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jm-r "W'-" j'?TTl,Wr'wri"'lTr';"!T. ,r'WCTP"rLli!wHy,'S WW "''' ""Iff "(fp hi CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY SEP'l EMBER 26, 1891. 8 i a Rfc J 4 V & . iy 5 THE ORGAN DEDICATION THE MUSIO IN DR. TALMAGE'S TADEH NACLE SUGGESTS A LESSON. Wonderful Compass of thi Human Vnlrr. Irrfctlnn In Mutlrsd tnttrtimrnts Orl gin unit DiTnliiimriil of Muslo I'imer of lUrreri im Holy Art. DnooKLVN, Sept. 00. Tho mngnlflcont organ of the now llrooklyn Tnlornnclo was dedicated today. Tho services wcro verita ble musical festivals. WI1II0 tho regular musical programmo at tho tnbernnolo I always attractive, that of today was excc tlonallylieauttful, tho congregational sing IriKi offertories mill interludes bolng ren dered with marvelous volumo and expres Ion. Dr. Tal mage's sermon, which waa appropriate to tho occasion, ivm on Itiu text, Genesis Iv, 'i, "Ills brother's iintuo wns JiiImIj ho wns tho fnthcr of nil Mich m handlo tho harp ind orttnu. " I.aiiicch had two lioys, thn ono n herds mnn mid tho other n musician, Jubal, tho foungor son, was tho first organ builder, 0 started tho first nound that rolled from the wondrous Instrument which has had o much to do with tho worship of tho gcs. Uut what Improvement linn been made under tho hands of organ bulldorti ticli ns Ilornhard, Sebastian llach nnd Grorgo Hogarth nnd Joicph liootli nnd Thomas Hohjohn, clear down to George Mid Kdward .Inrdluo of our own day I do not wonder that when tho llrst full or gun that wo rend of as given In 767 by nn emperor of tho east ton king of Franco ouuded forth Its full grandeur, a woman fell Into a delirium from which liar reason was novor restored. The majesty of n grunt orgjin skillfully played Is almost too much for human en durance, but how much tho Instrument hiu dono to tho ro-onforcomont of divine, service It will tnkonll tlinoaml nil eternity to celebrate. last April, when we dedi cated this church to tho sorvlco of Al mighty God, our organ was not mora than half dono. It has now como so nonr com plctlon that this morning 1 prench a ser mon dedicatory of this mighty throne of acred sound It greets the eyo ns well m the enr. Dchold this mountain of an. themst This forest of hosnnnnhst Its history Is peculiar. niSTORV OP THIS OIIOAN. The late Mr. George Jardtne recently made a tour of tho organs of Europe, lie gathered up In his portfolio nn account of all tho excellences of tho renowned Instru ments of imislo on tho other side of the At lantlo and all the new Improvements, and brought back that portfolio to America de claring that Brooklyn Tabcrnaclo should have the full advantage of all ho had ob tained, and although he did not live to carry out his Idea, his son, Mr. Edwnrd Jardlnc, hns Introduced Into this great or gan nil those Improvements and grandeurs, and whllo you henr this organ you henr nil that Is uotablo In tho organs of Luccrno aud Frlbourg and Hnnrlem and St. Paul and Westminster abboy and other great organs that have enraptured tho world. In It aro banked up mora harmonies than I can describe, and all for God and the lighting of the soul toward him. Its four banks of keys, its one hundred and ten tops and appliances, Its four thousand flvo hundred aud ten pipes, Its chime of thirty even bells, tu cathedral diapason and pedal double diapason, Its song trumpet mud night horn and vox humana, all, all, we dedicate to uou ami the soul. It will. I believe, under tho divine blessing, lend uncounted thousands Into tho kingdom. Its wedding mnrches, Its thanksgiving anthems, Its requiems will sound after all tho voices that follow It today shall have sung their last song. To God tho Father, God tho Son and God tho Holy Ghost we dedicate Itl Thcro bos been much discussion as to whero muslo wns born. I think that nt the beginning, when the morning stars sang together, and all tho suns of God shouted for Joy, that tho earth heard the echo. The cloud on which the angels stood to celebrate tho creation wns tho birthplace of song. Inanlmnto nnturo is full of God's stringed and wind Instruments. Silence itself perfect silence is only a musical rest in God's great authem of worship. Wind among the leaves, Insects humming In the summer air, the rush of billow upon beach, the ocean far out sounding Its ever lasting psalm, the bobolink on the edge of the forest, the quail whistling up from tho grass aro music. On Dlackwell's Island 1 heard, coming from a window of the lunatic asylum, a very sweet song. It was sung by one who had lost her reason, and 1 bavo come to be lieve that even the deranged and disordered elements of nature would make music to our ear if we only had acutcuess enough to listen. I suppose that even the sounds in nature that are discordant and repulsive make harmony in God's ear. You know that you may come so near to an orchestra that tho sounds are painful instead of pleasurable, and I think we stand so near devastating storm aud frightful whirlwind we cnunot hear that which makes to God's ear and the ear of the spirits above us a muslo as complete as It la tremendous. OOD'S UirtKlTB MUSIC. The day of Judgment, which will be a day of uproar and tumult, I suppose will bring no dissonance to the ears of those who can calmly listen; although It be as when some great performer Is executing a boisterous piece of muslo, he sometimes breaks down the instrument on which he plays; so it may be on that lost day that the grand march of God, played by the fingers of thunder and earthquake and conflagration, may break down the world Lnj uicun uvnu t, e muslo Is executed. Not only is inanimate nature full of music, but God has wonderfully organized the human evolce, so that In the plainest throat aud lungs there are fourteen direct muscles which can make over sixteen thou sand different sounds, and there are thirty indirect muscles which can make, it has been estimated, mora than one hundred and seventy-three millions of sounds! Now, I say, when God has so constructed the human voice, and when be has filled the whole earth with liarmouy, and when he recognized it in the ancient temple, I have a right to come to the conclusion that God loved music. I propose this morning, in setting apart this organ for sacred use, to speak about sacred music, first showing you Its Impor tance, and then stating itome of the obsta cles to its advancement. I draw the first argument for the Impor tance of sacred music from the fact that God commanded It. Through Paul hetelU us to admonish one another lu psalms and bymus and spiritual songs, aud through David he cries out, "Sing ye to God, ail ye kingdoms of the earth." And there are hundreds of other passages 1 might name, proving that It ns much n man's duty to sing as It Is his duty to pray Indeed, I think there are more commands in the Bible to sing than there are to pray. God not alone asks for the human voice, but for instrument of music. He asks for the cymbal, and the hnrp, aud tht trumpet, as well nn the organ. And 1 suppose that, In tho Inst days of tho church, tbn hnrp, the lute, the trum pet and nil tho Instruments of munlo. whether they have been In tho service of righteousness or sin, will be brought by their masters and laid down nt the feet of ' Christ, and then sounded In tho church's triumph, on her way from suffering Into glory. "Praise yo the Lordl" Praise hl;n with your voices. Praise him with stri.igiA Instruments and with organs. I draw another argument for the Impor tan co of this exerctso from the Impressive n ess of this exerclso. You know some thing of what secular muslo hns achieved, You know It hns mndo Its Impression on governments, upon InwH, upon literature, upon wholo .generations. Ono Inspiring national air Is worth thirty thousand men ns it standing army There comes a time in thu battle when ono buglu Is worth n thousand musket I have to toll you that no nation, iiocliurch can afford to severely ecouonilzo in munlo. TIIK MOTIIItlt'B BONO. Many of you aro Illustrations of what sacred song can do. Through It you wero brought Into tho kingdom of Jesus Christ. You stood out against tho nrgumont anil tho warning of tho pulpit, but when, lu tho sweet words of Isaac Watt or Charles Wusloy or John Newton or Toplndy tho love of Jesus wns sung to your soul, then you surrendered as armed costlothnt could not bo taken by a host lifts Its win dow to listen to a harp's trill. Thoro was a Scotch soldier dying In Now Orleans nml a Scotch minister camo lu to glvo hhn the consolations of the Gospel. Tho man turned over on his pillow nnd said, "Don't talk to mo nbout religion." Then tho Scotch minister began to sing a familiar hymn of Scotland that was composed by David Dickenson, beginning with tho mother, dear Jerusalem, When shall I como to thee? Ho sang It to tho tuno of "Dundee," and everybody in Scotland khows that; and ns ho began to slug tho dying soldier turned over on his pillow and said to tho minister, "Whero did you learn thntr" "Why," re plied tho minister, "my mother taught mo that." "So did mlno," snld tho dying Scotch soldier; nnd tho vory foundation of his heart wns upturned, and then and thero he yielded himself to Christ. Oh, It has an trreslstlblo power. Luther's sermons hnvo been forgotten, but his "Judgment Hymn" sings on through tho ages, nnd will keep on singing until tho blant of thonrchnngel's trumpet shnll brlug about that vory day which tho liymu cclobraU. 1 would to God that thoso who hear me today would tako tbeso songs of salvation as messages from heaven, for Just as certainly as tho birds brought food to Elijah by tho brook Cherlth, so theso winged harmonies, God sent, aro flying to your soul with the bread of llfo. Open your mouths nnd tako It, oh, hungry Elijahs! In addition to tho Inspiring muslo of out own day we havo a glorious Inheritance of church psalmody which has como down fragrant with the devotions of othor gen erationstunes no more worn out than they wero when our great grandfathers climbed up on them from tho church pow to gloryl Dear old souls, how they used to slngl When thoy wero cheerful our grandfathers and grandmothers used to sing "Colchester." When they wero very mcdltatlvo then tho board meeting houso rang with "South Street" and "St. Ed mond's." Were thoy struck through with great tenderness thoy sang "Woodstock." Were they wrapped in visions of the glory of tho church they sang "Zlon." Wero they overborne with tho lovo aud glory of Christ thoy sang "Ariel." And In thoso days thcro wcro cortaln tunes married to certain hymns, nnd they have lived In peace a great while, these two old people, and wo havo no right to divorce them. "What God hath Joined together let no man put asunder." Uut how hard hearted wo must be if all this sacred music of tho past and all tho sacred music of tho present docs not start us heavenward. IT CHARMS TUB MELANCHOLY. I have also noticed tho power of sacred song to sooth perturbation. You may have como In hero this morning with a great many worrlments aud anxieties, yet per haps in tho singing of the first hymn you lost all thoso worrlments and anxieties. You havo read In tho Diblo of Saul and how be was sad and angry aud how tho boy David came In and played tbo evil spirit out of him. A Spanish king was melancholy. Tho windows were nil closed. Ho sat In tho darkness. Nothing could bring him forth until Farancll enmo nnd discoursed muslo for three or four days to him. On the fourth day ho looked up and wept and rejoiced, and tho windows wero thrown open, and that which all tho splen dors of the court could not do tho power of song accomplished If you have auxletles and worrlments try this heavenly charm upon them. Do not sit down on tho bank of the hymn, but plunge lu, that tho devil of care may be brought out of you. It also arouses to action. A singing church is always a triumphant church! If a congregation is silent during the exer cise, or partially silent, it is tho silence of death, if, when tho hymn is given out, you bear the faint hum of here and there a father and mother in Israel whllo the vast majority aro slleut, that minister of Christ who Is presiding needs to nave a very strong constitution if ho does not get tho chills. He needs not only the grace of God, but nerves like whalebone, it Is amnzlng how some people who havo voice enough to discharge all their duties In tho world when they come Into the house of God have no voice to discharge this duty. I really believe that if tho church of Christ could rise up and sing as It ought to sing, that where wo have a hundred souls brought into the kingdom of Christ there would be a thousand. Dut I must now speak of some of the ob stacles in the way of the advancement of this sacred music, nnd the first Is that tt bos beeu Impressed Into tho service of superstition, I nm far from believing that maslc ought always to be positively re ligious. Keflned nrt hns opened places whero muslo hns been secularized, nnd law fully so. The drawing room, tho musical club, the orchestra, tho coucert, by the gratification of pure taste, and tho produc tion of harmless amusement and the Im provement of talent have become great forces In the advancement of our civiliza tion. Music has as much right to laugh in Surrey gardens as it has to pray in St. Paul's. In the kingdom of nature we have the glad Sting of the wind as well as the long meter psalm of the thunder. But while all this Is so, every observer has uc tlced that this art, which God intended for the improvement of the ear, nnd the voice, and the bend, nnd the heart, has often been Impressed Into the service of false relig ions. False religions havo depended more upon the hymning of their congregations than upon the pulpit proclamation of their dogmas. Tnrtlni, the musical composer, dreamed one night that satau snatched Irom his baud an Instrument and played upon it something very sweet a dream that has often beeu fulfilled lu our day tho voice aud the Instruments that ought to have been devoted In Christ, captured from the church and applied to purposes of su perstition t)lfC(lllt) AMONO MUSICIANS. Another obstacle has been an Inordinate fear of criticism The vnst mnjorlty of tieople singing In church never want any body clso to hear them sing. Everybody Is waiting for somebody elo to do his duty. If wo all sang, then the Inaccuracies Ahat aro evident when only n few sing would not be heard ntnll, thoy would lw drowned out. God only asks you to do ns well ns you can, nnd then If you get the wrung pitch or keep wrong time, ho will forgive nny deficiency of tlwearnnd Imperfection of the voice. Angels will not laugh If you should lose your place In tho musical scalo or come In at the close a bar behind. There are three schools of singing, I am told tho German school, tho Italian school nnd tho French school of singing. Now, I would like to add a fourth school, and that Is the school of Christ. Tlio voice of n con trite, broken heart, although It may not be nblo to stand human criticism, makes bet ter music to God's ear than thu most ar tistic performance when tho heart Is want ing. I know It Is easier to preach on this than It Is to practice; but I slug for two reasons II rut, becausu I like It, and next, because I want to encourage those who do not know how. I have but very llttlo faculty In that direction, yet I am resolved to slug. God has commanded It aud I daro not bo silent He calls on tho beasts, on tho cattle, on the dragons to pnilsu him, nnd wu ought not to bo behind tho cattle nnd tho drauons Another obstacle ttiat hns been In tlio way of the advancement of this holy art has been tho fact that thero has been so much angry discussion on the subject of muslo. Tlicro aro thoso who would have this exercise conducted by musical Instru ments. In the same church thcro nre thoso who do not like musical Instru ments, nnd so It Is organ and no organ, and thcro Is n fight, lu another church it Is n question whether tho muslo shall bo con ducted by a percentor or by a drilled choir. Somo want n drilled choir and some want a percentor, nnd there Is n fight. Then thcro nra those who would llko In tho church to hnvo tho organ played In a dull, lifeless, droning way, whllo thcro aro oth ers who would have it wreathed into fan tastlcs, branching out in Jets and spangles of sound, rolling and tossing In marvelous convolutions ns when, lu pyrotechnic dlt- filay, after you think a piece Is exhuusted t breaks out lu wheels, rockets, blue lights nnd serpcutlno demonstrations. Somo would hnvo tho organ played In almost lu audlblo sweetness, aud others would have It full of staccato passages that make tho nudieuco Jump, with great eyes and hair on cud, ns though by a vision of tho Witch of Ettdor; and ho who tries to please all will fall Ju everything. Nevertheless, you aro to admit tho fact that this contest which Is going on, not In hundreds but In thousands of the churches of tho United Stntes todny, Is a mighty hludrnnco to tho advancement of this art. In this way scores and scores of churches nre entirely crippled ns to all influence, nnd the muslo Is n damage rather than a praise, can voir nuiSK god nr rnoxYf Another obstacle in tho advancement of this nrt hns been the erroneous notion that this part of the servlco could bo conducted by delegation. Churches havo snldt "Oh what nn easy timo we shall have. This minister will do tho preaching, tho choir will do tho singing nnd wo will hnvo noth ing to do." And you know as well as I that theio aro n great multitude of churches nil through this land whero tho people nro not expected to sing, the wholo work Is dono by delegation of four or six or ten persons, and the audience is silent. In such n church lu Syrneuso an old nlder persisted lu singing, and so the choir ap pointed a committee to go nnd ask the squlro if he would not stop. You know that In n great multitude of churches the choir aro expected to do all tho singing, and the great mass of the people, aro ex pected to ho silent, aud if you utter your voice you are interfering. There they stand, the four, with opera glass dangling at their side, singing "Rock of nges, cleft for me," with the snmo spirit that the night before on tho stage they took their part in the "Grand Duchess" or "Dou Giovanni." My Christian friends, have we a right to delcgato to others tho discharge of this duty which God demands of us? Suppose that four wood thrushes should propose to do all tho singing some bright day when the woods tire ringing with bird voice. It Is decided that four wood thrushes shall do all the singing of the forest. Let all other voices keep silent. How beautifully tho four warble. It is really fine music. Uut how long will you kuep the forest still f hy, Christ would come into that forest aud look up as ho looked through the olives, and he would wave his hand ami say, "Let everything that hath breath praiso tho Lord," nnd keeping timo with the stroke of innumerable wings, thero would be flvo thousand bird voices leaping into the har mony. Suppose this delegation of musical performers were tried lu heaven; suppose that four choice spirits should try to do the singing of the upper temple. Hush, now, thrones and dominions nnd principalities. David! be still, though you were "the sweet slugcr of Isrnel." Paul! keep quiet, though you havo come to that crown of rejoicing. Richard Uaxtcr! keep still, though tills is tho "Saint's Everlasting Rest." Foursplrlts now do all tho singing. But how long would heaven be quletf How longf "Hal lelujah!" would cry some glorified Metho dist from under tho altar. "Praiso the Lordl" would sing tho martyrs from among the thrones. "Thanks be unto God who glvcth us the victory!" a great multitude of redeemed spirits would cry. Myriads of voices coming into tho harmony and the one hundred mid forty nnd four thousand i breaking forth into one ncclamation. Stop 'that loud sluglugl Stopl Oh, no, they ' caunot hear mo. You might as well try to drown tho thunder of the sky or beat back thu roar of the sea. for everv soul In heav ' en has resolved to do Its own singing. Alas! Hint Vt U BUUUIII IJ111C kllCUlPM (llill IIIIIV which they caunot do In heaven, and In stead of Joining all our voices In the praise of tlio Most High God, delegating perhaps to uuconsecrnted men aud women this j most solemn and most delightful service. I LET ALL THE CONCUEOATIOS E1XO. I Now, In this church we have resolved j upon the plan of conducting the music by organ anil cornet. We do It for two rea sons One is that by throwing the whole ' responsibility upon the muss of the people, making the great multitude the choir, we i might rouse more heartiness. The congru- ' gallon coming on the Sabbath day feel that they cannot delegnte this part of ttie great service to any one else, aud so they them selves assume it We have had n glorious congregational slnylug here. People have come many miles to hear It. They are not sure nbout the preaching, but tht)' can nl ways deiend on the singing Ve have heard the sound coming np like "the voice , of many waters," but It will be done nt n I better rate after awhile when we shall realize the height and the depth nnd the Immensity of this privilege. I forgot to state the other reason why wt adopted this plan, That Is, we do nut want nny choir quarrels. You know very well that In sco r ccs of churches there has been perpetual contention In that direction. Tho only church light that ever occurred under my ministry was over a melodeou In my first settlement. Havo you never been In church or the Sabbath day and heard the choir slug, and you said, "That Is splen did music," The next Sabbath you wcro lu that church and there was no choir nt all, Wk-yf The lender was mad, or his assistants were mad, or they were all mad together Soma of the choirs aro made up of our best Christian pcoplo. Somo of the warmest friends I hnvo ever lind hnvo stood up lu them Sabbath nftcr Sabbath con scientiously and successfully leading the praises of God But the mnjorlty of tho choirs throughout tho laud aro not made up of Christian eoplo, and three-fourths of the church fights orlglunto lu tho organ loft. I take that back and say nine-tenths. A great many of our churches aro dying ot chnl rs Wo want to roiiso nil our families to tho duty of sacred Ming. Wo want each fnm I lly of our congregation to bo a singing I school. Childish petulance, obduracy and Intractability would bo soothed If wo had more singing In the household, nnd then our little ones would lie prepared for the ' great congregation ou too Sabbath day, their voices uniting with our voices In the ' praises of tho Ionl. Aftorn shower there I nro scores of streams that comedown the mountain side with voices rippling and silvery, pouring into one river and then rolling in united strength to tho sea. So I would havo all tho families In our church send forth the volco of prayer and praise, pouring It Into tho great tido of public worship that rolls on and ou to empty Into tho great wide heart of God. Never can wo have our church sing as It ought until our families slug as they ought. Thcro will ho a great revolution on this subject In nil our churches. God will come down by his spirit and roiiso up the old hymns nnd tunes that hnvo not been more than half awaku sluco tho timo of out grandfathers Tho silent pows In the church will break forth Into music, and when the conductor takes tils place on tho Sabbath day there will bo n great host of voice rustling into the harmony. My Christian friends, If wo havo no taste for this service on earth, what will we do in heaven, whero they nil sing, nnd sing for evcrf I want to roiiso you to a unanimity lu Christian song that hits never yet been ex hibited. Come now, clear your throats and get ready for this duty, or you wilt never hear the end of this. I never shall forget hearing a Frenchman slug tho "Marseillaise" ou tho Champs Elysee.-, Parts, Just lieforo tho battle of Sedan in 1870. I never saw such enthusiasm before or sine. As ho sang that national air, ohl how tho Frenchmen shouted! Hae you ever In an English assemblage heard n bnnd piny "God Savo tho Queen f" If you have you know something about tho en thusiasm of n national nlr. Now, I tell you that theso songs wo sing Sabbath by Sabbath nre tho national nlrs of Jesus Christ nnd of tho kingdom ot heaven, and If you do not learn to slug them here, how do you ever expect to slug tho song of Moses nnd tbo Lnrabr I should not bo sur prised nt all If somo of tho best anthems of heaven wero made up of somo of tho best songs of earth. May God incrcaso our rev erence for Christian psalmody, and keep us from disgracing it by our Indifference and frivolity. When Cromwell's army went Into battle, ho stood at tho head of them one day and gave out tho long meter doxology to tho tune of tho "Old Hun dredth," aud that-great host, company by company, regiment by regiment, battalion by battalion, Joined In tho doxology: Praiso God, from whom all blessings flow, I'ratso him, nil creatures hero below; 1'rntso hltu above, yo heavenly host, Praiso Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Aud while they sang they marched, aud whllo they marched they fought, and while they fought they got the victory. Oh, men nud women of Jesus Christ, let us go Into all our conflicts singing the praises of God, aud then, Instead of fulling back, as wo often do, from defeat to defeat, we will bo marching ou from victory to victory. Glory to tho Father mid to the Son nud to the Holy Gtiost, as it was in the begin ning is now and ever shall be, world with out end. Amen. lleiuember This When Going Away. Notwithstanding that traveling promises so much In thownyof health, both men tally nnd physically, but few who Indulge in It realize its grentest good, nnd uo small proportion aro literally fagged out oven after n journey extending merely over n day or two. Such result can generally be Inrgely, If not entirely, obviated by a llttlo JudIclou3 management. Tho nverngo traveler's greatest fault Is that he makes uo provision for tils meals. If Journeying by rait, he relies almost wholly upon tho restaurants along the route, nud what ho eats U swallowed hur riedly aud in a state of heat and excite- meut that aro by no menus favorable to di gestion. Tho food provided at such places has been the subject of much Invidious criticism, yet it would scarcely be posslblo to do It injustice, for very little of it is above suspicion, while much of It is abso lutely unfit for tho stomach of man, for the reason of Its questionable nature, be ing allowed to stand too long after cook ing, etc. Unless there happens to be a dining car on the train, the best way for travelers is to make uo meal at nil until the Journey is over, piovided, of course, It is uot to be tot) long, but to carry a supply of provisions, such as bread, boiled eggs, chicken sand wiches, fruit and the like. They can then eat when they like, and If they do so lightly, ns they ought, they will be hungry ns often ns every three hours. If this plan is adopted it will lessen In finitely much of tho hardship of a journey, aud keep the mind and body Inn strong nud active condition. It will alsodo much to prevent the aching and swelling of the tegs which nre so often complained of after a long day's confinement lu the cars. Breaking tho fast often in this way is also preventive of Indigestion, from which travelers of long distances are frequent sufferers, especially In summer. Often times they go much longer without food than they ought, and In consequence tho stomach becomes inactive and partially paralyzed. When the stopping place Is reached, being half famished, they eat at once and hurriedly Of course a full meal on a stomach in this condition, if It is not vomited, remnlns for a long time undi gested. If a long period of fasting has been unavoidable travelers should not eat heartily when they reach their stopping places, but should take something very light, as soup, eggs, a little fruit, bieadHnd coffee, and make up for their denial at the next meal. Boston Herald. UlililliiU (Joixlby III Iceland. 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