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diff --git a/57109-0.txt b/57109-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..418b203 --- /dev/null +++ b/57109-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,283 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 57109 *** + + + + + + + +Unfailing Springs +J. Hudson Taylor + + +"JESUS answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of +GOD, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou +wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living +water. + +"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall +never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in +him a well of water springing up unto eternal life." + +John 4:10, 14, RV. + +9,000 in print + +---- + +Unfailing Springs + +"Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (Rev. +22:17) + +THE best evidence of Christianity is a Christ-like life, and the +best evidence of the inspiration of the Word of GOD is found in +the Word itself; when studied, loved, obeyed, and trusted, it +never disappoints, never misleads, never fails. Why is so much +time worse than wasted over criticism of its different books? +What is needed is the humble, reverent, prayerful meditation of +those who are determined to do the will of GOD; to such the +guidance of the Spirit is promised, and the divine perfections of +the Word are revealed. Is there anything of human manufacture +that is not easily proved to be man's work when tested by the +microscope? It reveals imperfections in the finest workmanship; +while under similar treatment the minutest object of GOD'S +creation is only shown to be more marvellously perfect. There is +the same difference between man's word and GOD'S Word; the latter +tried by appropriate tests is proved to be Divine. + +Like many other parts of Holy Scripture the narrative of the +fourth chapter of John may be profitably studied as an item of +ancient history. It shows how the Son of GOD in the days of His +flesh, doing the will of His Father, must needs go through +Samaria, and avoid the route to the east of the Jordan by which +the Jews were wont to escape contact with the Samaritans. It is +most instructive to notice how the exhausted SAVIOUR forgot his +weariness in the presence of a soul needing salvation; and how +with divine wisdom He drew out the sympathy, surprise and +attention of the sinful, ignorant woman, and called forth her own +confession, "I have no husband". How in a sentence He revealed to +her His knowledge of her whole life, and fulfilled her own ideal +of what the CHRIST would do. Then, giving her that which she so +ignorantly asked--the Living Water--He plainly stated to her that +He was indeed the CHRIST of GOD, and allowed her in the impulse +of a new life to do that which even the disciples had not +attempted to do--to bear such witness concerning Him as to bring +the multitudes to His feet. It is indeed an interesting and +profitable item of ancient history, and as such is worthy of much +more minute examination. + +But is there not another standpoint from which it behoves us to +consider this narrative? Why has it been recorded, but for our +instruction? Is not the living CHRIST speaking now through this +story to us, who as much need the Living Water as did the +Samaritan woman? With this thought in mind let us notice +particularly the words used by our Saviour of this Living Water. + +JESUS said (v. 10) "If thou knewest the gift of GOD, and who it +is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldst have asked +of Him, and He would have given thee Living Water." How simple +the conditions! If thou knewest thou wouldst have asked, and He +would have given; she had not asked because she had not known; +but surely we who know, and happily, believe the words of the +LORD recorded in the preceding chapter, "GOD so loved the world +that He gave His only begotten Son . . ." do know the gift of +GOD--the Living Saviour who is as present with us now, according +to His own promise--"Lo, I am with you alway"--as He was then +with the woman of Samaria. Realizing His presence, and knowing +Him as GOD'S gift, is it not our privilege at once to ask and His +joy at once to give us this precious gift--Living Water? +Assuredly it is for this very purpose that the words have been +put on record. We may not know, we cannot tell all that is +involved in the gift, but if we know Him, that is sufficient. "As +for GOD His way is perfect" we have only to fulfil our part, to +ask of Him the Living Water, and leave to Him all the results. + +But let us see what further He has to say to us: in verse 13 He +says, "Every one that drinketh of this water [that of Jacob's +well] shall thirst again"; the woman who heard these words knew +by experience that this was true; and we also have proved that it +is true of all earthly water, all earthly gifts. We should indeed +thank GOD for our temporal blessings, comforts, and joys: they +are not mere superfluities; they meet real needs, and are tokens +of our Heavenly Father's love; but while they help and gratify, +they do not permanently satisfy, they leave us to thirst again, +and, oh! how deep is the thirst oft-times! But our Saviour +continues (verse 14), "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I +shall give him SHALL NEVER THIRST". Wonderful words! Let our glad +souls take in their fulness. "Shall," not may, certainly shall; +"never", by no means for ever more (lit.); "thirst", be left +longing, left unsatisfied, faint, but unrefreshed. Blessed +assurance of never-ending refreshment and strength! + +"SHALL NEVER THIRST." What a promise! How often we have thirsted! +How many weary and unsatisfied hearts there are; and yet this +full supply was not intended to be the special portion of some +exceptionally favoured soul, for note the SAVIOUR'S word, +"Whosoever drinketh", it is free to all. May the Holy Spirit +enable us to take our place as included in the "whosoever", and +give their full and blessed meaning to those marvellous words, +"shall never thirst". To know that "shall" means shall, that +"never" means never, that "thirst" means any unsatisfied need, +may be one of the greatest revelations GOD has ever made to our +souls. + +Let us not, however, change the SAVIOUR'S words. Note carefully +He does not say, Whosoever has drunk, but "drinketh": He speaks, +not of one isolated draught, but of the continuous habit of the +soul. In this, as in many other passages, it is important to mark +the force of continuous habit expressed by the present tense of +the Greek verbs. There is full and deep satisfaction at the first +draught of the Living Water, which, however, is a perennial +supply for constant use. This the LORD brings out more fully when +He says, "But the water that I shall give him shall be [or better +'become', RV] in him a well of water springing up unto eternal +life". These words explain why the partaking of the Living Water +is not followed by renewed thirst. The Living Water becomes a +well, a fountain, always available, springing up in the believer, +not only leaving no room for thirst, but overflowing for the +supply of the need of others unceasingly. + +Nor is this wonderful promise unique and without parallel. It +always was, and is still, the SAVIOUR'S purpose to satisfy. On +the occasion of the feeding of the five thousand (John 6), +Philip's highest thought was to procure sufficient that everyone +should have a little; but the LORD took the little they already +had and multiplied it in the giving, so that each one had as much +as he would, and twelve baskets were filled with that which +remained after all were satisfied. The next day our LORD raised +their thoughts to the true Bread from heaven, saying, "I am the +Bread of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he +that believeth on Me shall never thirst". Or more fully and +literally, "He who is [habitually] coming to Me, shall by no +means hunger, and he who is believing on Me shall by no means +thirst at any time". The Greek word is the same as that used in +the passage, "No man has seen God at any time". The habit of +coming in faith to Him is incompatible with unmet hunger and +thirst. Again, in John 7 CHRIST says, "If any man thirst, let him +come unto Me, and drink. He that is believing on Me, as the +Scripture hath said, out of him shall flow rivers of living +water; this spake He of the Spirit, which those who are believing +on Him should receive." + +There is something very delightful in the truth thus taught: +instead of conscious need and unsatisfied longing, abundant +supply and overflowing satisfaction; instead of poverty and +weakness, wealth and strength wherewith to help other needy ones. +What a Divine Saviour! What a full and perfect salvation! GOD'S +overflow more than supplies the lack of individual capacity. We +cannot all be great, or wealthy or strong, wise or experienced; +but CHRIST is made unto us wisdom and righteousness, +sanctification and redemption: He wills to be our all in all for +life and service. + +Wandering among GOD'S beautiful mountains on a delightful +summer's day, how soon one becomes weary with climbing, and +parched with thirst. Guided by the sound of running water, we +seek the shade of an overhanging rock, and a draught from the +crystal stream falling from above. It may be we have but a small +vessel from which to drink, but we can fill it again and again, +for the supply is inexhaustible. If the cup be small, it will +soon be full and overflow: had we a bucket it would take longer +filling, but, once full, it would equally overflow: and if a huge +barrel were placed under the stream, it, too, in time would +overflow. And the overflow in each case would be the same, for it +depends not on the size of the vessel but on the unfailing supply +of the stream. + +Thus the saved Samaritan woman, without any preparation or any +other fitness, could at once draw to her newly-found Saviour a +multitude of needy souls, while many an eloquent preacher can +leave the multitudes to go home unsaved and unsatisfied. +Understanding this, it ceases to be a question of what we are, or +what we can do, and the important thing is, have we brought our +vessel to Him to be filled to overflow, that being more than +satisfied ourselves, we may have to give to any and every thirsty +one without stint and without fear? For the promise of John 7 is +of rivers of living water, and of John 4 of an unfailing spring +going on and on unto everlasting life. + +Let us not leave the subject without asking ourselves, beloved +friends, where we are with reference to this matter. Are we +amongst the thirsty ones, or amongst those who have come to the +one great Source, and are drinking, believing, and therefore +receiving, for their own need and the blessing of others? + +In conclusion, I should like to give a few words of personal +testimony. It was in a time of deep spiritual need that the +thoughts I have above expressed were given me when alone in +inland China. I was painfully conscious that I was not living all +that I was trying to teach the Chinese. Struggling for victory, +too often I found myself defeated, until I asked myself whether I +ought not to cease to preach, and to retire from missionary work. +Fasting, prayer, meditation on the Word, all I could think of +seemed powerless to help me, when one afternoon, in the course of +my usual reading, I came to John 4. It had always been ancient +history to me, and as such loved and appreciated, but that +afternoon for the first time it became a present message to my +soul. No one could have been more thirsty, and I there and then +accepted the gracious invitation, and asked and received the +Living Water, believing from His own Word that my thirsty days +were all passed, not from any present feeling, but because of His +promise. That same evening I took, without reluctance, my usual +Bible-reading with the Chinese, and spoke freely, but without +being specially conscious of power. At breakfast the following +morning, however, I learned that one of my hearers had been +brought into such deep conviction of sin as to pass the night +sleeplessly; and from that time my ministry was owned of GOD as +it had not been for some time before. + +Some months later I passed through a time of great trial and +sorrow; the death of a beloved child, the sending home of three +others, and the most trying time in China through which our +beloved Mission has ever passed, bringing innumerable +difficulties and perplexities; but it was also a time of deepened +spiritual joy and rest, and of experience that my SAVIOUR was +sufficient for every emergency. In Tientsin the Sisters of Mercy, +the French Priests, and Consul had been massacred, and in all our +inland stations there was excitement and peril. Almost daily I +had letters from some group of workers asking for guidance, and +wondering whether to stay or leave the station, as work for the +time being was impossible. I knew not what to advise, but in each +case, like Hezekiah, I spread the letters before the LORD, and +trusted Him to teach me how to reply to them. There was no +conscious revelation, but in every instance I was guided to reply +in the way that led to the best results, and I sent each letter +off in the joyful peace of knowing that I had asked and He had +granted the wisdom that is profitable to direct. Just at this +crisis my dear first wife had an attack of cholera, from which +she rallied with difficulty; a little one was born and only lived +a fortnight, a wet nurse not being procurable in that time of +excitement. But again the Living Water proved sufficient for her +and for me. The very evening after the funeral of the babe, my +precious wife had an attack of syncope, from which she did not +fully recover, and early the next morning she too was taken. Then +I understood why the LORD had made this passage so real to me. An +illness of some weeks followed, and oh I how lonesome at times +were the weary hours when confined to my bed; how I missed my +dear wife, and the little pattering footsteps of the children far +away in England. Perhaps twenty times in a day, as I felt the +heart-thirst coming back again, I cried to the LORD, "You +promised me that I should never thirst", and at once the LORD +came and more than satisfied my sorrowing heart, so that I often +wondered whether it were possible that my loved one who had been +taken could be enjoying a fuller revelation of His presence than +I in the loneliness of my chamber. He had literally fulfilled the +prayer-- + +"LORD JESUS, make Thyself to me +A living, bright reality; +More present to faith's vision keen +Than any earthly object seen; +More dear, more intimately nigh +Than e'en the sweetest human tie." + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Unfailing Springs, by J. 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You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of -the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you'll have -to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this ebook. - -Title: Unfailing Springs - -Author: J. Hudson Taylor - -Release Date: May 7, 2018 [EBook #57109] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ASCII - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK UNFAILING SPRINGS *** - - - - -Produced by Free Elf - - - - -Unfailing Springs -J. Hudson Taylor - - -"JESUS answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of -GOD, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou -wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living -water. - -"Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall -never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in -him a well of water springing up unto eternal life." - -John 4:10, 14, RV. - -9,000 in print - ----- - -Unfailing Springs - -"Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely" (Rev. -22:17) - -THE best evidence of Christianity is a Christ-like life, and the -best evidence of the inspiration of the Word of GOD is found in -the Word itself; when studied, loved, obeyed, and trusted, it -never disappoints, never misleads, never fails. Why is so much -time worse than wasted over criticism of its different books? -What is needed is the humble, reverent, prayerful meditation of -those who are determined to do the will of GOD; to such the -guidance of the Spirit is promised, and the divine perfections of -the Word are revealed. Is there anything of human manufacture -that is not easily proved to be man's work when tested by the -microscope? It reveals imperfections in the finest workmanship; -while under similar treatment the minutest object of GOD'S -creation is only shown to be more marvellously perfect. There is -the same difference between man's word and GOD'S Word; the latter -tried by appropriate tests is proved to be Divine. - -Like many other parts of Holy Scripture the narrative of the -fourth chapter of John may be profitably studied as an item of -ancient history. It shows how the Son of GOD in the days of His -flesh, doing the will of His Father, must needs go through -Samaria, and avoid the route to the east of the Jordan by which -the Jews were wont to escape contact with the Samaritans. It is -most instructive to notice how the exhausted SAVIOUR forgot his -weariness in the presence of a soul needing salvation; and how -with divine wisdom He drew out the sympathy, surprise and -attention of the sinful, ignorant woman, and called forth her own -confession, "I have no husband". How in a sentence He revealed to -her His knowledge of her whole life, and fulfilled her own ideal -of what the CHRIST would do. Then, giving her that which she so -ignorantly asked--the Living Water--He plainly stated to her that -He was indeed the CHRIST of GOD, and allowed her in the impulse -of a new life to do that which even the disciples had not -attempted to do--to bear such witness concerning Him as to bring -the multitudes to His feet. It is indeed an interesting and -profitable item of ancient history, and as such is worthy of much -more minute examination. - -But is there not another standpoint from which it behoves us to -consider this narrative? Why has it been recorded, but for our -instruction? Is not the living CHRIST speaking now through this -story to us, who as much need the Living Water as did the -Samaritan woman? With this thought in mind let us notice -particularly the words used by our Saviour of this Living Water. - -JESUS said (v. 10) "If thou knewest the gift of GOD, and who it -is that saith to thee, Give Me to drink; thou wouldst have asked -of Him, and He would have given thee Living Water." How simple -the conditions! If thou knewest thou wouldst have asked, and He -would have given; she had not asked because she had not known; -but surely we who know, and happily, believe the words of the -LORD recorded in the preceding chapter, "GOD so loved the world -that He gave His only begotten Son . . ." do know the gift of -GOD--the Living Saviour who is as present with us now, according -to His own promise--"Lo, I am with you alway"--as He was then -with the woman of Samaria. Realizing His presence, and knowing -Him as GOD'S gift, is it not our privilege at once to ask and His -joy at once to give us this precious gift--Living Water? -Assuredly it is for this very purpose that the words have been -put on record. We may not know, we cannot tell all that is -involved in the gift, but if we know Him, that is sufficient. "As -for GOD His way is perfect" we have only to fulfil our part, to -ask of Him the Living Water, and leave to Him all the results. - -But let us see what further He has to say to us: in verse 13 He -says, "Every one that drinketh of this water [that of Jacob's -well] shall thirst again"; the woman who heard these words knew -by experience that this was true; and we also have proved that it -is true of all earthly water, all earthly gifts. We should indeed -thank GOD for our temporal blessings, comforts, and joys: they -are not mere superfluities; they meet real needs, and are tokens -of our Heavenly Father's love; but while they help and gratify, -they do not permanently satisfy, they leave us to thirst again, -and, oh! how deep is the thirst oft-times! But our Saviour -continues (verse 14), "Whosoever drinketh of the water that I -shall give him SHALL NEVER THIRST". Wonderful words! Let our glad -souls take in their fulness. "Shall," not may, certainly shall; -"never", by no means for ever more (lit.); "thirst", be left -longing, left unsatisfied, faint, but unrefreshed. Blessed -assurance of never-ending refreshment and strength! - -"SHALL NEVER THIRST." What a promise! How often we have thirsted! -How many weary and unsatisfied hearts there are; and yet this -full supply was not intended to be the special portion of some -exceptionally favoured soul, for note the SAVIOUR'S word, -"Whosoever drinketh", it is free to all. May the Holy Spirit -enable us to take our place as included in the "whosoever", and -give their full and blessed meaning to those marvellous words, -"shall never thirst". To know that "shall" means shall, that -"never" means never, that "thirst" means any unsatisfied need, -may be one of the greatest revelations GOD has ever made to our -souls. - -Let us not, however, change the SAVIOUR'S words. Note carefully -He does not say, Whosoever has drunk, but "drinketh": He speaks, -not of one isolated draught, but of the continuous habit of the -soul. In this, as in many other passages, it is important to mark -the force of continuous habit expressed by the present tense of -the Greek verbs. There is full and deep satisfaction at the first -draught of the Living Water, which, however, is a perennial -supply for constant use. This the LORD brings out more fully when -He says, "But the water that I shall give him shall be [or better -'become', RV] in him a well of water springing up unto eternal -life". These words explain why the partaking of the Living Water -is not followed by renewed thirst. The Living Water becomes a -well, a fountain, always available, springing up in the believer, -not only leaving no room for thirst, but overflowing for the -supply of the need of others unceasingly. - -Nor is this wonderful promise unique and without parallel. It -always was, and is still, the SAVIOUR'S purpose to satisfy. On -the occasion of the feeding of the five thousand (John 6), -Philip's highest thought was to procure sufficient that everyone -should have a little; but the LORD took the little they already -had and multiplied it in the giving, so that each one had as much -as he would, and twelve baskets were filled with that which -remained after all were satisfied. The next day our LORD raised -their thoughts to the true Bread from heaven, saying, "I am the -Bread of Life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he -that believeth on Me shall never thirst". Or more fully and -literally, "He who is [habitually] coming to Me, shall by no -means hunger, and he who is believing on Me shall by no means -thirst at any time". The Greek word is the same as that used in -the passage, "No man has seen God at any time". The habit of -coming in faith to Him is incompatible with unmet hunger and -thirst. Again, in John 7 CHRIST says, "If any man thirst, let him -come unto Me, and drink. He that is believing on Me, as the -Scripture hath said, out of him shall flow rivers of living -water; this spake He of the Spirit, which those who are believing -on Him should receive." - -There is something very delightful in the truth thus taught: -instead of conscious need and unsatisfied longing, abundant -supply and overflowing satisfaction; instead of poverty and -weakness, wealth and strength wherewith to help other needy ones. -What a Divine Saviour! What a full and perfect salvation! GOD'S -overflow more than supplies the lack of individual capacity. We -cannot all be great, or wealthy or strong, wise or experienced; -but CHRIST is made unto us wisdom and righteousness, -sanctification and redemption: He wills to be our all in all for -life and service. - -Wandering among GOD'S beautiful mountains on a delightful -summer's day, how soon one becomes weary with climbing, and -parched with thirst. Guided by the sound of running water, we -seek the shade of an overhanging rock, and a draught from the -crystal stream falling from above. It may be we have but a small -vessel from which to drink, but we can fill it again and again, -for the supply is inexhaustible. If the cup be small, it will -soon be full and overflow: had we a bucket it would take longer -filling, but, once full, it would equally overflow: and if a huge -barrel were placed under the stream, it, too, in time would -overflow. And the overflow in each case would be the same, for it -depends not on the size of the vessel but on the unfailing supply -of the stream. - -Thus the saved Samaritan woman, without any preparation or any -other fitness, could at once draw to her newly-found Saviour a -multitude of needy souls, while many an eloquent preacher can -leave the multitudes to go home unsaved and unsatisfied. -Understanding this, it ceases to be a question of what we are, or -what we can do, and the important thing is, have we brought our -vessel to Him to be filled to overflow, that being more than -satisfied ourselves, we may have to give to any and every thirsty -one without stint and without fear? For the promise of John 7 is -of rivers of living water, and of John 4 of an unfailing spring -going on and on unto everlasting life. - -Let us not leave the subject without asking ourselves, beloved -friends, where we are with reference to this matter. Are we -amongst the thirsty ones, or amongst those who have come to the -one great Source, and are drinking, believing, and therefore -receiving, for their own need and the blessing of others? - -In conclusion, I should like to give a few words of personal -testimony. It was in a time of deep spiritual need that the -thoughts I have above expressed were given me when alone in -inland China. I was painfully conscious that I was not living all -that I was trying to teach the Chinese. Struggling for victory, -too often I found myself defeated, until I asked myself whether I -ought not to cease to preach, and to retire from missionary work. -Fasting, prayer, meditation on the Word, all I could think of -seemed powerless to help me, when one afternoon, in the course of -my usual reading, I came to John 4. It had always been ancient -history to me, and as such loved and appreciated, but that -afternoon for the first time it became a present message to my -soul. No one could have been more thirsty, and I there and then -accepted the gracious invitation, and asked and received the -Living Water, believing from His own Word that my thirsty days -were all passed, not from any present feeling, but because of His -promise. That same evening I took, without reluctance, my usual -Bible-reading with the Chinese, and spoke freely, but without -being specially conscious of power. At breakfast the following -morning, however, I learned that one of my hearers had been -brought into such deep conviction of sin as to pass the night -sleeplessly; and from that time my ministry was owned of GOD as -it had not been for some time before. - -Some months later I passed through a time of great trial and -sorrow; the death of a beloved child, the sending home of three -others, and the most trying time in China through which our -beloved Mission has ever passed, bringing innumerable -difficulties and perplexities; but it was also a time of deepened -spiritual joy and rest, and of experience that my SAVIOUR was -sufficient for every emergency. In Tientsin the Sisters of Mercy, -the French Priests, and Consul had been massacred, and in all our -inland stations there was excitement and peril. Almost daily I -had letters from some group of workers asking for guidance, and -wondering whether to stay or leave the station, as work for the -time being was impossible. I knew not what to advise, but in each -case, like Hezekiah, I spread the letters before the LORD, and -trusted Him to teach me how to reply to them. There was no -conscious revelation, but in every instance I was guided to reply -in the way that led to the best results, and I sent each letter -off in the joyful peace of knowing that I had asked and He had -granted the wisdom that is profitable to direct. Just at this -crisis my dear first wife had an attack of cholera, from which -she rallied with difficulty; a little one was born and only lived -a fortnight, a wet nurse not being procurable in that time of -excitement. But again the Living Water proved sufficient for her -and for me. The very evening after the funeral of the babe, my -precious wife had an attack of syncope, from which she did not -fully recover, and early the next morning she too was taken. Then -I understood why the LORD had made this passage so real to me. An -illness of some weeks followed, and oh I how lonesome at times -were the weary hours when confined to my bed; how I missed my -dear wife, and the little pattering footsteps of the children far -away in England. Perhaps twenty times in a day, as I felt the -heart-thirst coming back again, I cried to the LORD, "You -promised me that I should never thirst", and at once the LORD -came and more than satisfied my sorrowing heart, so that I often -wondered whether it were possible that my loved one who had been -taken could be enjoying a fuller revelation of His presence than -I in the loneliness of my chamber. He had literally fulfilled the -prayer-- - -"LORD JESUS, make Thyself to me -A living, bright reality; -More present to faith's vision keen -Than any earthly object seen; -More dear, more intimately nigh -Than e'en the sweetest human tie." - - - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Unfailing Springs, by J. 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