iocis concerning tne origin 01 tnc now ininnus ttori RAILWAY ACCIDENTS, i.y w,k.ciiailain, win bcti.e first of an especially Important and Interesting series of patters on railways, their adminis trations and construction, Including great cnglncctlng feats, famous tunnels and pnsiei and, Indced.tliosc branches of the subject which In this day engage the attention of tho whole country. The Illustration which will accompany this scries will be very clah orate.oilgliml, and bcnullful, The authou and the titles of the future articles wlllbe announced Inter. DR. D. A. SARENT'S papers on Physical Proportions aud I'hysIcA I raining will be continued by several of Increasing Interest, with n rich and unique Illustration n those which have already appeared. ILLUSTRATED ARTICLES ofsneclal Interest will he tlinsn nl the Campaign of Waterloo, by JOHN C. ROPKS;on "The Man nt Arms," by 15. W. ULASIII'MKLI)! two papers by HOWARD L.WILSON, lllustmtluir results o( re cent Kgyntlnn research; n further article by WILLIAM F. APTAORP, on n subject connected with Ills recent rnntilhtitlon on Wngncr, and ninny other of equal lnlcrct PIIOFKSSOR SIIALKR'S articles on the Siiifnccof the IJnith will be continued ;and articles upon two of the most Interesting groups of contemporary IStirnpcnn writer will be accompanied by rich nnd novel portrait Illustrations. C.L,iC 1 K.ICITY lulls vnrlous nppllcnllons n n motive power IJXPLI SI VICS, etc., will be the subjects of nnothcr gmup of lllusttntcd nrtlclcs of cqurl pri tlcnl Interest, by lending authorities upon three topics. MENDELSSOHN'S LETTERS written to hi. friend, Mo chclcs, at a jiccullnrly Interesting time of his rnrccr, will furnish the substnnce of sever al articles of great Interest to musical renders, which will he Illustrated with portraits uud drawings from Mendelssohn's own liiiiul. 1 rlr! t1 ICTl ION will be strong, not only hi the work of wcll-kuowh writers but in Hint of new authors, In securing whose co-opcrntlou the Mngnrlnc ha been so fortunate during Its first 3 ear of publication. A scrlnl novel, entitled "I'lrst Harvests," by KRI5DI5RIC J. STIMSON, will be begun lu the Jnnunry number, nnd enrly In the year no. eltlcs will he published by III5NRY JAMI5S nnd II. C. HUNN1CR. The short stoiles nre of noticeable strength and jcesipicss, ILLUo 1 l.i 1 lUiNo. The Mngninc will show Increased excellence In Its llltistintlons. They will be more abundant nnd elaborate tbnn ever. 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