Inner Adorning of the Life the Important Thing Now—At the Proper Time, All Physical Suffering to End
A DAY or two ago I saw one who I believe is a child of God, sitting in a wheel-chair, her hands twisted out of shape, and her figure more or less distorted by the ravages of rheumatism. Yet I do not doubt that she is one of God's children. There is a seeming incongruity that one who is God's should thus suffer and bear the marring curse.
Another also whom I believe to be a child of God, is a helpless cripple. He depends very largely upon his friends to carry him. He is in body, in some respects, a mere babe, though his mind is matured and clear, and he has developed a character in service to the Lord. And again there is a seeming incongruity that one who is God's should carry such a marred and distorted image.
There is still another whom I believe to be one of God's true servants, who is blind. Yet her hope is strong in God. She does not murmur nor complain, though the light is shut away, and she must be led by her loved ones. And again it seems almost incongruous that one of God's children should thus wander in the darkness.
ALL THIS SUFFERING EXPLAINED
But it is all explained by that scripture which says that the creation is subjected to vanity (Rom. 8: 20, A.R.V.), and waits in earnest expectation for a future day to dawn. These terrible things we have mentioned are all the result of the curse, in consequence of sin. They are all permitted by the Lord Himself, or they could not exist; and what He permits, He sees the highest wisdom in allowing. Why does He permit these things? — It is to show us what sin will do with those whom God has created and to whom He has given a place in His universe. Sin took the highest angel in heaven and fashioned him into a devil, arch-enemy of God, yes, of all creation, and his own worst enemy. It made a hell in heaven, until that hell was cast out. And by man's yielding to the deceiver, that kingdom of darkness has been set up in the earth; and138these things we see are tokens that it is here, that sin has entered the world, that its blighting, marring curse is on us.
NOT GOOD TO REMOVE FROM CONSEQUENCES
If God should remove a man from the consequences of sin, it would not be for the man's good. The emphasis must be put upon character, and not upon the body. The thought must be centered on an inner likeness to God, and not upon the outward likeness. It must be of the spirit, and not in the form. And if we have once acquired that inner likeness to God, He has pledged Himself to put us, at the right time, into full conformity outwardly to all the beauty of His image and likeness. That time is the resurrection day, when all shall be changed, "when this corruption shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality" (1 Cor. 15: 53-55), and death shall be entirely devoured, swallowed up of life — the tide of life from God that so fills the creation as to abolish completely death and suffering and decay.
But until then, the creation is subject to vanity, but in hope, "waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God," waiting for that day when the body shall be redeemed, resurrected, made in the likeness of Christ's glorious body, and all shall "discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not." Mal. 3: 18. When God subjected the creation to vanity, it was in hope of this very thing, — "that the creation itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption [decay] into the liberty of the glory of the children of God"; and to-day the whole creation groans and travails with us, waiting for the adoption, namely, the redemption of our bodies. Rom. 8: 20-23.
BOTH IN CHARACTER AND IN OUTWARD FORM
Then those who bear the name of God and are His children shall represent Him, not only in character, but in outward form as well. The image of God shall be fully restored. Those who bear the name of Him who is the Prince of life shall witness to His life-giving power by unending immortal existence; and the creation, the earth about them, shall rejoice and blossom as the rose, the desert and the waste places shall spring forth under the creative energy of God, and nature, as well as man, shall once more know and rejoice in the glorious liberty of God's children.
NO FEAR IN MAN OR BEAST
There will be no fear in the heart of man, and this confidence will be mirrored by freedom from fear in the creatures under his care; for "the wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain, saith Jehovah." Isa. 65: 25. They will not fear man; neither will they fear one another, for they will not have any desire to hurt or destroy, for rebellion, with consequent hate and murder, will have been banished from the earth.
"The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea." Isa. 11: 6-9.
There will be no waste in those days, for God's children "shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for calamity; for they are the seed of the blessed of Jehovah, and their offspring with them." Isa. 65: 23. They shall not build and another inhabit, they shall not plant and another eat. Nothing shall be in vain. To-day creation is subjected to vanity, but in that day vanity and vexation of spirit shall have vanished away. L. A. R.
A MERE PROFESSION NOT ENOUGH
There Must Be a Living Connection with the Vine—It Is Only When We Connect with the Head that He Can Supply Power to Direct Our Lives
"AND hath put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be the head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all." The foregoing words are the concluding verses of the first chapter of Paul's letter to the Ephesians. They are full of meaning to the one who reverently studies the word of God.
The church is "His body." That is what the text plainly says. And while the body can never be the head, and can never usurp the functions of the head, yet it is always, if normal, in harmony with the head. It will always obey the will and commands of the head, and do it without murmuring.
THE PROCESS OF CONTACT
Every person who becomes a part of Christ's body is thereby made a member of His church. And the process by which we become members of His body is learned only by a study of His word, and by receiving that Word into the heart and life. The Word thus received into the life, being clothed with living energy through the agency of God's Spirit, becomes a transforming power, building our characters into the perfect likeness of the character of the Son of God, and actually grows that character into the members of His body, the church.
It will readily be seen, then, that actually to be a member of the body, or the church, of Christ, is much more than a mere profession. It is much more than merely having the name enrolled on some church book. It means to be connected with Christ as the body is connected with the head, so that just as the head directs all the movements of the body, even so are we to be directed by Christ. We are to learn to accord the same prompt obedience to Him that the hand or the foot yields to the head. And this wonderful result of being connected with Christ so that we have and live His character, is all accomplished through faith by the power of His word.
THE PASSPORT AT HEAVEN'S GATE
Actually to receive and live the real Christ-life is a thing that multitudes of professing Christians do not take into serious account. They seem to think that having their names on the church book is all they need for a passport into heaven. They want some kind of religion that will enable them to go to heaven when they die. If they did not expect to die sometime, they would not trouble themselves about church matters at all. They have not found the joys of Christian living. They are concerned only with the terror of having to die at some future day, and so they join the church "in order to be prepared to die."
CHURCH-MEMBERS, BUT NOT CHRISTIANS
This accounts for the fact that so many persons are church-members without being real Christians. They belong to the visible, outward church, without being made a part of the body of Christ. They have not allowed themselves to become connected with Christ, the living Head of the church, and so He has no power to direct their lives in harmony with His divine will. They are not connected with Him except by the mere formality of taking His name through joining the church. To comply with the formality of merely taking the name of Christ by joining some church, is vastly different from becoming in reality a part of His spiritual body, the real spiritual church, through a close, living connection with Him.
"I am the true vine, and My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in Me that beareth not fruit, He taketh it away; and every branch that beareth fruit, He cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit. Already ye are clean because of the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in Me. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in Me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from Me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in Me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; and so shall ye be My disciples. Even as the Father hath loved Me, I also have loved you: abide ye in My love. If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love. These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full." John 15: 1-11.
The foregoing scripture, so wonderful for its beauty, and so satisfying and helpful in the wealth of its promises, is the Master's139presentation of the living connection that exists between Himself and each member of His church. He is the vine. He supplies the life and the power that direct and keep us in righteous living. But that righteous living all depends upon our perfect connection with the Vine. We must be branches. We must be a living part of the true Vine. "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in Me," "for apart from Me ye can do nothing." There is no right thing that we can do apart from the life of the Master—apart from the living connection of the branch to the Vine.
Then there is a far deeper significance to church-membership than merely to have the name on the church book. The church-membership that Christ, the Head of the church, recognizes, is a perfect union with Him. Anything short of this does not make us a part of the real church of Christ, no matter how indelible may be the ink with which our names have been enrolled on some church register, nor how prominent may be our professions or pretensions.
Let us study, then, to be connected with Christ in reality, rather than to be merely a part of the outward profession that has none of the indescribable joys of real Christian living in it; for there is a joy in living the life of the Christian, and this joy is too full and complete to be described in words. It must be tasted, it must actually be experienced, in order to be understood and rightly prized.
Lovers of Pleasure More Than Lovers of God
"Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God," is the word spoken of a certain class. What a comment upon the judgment of humanity! Many would be delighted by the association of kings and princes, of the rich and the noble, but these same ones have no respect for the Mighty One of the universe. He who is the origin of all dignity and power and grace and beauty and wealth and affluence and influence is unconsidered, while a mad rush is made into pleasures and follies that deaden and damn. Men choose darkness when they might have light, and we are told that this is the condemnation that rests upon human judgment, in that they make such a foolish choice.
4274 — PREEXISTENCE OF CHRIST
Does the doctrine that Jesus was the Son of God before He was born of the virgin Mary harmonize with Luke 1:35, last part? W. J. M.
The first part of Hebrews 1 informs us that all things were made by Christ. And in harmony with this statement in Hebrews we have these words: "Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins: who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature: for by Him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by Him, and for Him: and He is before all things, and by Him all things consist." Col. 1:13-17. In these verses we find it stated that Christ is the first-born of every creature, and that by Him all things were created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible; and furthermore, that He is before all things. In Christ's prayer to His Father for His disciples and the church that they were to found, we find these words: "And now, O Father, glorify Thou Me with Thine own self with the glory which I had with Thee before the world was." "Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world." John 17:5, 24.
It is easy to see that these verses from John state beyond question that Christ was with the Father before the creation of the earth. Speaking of the journeying of the children of Israel in the wilderness, Paul says they "did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them [margin, "went with them"]: and that Rock was Christ." 1 Cor. 10:4. This text is definite in saying that Christ was the invisible Leader that was with the Israelites during their journeys in the wilderness.
But the question is raised by our inquirer as to how the foregoing scriptures can be made to harmonize with Luke 1:35, which says: "And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God." Any difficulty in harmonizing the clear statements in regard to Christ's existing before He was born of the virgin Mary at Bethlehem, and this statement in Luke, would probably arise from a failure to recognize the great condescension of Christ in submitting to His Father to be transformed from His great personage as Creator into a babe in embryo. The condescension and the love of both Christ and God in this supreme sacrifice that They made for humanity will be the science and the song of the eternal ages.
As the redeemed realize what they have gained through this condescension and the sacrifice that both God and Christ made, their hearts will well up with indescribable joy; but it is impossible for humanity to explain it or describe it. Eternity will be continually unfolding the great mystery, for "without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory." 1 Tim. 3:16.
It is not ours to be able to understand or to attempt to explain the fathomless working of the mysteries of God in devising the great plan of salvation, but we may know by experience, and enjoy, the great facts of this inconceivable condescension on the part of our divine Father and His blessed Son, our Redeemer.
4275 — "IN PARADISE TO-DAY"
Please explain the words of our Lord, "Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise." Is this sentence of our Lord punctuated right in the King James Version? G. W. E.
The punctuation and division of the Bible into chapters and verses is not inspired. In some of the oldest manuscripts the letters are all run together—there is no division of words even. All of the punctuation and the divisions have been put in by the translators. This is one of the instances where the punctuation changes the meaning of the text. The comma should be after "to-day" instead of after "thee." The fact that Christ, when He appeared to Mary after His resurrection (John 20:17), told her that He had not yet ascended to His Father, shows that He did not that day go to Paradise, which is the abode of the Father. And again, the thief's request was, "Lord, remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom." But Christ does not come into His kingdom until His second coming. "When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory." Matt. 25:31. The Master's promise is that "to-day, when to all human appearances I have not power to fulfil the promise that I make, when all My disciples have lost faith in Me and forsaken Me, in spite of My seeming humiliation and defeat—even to-day, since thou hast faith to believe, I have power to promise, that thou shalt be with Me in Paradise."
The Bible throughout plainly teaches the unconscious state of the dead, and the text must be interpreted in harmony with the Scriptures themselves. In other words, we must allow the Scriptures to be the interpreter of this statement of the Saviour, and not those who have some theological dogma to defend. And besides all this, those who claim that Christ met the thief in Paradise on that day hold that the spirit of Christ left His body and the spirit of the thief left his body, and together they went away to the place known as Paradise. But if Christ's spirit did not die, and only His human body went under the penalty of death, then we have but a human sacrifice. God did not give His Son to die for the sins of the world, and permit Him to pass through a make-believe experience, in which only His human body died; but the Son of God actually died on the cross of Calvary. When He said He had power to lay down His life, and "power to take it again," He meant what He said, and humanity has the strong consolation of the great fact that the Lord Jesus Christ so loved the world that He actually died, and for those three days that His body was in the tomb He was resting under the penalty of death, and was unconscious.
This position is the only one that is truly defensible in the light of all the scriptures of the divine Word.
4276 — "UNTIL THE SON OF MAN BE COME"
Does the coming of the Son of man, spoken of in Matt. 10:23, refer to His second coming? J. G.
The scriptures both before and after that verse show that the Master is giving instruction to His disciples that was to be their guide until the end of time. The persecutions and the suffering that Christians were to endure are briefly spoken of; and while in a local way the text must refer to the fact that Christ would come after the disciples in person, on the missionary journey to the cities of Palestine upon which He had just sent them, yet the text may also include the greater statement that was made later by the Lord, that when "this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness," "then shall the end come." The great objective of the gospel, and of all of the prophecies, is the second coming of Christ.
Paradise Lost Through Sin
"Every man has a Paradise around him till he sins, and the angel of accusing conscience drives him from his Eden."
SYSTEMATIC BIBLE STUDY
By Editor
AMONG the exceeding great and precious promises that we find in our Bible reading course for this week is this verse: "If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." John 15:7. And again: "Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it." John 14:13, 14. These promises alone are worth any amount of time that might be spent in searching for them. God's word is full of His all-embracing promises. We should search that Word until we become familiar with every one of its great gems of beauty, of truth, and of character-building power.
Read a chapter in each of these books on weekdays, and on the Sabbath read two chapters in Exodus and two in John. All who follow this course will read the entire Bible through during the year 1914. To read the Bible through at least once a year is a goal that every individual can well afford to keep before the mind.
Miracles of Divine Grace in Heathen Hearts
By O. A. Hall
THE Anhuei general meeting was held at Ying Shang Hsien. I left Shanghai, and was joined at Nanking the next morning by our evangelist, who accompanied me and assisted in the services. The believers from this district were assembled for the meeting, and it is needless to say that, not having seen a foreign worker for about six months, they gave us a most hearty welcome.
The work in this province was begun four years ago, when Brother Lee and Dr. Kay were located here. Since their removal, the station has been visited by foreign workers twice each year, when general meetings and institutes are held. This is our central station; and during the past year, we have purchased property there, which gives permanency to the work. The work is in charge of Brother Han, who has proved to be a man who can bear responsibility in directing missionary enterprise.
There were about eighty believers present during the entire meeting. Being deprived of foreign help as these believers are, it might be expected that they would be lacking in Christian experience, but such was not the case. A more consecrated company of believers could scarcely be found. The workers were of excellent courage and very enthusiastic, and perfect harmony seemed to prevail. In the devotional meetings, no time was allowed to go to waste. In the Bible studies and preaching services, which were planned to lead all to a deeper consecration and a thorough preparation to meet the Saviour, the Spirit of the Lord came very near.
It was encouraging to see the evangelists come to this meeting bringing the fruits of their labor with them. No baptismal service having been held for over a year, there were thirty persons ready for this ordinance.
Of the number baptized, one was formerly a Taoist priest. He is about forty years of age, and seems to have had an exceptionally good reputation, and was widely known and respected. Brother Han has had a personal acquaintance with him for a number of years. About a year ago the man was led to the mission to hear the gospel, which took deep root in his heart, and he has now accepted fully the light of present truth. Although only having studied the Bible for about a year, he is quite conversant with the Scriptures, and understands the divine plan of salvation. He meets considerable persecution from his former associate priests, who at times misuse him in various ways, but he continues to visit them and talk of the plan of salvation to them. He takes great pleasure in testifying to the power of God, which has led him to change from the worship of false gods to the worship of the true.
In connection with this station, an excellent church school is conducted, with an enrolment of over twenty-five. The children, under the direction of a consecrated teacher, are experiencing a real change of heart and life, and five of the older ones were among those baptized at the close of the meeting. The teacher is of splendid courage; and although he had planned to enter the training-school again this fall, his heart is so set on his students that he is willing to give up his cherished hope and continue his school.
On the return trip, I stopped at Nanking. Our believers there, with the other residents of the place, suffered loss during the recent revolution, and some of them have gone to other places.
Seventeen from Anhuei province will attend the school at Shanghai this winter, and from this number we expect to have good workers for the field in the near future.
O. A. HALL.
Pressing the Message in the Cook Islands
By George L. Sterling
WITH a small tent, a case of foods, a case of books, a stereopticon, and a native boy of fifteen years as helper, I started out to Mangaia a month ago. We did not suppose that our one case of foods would be adequate for our needs for a whole month. We expected to supplement them with native foods which we could secure on the island. In fact, we expected to make native foods the principal part of our diet.
Though Mangaia is an island with little money, the natives had just received pay for their copra, so nearly every one had money for a few days. Many, learning that we had books to sell, came to our tent to buy. The first night that we showed pictures on the prophecies, I put in a slide that advertised on the screen all our books, giving prices. This sold our books. We went out part of two days to other villages with a few books, and behold, our books were all sold! But people continued to ask for books, and to come to the tent with their money, after the supply was exhausted. We took their money, and promised to send them the books by post from Rarotonga.
We pray that the Lord will enlighten their hearts as they read the books, that they may be led to desire the pure gospel of Jesus Christ, which alone can cleanse the sinner. We are often pained at heart as we see the darkness and superstition that exist in these islands, among a people who profess so much.141We feel sorry for them, and long for that power of the Holy Spirit which will enable us to speak effectively the words of truth — words that will awaken these people to see their true condition. How well pleased Satan must be to see them sleeping on!
The people of Mangaia are a difficult people to labor for, because they feel so contented with what they have. They admit that their Sabbath was changed a few years ago, and that they have left the true Sabbath of God; but they, with no concern at all, roll the whole burden of guilt upon the white missionaries who were in charge at that time, and are quite content to follow on in the way in which they have been led.
The people of Mangaia have expressed a desire for a school for their children, and have urged it very strongly, offering to build a schoolhouse of native materials, and pay a small tuition. This seems to me like a good opening.
We go back to Aitutaki, hoping to be able to build our mission house and church, but as yet we have no suitable place. We ask you to join with us in praying that the Lord will open the way, putting it into the hearts of individuals who have land to lease it to us.
GEORGE L. STERLING.
"The Field is the World"
—Jesus
Drawing Near to God
By Rabia
*Who comes to God an inch,
through doubtings dim,
In blazing light God will advance
a mile to him.—Rabia.*
Courage and Faith in the Message
By Elbridge M. Adams
I AM sure we do not appreciate, for we do not realize, the care the good Lord has over us every day in sparing us from dangers seen and unseen. We are freshly reminded of this by the sudden death of William Crozier, the editor of the Daily Bulletin of Manila. He died of bubonic plague. It is said that he was bitten by a flea from a dead rat that he found in his desk.
We celebrated our regular quarterly meeting rites last Sabbath in Manila. About one hundred were present. The Lord blessed, and all seemed to take a lively interest. Next Sabbath we will hold these services with two other companies, and the following Sabbath with a new company that have been keeping the Sabbath for some time but have not yet united with the church. We have had some very testing experiences here, but God has helped us in all these, for which we are very thankful.
It has been my privilege and great joy to be instrumental in helping a young man (an American teacher) to take a full stand for the Sabbath. He has been in the islands for about one year, and has had a conviction for some time that he ought to keep the Sabbath. In fact, as his late employment required him to work only half a day on the Sabbath, he tried to keep the other half. But now, though he has lost his position and has had to refuse another good one because of the Sabbath, he is happy in the Lord and trusting that some way will open for him. A very interesting phase in connection with this experience is that other prominent Americans here are having their attention called to the truth. One man whom we have been interested in for some time, but to whom we have not had opportunity to speak of our faith, has become so stirred as to indicate his desire to see me and have an explanation of the Sabbath. Pray for us, that we may have the needed grace to present aright the blessed truth which has given us so much comfort and hope.
Our courage is good, and we look forward to the speedy finishing of the great work.
ELBRIDGE M. ADAMS.
The Home Missionary
By Clara Edna Rosencrans
By Clara Edna Rosencrans
It was only a friendly visit
From a woman old and gray —
One who had known life's sorrows,
And been for long in the way.
She came with a kindly impulse
To lighten my pain a while.
She sang me the songs of Zion.
She cheered me with her smile.
She read, from a treasured volume,
Of the land where the weary rest,
Of the land where all sorrow ceases,
And where every heart is blessed.
And the heavy burden lifted,
That my heart had borne all day;
And when she went at sunset,
She carried it quite away.
It was only a friendly visit
From a woman bent and old,
But the joy that followed her footsteps
Was better far than gold.
So as I kneel in the twilight
To offer to God my prayer,
I'll ask His richest blessing
On His servant with silvered hair.
First Impressions of China by a New Worker
By A. L. Ham
AFTER leaving our friends in Shanghai, we were blessed with a pleasant voyage to Hongkong, where we were met by Dr. Law Keem and received a hearty welcome.
On Friday, in company with the doctor and his family, we went to a Chinese home for a prayer-meeting. We enjoyed hearing the songs of praise, the earnest prayers, and words of gratitude which came from their lips; and we feel that there will be many more honest souls added to our company here.
The following Monday, we went to Canton to visit old-time friends, and see something of Chinese life in a strictly Chinese city. The sights led me to exclaim, "The half has never been told," both as to their manner of life and as to their great need of the transforming power of the gospel. I might mention, too, that we saw something of the conditions under which foreigners live in a Chinese city.
We visited the Bethel Girls' School; and as we looked into their faces, we saw a hopeful future for the women of South China. In a comparatively short time, some of those girls will be Bible women, who can be sent out to teach this message in a way that would otherwise be impossible.
The workers in Canton are much encouraged with the prospect of their new homes. Words of courage from the workers speak well for the future progress of the work in this part of the harvest-field, and for the rapid triumph of the truth in China.
A. L. HAM.
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