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S. A. Burgert and J. M. Fricker received license to preach.
A. Mattill was received from the Texas Conference and I. C. Patton from the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Deacons' orders were voted to A. J. Engler, G. A. Manshardt, M. J. Steinmetz, C. H. Hartman, I. H. Hauptfuehrer, A. Rodewald,
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J. R. Nanninga, C. E. Platz and C. Meeder, and elders' orders to M. Manshardt, R. R. Brand, S. J. Luehring, F. M. Peek, G. J. Schumacher, D. E. Hoover and D. Swart. This is the largest class ordained at any one time in the history of the Conference up to this date.
A. J. Engler, G. A. Manshardt, M. J. Steinmetz, C. H. Hart- man, I. H. Hauptfuehrer, A. Rodewald, J. R. Nanninga, C. E. Platz, C. Meeder and E. A. Bruner were received into the itine- rancy.
J. H. Tobias was elected Conference trustee for five years, and E. J. Troyer statistical secretary for one year.
J. J. Kliphardt was elected trustee for North-Western Col- lege for three years, the laws of Illinois having been changed to again admit direct representation.
The rule to pay the preachers' traveling expenses to the An- nual Conference in part or in full, which had been in force for several years, was suspended for one year and never again ob- served.
A petition from the congregation at Wayne, Kansas, signed by N. D. Schoenholtz, E. McDonald and T. T. Nemburn, was pre- sented, in which the request was made that Wayne might be united with the Kansas Conference, since the Platte River Conference had virtually severed her connection with them by her attitude in the pending church difficulties. This request was granted, and Wayne was added to Jewell Mission.
CHURCH EXTENSION
A church extension society was organized at this time in har- mony with the action taken a year ago. A constitution was adopted and about 100 members united by paying $1.00 each, and then elected officers as follows: C. F. Erffmeyer, president; J. J. Klip- hardt, vice-president; W. F. Wolthausen, secretary; and J. F. Schreiber, treasurer. This society was continued in the Conference until finally merged in the general Church Extension Society after that organization was effected by General Conference.
A new mission was located in the city of Hutchinson, Kansas, a year ago, which met with encouraging success, so that Confer- ence now authorized the purchase of a church building, which was offered for $300.00, and the pastor was instructed to collect as much as possible to cover the cost.
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FINANCE LAW
The following finance law was adopted at this time:
a. The salary of a single probationer shall be $200.00 and a married probationer $225.00.
b. The salary of a single deacon shall be $300.00 and if mar- ried $325.00.
c. The salary of a single elder shall be $450.00 and if mar- ried $600.00.
d. The claim of a presiding elder shall be $650.00 with rent and traveling expenses extra.
The following somewhat laconic resolution was passed by Con- ference relative to the Missionary Treasurer :
"In reference to the condition of the Missionary Treasury this committee reports the following: Having carefully considered the delinquent condition of our missionary treasury we recommend that each preacher shall put forth strenuous efforts during the ensuing year to increase the missionary contributions on his field of labor, and, in the meantime, having implicit confidence in the ingenuity of our treasurer, we therefore recommend that our faith- ful pilot steer the Conference through these financial straits."
This method seems to have been effectual as a "stay of execu- tion," but did not relieve the Conference of the debt incurred, which must be met definitely sometime in the future.
BOUNDARIES
Topeka shall be taken from Emporia District and be added to Holton District.
Kansas City District
a. Shelby Circuit shall be changed to a mission.
b. Wyandotte Mission shall be called Kansas City, Kansas, Mission.
Abilene District
a. All appointments west of Lincoln Center on Lincoln Mis- sion shall be taken from Lincoln Mission and added to Wilson Mission.
b. Woodruff and surrounding country in Philipps County shall form a new mission to be called Northwest Mission.
c. Wayne shall be served with Jewell Mission.
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Emporia District
a. Guenther appointment of Emporia Mission shall be added to Osage Mission.
b. Potwin and Centennial of Eldorado Mission shall be added to Peabody Mission.
c. Zion and Rock Hill of Eldorado shall be added to Derby and Derby shall be a circuit.
d. Bryant and Wing appointments of Eldorado shall be added to Cambridge.
e. Parsons shall be served with Humboldt.
f. Hutchinson with the appointments Thanksgiving and Brick school house shall form a new mission to be called Hutchinson Mission.
g. Alden, Kleins, Smith and Enterprise shall constitute Al- den Mission.
h. The Territory of Oklahoma and Cherokee strip shall form a new mission.
MISSIONS
The deficit of the missionary treasury amounted to no less than $953.17, which amount was gradually increasing each year. Evidently steps must soon be taken to not only arrest the accumu- lation of the debt, but to remove the mountain which is already resting so heavily on the Conference, hindering the progress of the work.
The amount received for the past year for Conference mis- sions was $5420.50, and the amount appropriated for the coming year was $8,155.00. J. Wuerth was elected delegate to the Board of Missions. H. Mattill was elected president of the society; P. Schumann secretary, and J. Schmidli treasurer.
STATISTICS
Conversions, 666; accessions, 1,026; membership, 5,701; itine- rant preachers, 66; local preachers, 30; churches, 72; parsonages, 37; Sunday-schools, 106; officers and teachers, 1,145; scholars, 5,581; catechetical classes, 35; catechumens, 488; Botschafters, 886; Messengers, 712; Magazins, 585; Epistles, 91; total for mis- sions, $7,597.06.
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APPOINTMENTS
Holton District-J. F. Schreiber, P. E.
Holton, F. Harder.
Leavenworth, J. J. Kliphardt. .
Atchison, C. F. Erffmeyer.
Atchison Circuit, J. Schmidli.
Falls City and Preston, S. Mueller and A. Rodewald.
Bern, D. Swart.
Westmoreland, J. K. Elmer.
Leonardville, H. W. Hartman.
Swede Creek, M. Manshardt.
Eudora, P. Schumann.
Osage, C. Meeder.
Topeka, C. Brandt.
Kansas City District-A. Brunner, P. E.
Kansas City, Oak St., H. L. Holz- grafe and David Jones.
Kansas City, Kansas,
Kansas City, Highland Ave., C. W. Stauffer.
Oregon Circuit and Mission, J. W. Keiser and J. R. Nanninga.
Platte River, J. Neuffer.
Shelby, J. Beck.
St. Joseph, W. F. Wolthausen.
Glasgow, C. E. Platz.
Warrensburg and East Lynn, S. J. Luehring and C. S. Steinmetz.
Winston, Omer Butler.
Windsor, F. J. Shafer.
Carthage Circuit, H. S. Bower.
Carthage Mission, D. E. Hoover.
Denver, to be supplied.
Emporia District-John Wuerth, P. E. Emporia, A. J. Voegelein.
Yates Center, T. R. Nanninga.
Humboldt, B. J. Fehnel.
Golden Valley, M. J. Steinmetz.
Peabody, E. A. Brunner.
Cambridge, S. H. Dunkelberger.
Derby, L. E. Becher.
Newton, J. K. Young.
Halstead, M. Walter.
Hutchinson, J. H. Keeler.
Alden, J. S. Miller.
Ellinwood, E. Brown.
Offerle, J. Paulin.
Kingman, to be supplied.
La Porte, to be supplied.
Oklahoma, S. A. Burgert.
Abilene District-J. H. Tobias, P. E. Abilene, G. J. Schumacher.
Alida, D. R. Zellner.
Marion, F. M. Peek and B. H. Hobbs.
Canada, J. Kurtz.
McPherson, I. H. Hauptfuehrer.
Wilson, W. F. Schuerman and A. J. Engler.
Lincoln, C. H. Hartman.
Osborne, Wm. Daeschner.
Jewell, M. C. Platz.
Jewell Mission, G. A. Manshardt.
Washington, R. R. Brand and J. M. Fricker.
Clay, D. F. Honstedt.
Hiawatha, C. Linge.
Hiawatha Circuit, A. E. Flickinger.
North-west, T. J. Fee.
Gove, to be supplied.
HUTCHINSON
The following report of the beginning of the work in Hutchin- son, Kansas, is given by Rev. J. H. Keeler, the first pastor sent to the charge in the spring of 1890:
"On Tuesday evening, Feb. 18th, 1890, the first Evangelical prayer-meeting was held in Hutchinson in the old Baptist church on Sherman and East Streets. Seven persons were present, in- cluding myself and wife. On Feb. 19, I purchased the church building from G. W. Carpenter for $300.00, expecting that Con- ference would ratify the purchase. On the evening of the 19th, I preached for the first time in the building to twelve persons from 2 Cor. 4: 5. I then held a meeting for ten days when I had
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to close and go to Conference, which was held at Holton, Kansas. On the 21st of March, Hutchinson was taken up as a mission in con- nection with Thanksgiving class, nine miles north of Hutchinson, which I had taken up last year while serving Rice Mission.
"On March 24th, when the Bishop read the appointments I was assigned to Hutchinson, and on April the 1st, I moved to 216 9th Ave., West Hutchinson. I preached three Sunday mornings and evenings in the church which I bought and which purchase Conference had ratified, but soon thought it advisable to purchase a permanent location in another part of the city and move the building there. This location was found at the corner of Jefferson and 10th Streets, where I bought two lots from Mr. O. O. Woodard for $500.00. The church was then moved and remodeled and made almost new at a cost of $1,221.40. On June 15th we held our first session of Sunday-school in it with 50 persons present, after which I preached from Hab. 2: 20.
"On Sunday, July 27th, 1890, we dedicated the church to the service of God. During the month of June I held a revival meet- ing, and on August 3rd I received 10 members into the church. In February and March following I held another meeting, in which many were converted and 31 persons united with the church. The first official board was composed of the brethren D. M. Frey, class- leader, G. Zent, exhorter, L. S. Welsh, Sunday-school superintend- ent, and A. West, steward, and Rev. C. C. Bruner, local preacher.
"The following year, 1891, a Young People's Alliance was or- ganized with Rev. J. H. Keeler, president, Adelia Gillett, secretary, John Hopper, treasurer, and Sadie Keeler, organist. There were 16 active and 6 honorary members."
1891
TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION
March 19th, 1891, Conference met at Canada, Marion County, Kansas, to hold her twenty-seventh session with Bishop J. J. Esher in the chair. P. Schumann was appointed secretary.
Rev. Murakami died during the year, and I. C. Patton, a local preacher, withdrew from the church.
A. Yockel received credentials, and C. Linge, G. Sorg, A. Mat- till and H. Toedman were retained in the itinerancy without ap- pointment.
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P. Fricker was placed on the superannuated list.
A. Solt, A. J. Spencer and Leo Schmidt received license to preach.
In view of the action taken by the seditious element in the church who instigated a pseudo-examination of Bishops Esher and Bowman, declaring them deposed from office, thus attempting to deprive them of legal authority and place the church in a position without Bishops, and since this movement had found some sym- pathizers in the Conference, the Chairman declared that he could not give an appointment to any minister who questioned his legal standing in the episcopacy. In order to ascertain where each mem- ber of the Conference stood on the above question each minster had to express his opinion regarding the legality of the trial and suspension of the Chairman, Bishop J. J. Esher. Each brother of the Conference present expressed his conviction that the so-called trial was illegal, except S. H. Dunkelberger, who, in consequence of his position, was placed on the list of local elders. Several mem- bers of Conference who were in sympathy with the disturbers in the church were absent from the session, and later withdrew.
Credentials were voted to A. J. Voegelein, F. J. Shafer, A. J. Engler, G. A. Manshardt, J. K. Elmer, S. J. Luehring, H. L. Holz- grafe, E. J. Troyer, D. F. Honstedt and A. W. Platt. The three latter being absent their credentials were granted on condition that they answer the foregoing questions satisfactorily. None of the three brethren would admit the authority of the Chairman, hence their credentials were withheld.
C. C. Bruner, an elder from the Free Methodist Church, and F. W. Voegelein, missionary in Japan, were received. The latter submitting his credentials from the California Conference, was welcomed back to his home Conference after an absence of fifteen years.
The following brethren received deacons' orders : J. M. Fricker, B. H. Hobbs, J. S. Miller, C. S. Steinmetz and Omer Butler. They were also received into the itinerancy. The brethren B. J. Fehnel and E. A. Bruner received elders' orders.
J. J. Kliphardt was elected presiding elder and stationed on Newton District.
The following brethren were chosen delegates to General Con- ference, to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., in the month of October : J. J. Kliphardt, J. F. Schreiber, A. Brunner, J. H. Tobias, J. Wuerth, F. W. Voegelein and H. J. Bowman.
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J. F. Schreiber was elected Conference trustee for five years, and C. F. Erffmeyer to fill the unexpired term of E. J. Troyer.
M. C. Platz was elected statistical secretary.
The following plan was adopted whereby to increase the mis- sionary contributions during the coming year: The presiding el- ders were instructed to apportion the amount to be raised to the various districts, and each presiding elder with one or two minis- ters on his district appointed by him to distribute the apportion- ment to the respective fields of labor ; in addition to this a commit- tee was appointed consisting of J. Schmidli, J. H. Keeler and L. Wenger to prepare a plan whereby to liquidate the deficit in the missionary treasury. No record is left to indicate that anything material was done in the matter. This was probably due to the death of Brother Wenger early in the following Conference year.
Again the usual large number of requests for aid was brought to Conference through the "Ways and Means" committee which, as on former occasions, was unable to recommend in all cases the help desired, much as it was inclined to do so. A heavy burden of mission church debt was already pressing Conference.
The building of a church in Topeka, Kansas, was authorized and a committee appointed to superintend the project, with the instruction that the enterprise should be carried out if it could be done without creating too heavy a debt.
The Church Extension Society reported that $156.90 had been raised, and two churches had received help to the extent of $25.00 each.
The members of the Zion Church of Clay Circuit sent a peti- tion to Conference, and the trustees of the society a telegram, to the effect that they would not accept a minister sent them by the Kansas Conference. For this conduct Conference declared that: "We regard this action an offence against this Conference and re- bellious in its character. The presiding elder and preacher in charge are instructed to deal with this petition according to direc- tion of our church Discipline."
YOUNG PEOPLE'S ALLIANCE
The following action was taken relative to the Young Peo- ple's Alliance, which was in its infancy in the church :
"We look upon the Young People's Alliance as bringing within the reach of our young people a means of attaining to better quali- fications and a greater efficiency in the work of the Lord. Re-
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solved, that wherever possible on our various fields of labor we will endeavor to interest our young people therein and form such Alliances to further the spiritual and intellectual interests of the young people in our Zion, to bring them under the influence of the church. Further, that we recommend the organization of a Con- ference Branch of the Young People's Alliance as soon as a suffi- cient number of local Alliances shall have been organized, and the presiding elders shall be a committee to call a convention for the purpose of organizing such a Branch Alliance at the time and place they may deem best."
A few Alliances were organized in the Conference at this time, however, only a very few, but the work received an impetus and other local organizations were soon effected preparatory to a Conference Branch.
BOUNDARIES
Emporia District shall be called Newton District.
Kansas City District
a. Warrensburg and Windsor shall be served together.
b. The Conference trustees shall be authorized to act in the matter of the Kansas City, Kansas, church property as they deem best.
Newton District
a. Golden Valley Mission shall be served with Humboldt Circuit.
b. Parsons Mission shall be called Dennis Mission.
c. The appointments Pawnee Rock and Cottonwood shall be taken from Ellinwood and added to Offerle.
d. LaPorte Mission shall be discontinued.
e. The presiding elder shall be authorized to sell the church at LaPorte Mission.
Abilene District
a. Luecks appointment shall be added to Hiawatha Circuit.
b. All the appointments south of the Saline River on Wilson Mission shall be added to Ellinwood Mission.
c. Long Grove shall be taken from Wilson and be added to Lincoln.
d. Wilson Mission shall be called Rosette Mission.
e. Pleasant Valley shall be taken from Jewell Mission and added to Jewell Station.
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f. The appointments near Concordia on Washington Mission shall be added to Jewell Mission and called Concordia Mission.
g. Northwest Mission shall be served with Osborne Circuit.
h. Gove Mission shall be discontinued.
MISSIONS
The missionary contributions for the past year amounted to $5,769.01, and the appropriations for the coming year $7,660.00.
A deficit of $1,149.33 was reported for the missionary treas- ury. J. Wuerth was elected delegate to the Board of Missions, and the society was renewed by electing J. H. Tobias president, P. Schu- mann secretary, and J. Schmidli treasurer.
STATISTICS
Conversions, 889; accessions, 1,073; membership, 5,923; itine- rant preachers, 66; local preachers, 33; catechetical classes, 27; catechumens, 433; churches, 73; parsonages, 37; Sunday-schools, 101; officers and teachers, 1,137; scholars, 6,383; Botschafters, 915; Messengers, 708; Magazins, 575; Epistles, 69; total for mis- sions, $7,333.27.
APPOINTMENTS
Holton District-J. F. Schreiber, P. E.
Holton, F. Harder. Leavenworth, D. R. Zellner.
Atchison, C. F. Erffmeyer.
Atchison Circuit, D. Swart.
Falls City, A. Rodewald.
Preston, S. Mueller. Bern, I. Hauptfuehrer. Westmoreland, J. M. Fricker.
Leonardville, J. Schmidli.
Swede Creek, M. Manshardt. Eudora, T. R. Nanninga.
Osage, C. Meeder. Topeka, J. Wuerth.
Kansas City District-A. Brunner, P. E.
Kansas City, Oak St., H. J. Bowman. Kansas City, Highland Ave., C. W. Stauffer.
Oregon Circuit and Mission, J. W. Keiser and supply.
Platte River, J. Neuffer.
Kansas City, Kans., to be supplied. Shelby, J. Beck.
St. Joseph, W. F. Wolthausen.
ยท Glasgow, C. E. Platz. Warrensburg and Windsor, H. W. Hartman.
East Lynn, C. S. Steinmetz.
Winston, H. E. Meyer.
Carthage Circuit, H. S. Bower.
Carthage Mission, D. E. Hoover. Denver, to be supplied.
Newton District-J. J. Kliphardt, P. E.
Emporia, P. Schumann.
Peabody, E. A. Bruner.
Newton, B. H. Hobbs.
Yates Center, C. Brandt.
Humboldt and Golden Valley, B. J. Fehnel. Dennis, M. J. Steinmetz.
Cambridge, S. A. Burgert.
Derby, L. E. Becher.
Halstead, M. Walter.
Hutchinson, J. H. Keeler.
Alden, J. S. Miller. Ellinwood, E. Brown. Offerle, J. Paulin. Oklahoma, J. R. Nanninga.
Kingman, to be supplied.
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Abilene District-J. H. Tobias, P. E.
Lincoln Center, C. H. Hartman.
Osborne and North-west, Wm.
Abilene, G. J. Schumacher.
Daeschner.
Jewell, M. C. Platz.
Concordia, L. Wenger.
Canada, J. Kurtz.
Washington, R. R. Brand.
McPherson, Omer Butler.
Hiawatha Station, J. K. Young.
Rosette, W. F. Schuerman.
Hiawatha Circuit, A. E. Flickinger.
OKLAHOMA
At the former session of Conference the need for mission work in Oklahoma received recognition by locating a mission in the territory.
When in the summer of 1889 the Government signal was given declaring a large tract of land in the heart of Oklahoma open for settlement large numbers of men and even women engaged in the "run" for a homestead. Dangerous as this undertaking was, yet thousands participated in the venture. Some were successful, oth- ers were not. Some lost their lives in the mad rush for a claim. No sooner had the successful one obtained his claim when he began to make the necessary improvements.
Towns sprang up as by magic. Where only a few days be- fore the jack rabbit and coyote held forth, there were now stores of merchandise. Men came to do business and make money. Sod houses soon dotted the prairie where the homesteader had driven his stake to indicate his claim.
Almost invariably the people were very poor, with nothing of this world's goods except perchance an emigrant wagon, a team of horses, a few crude farm implements, and their families. That there were no luxuries goes without saying, and when the virigin soil refused to yield her returns for the labor performed because of the scarcity of moisture, the poverty of the people became in- tense indeed. Yet those early settlers, like the pioneers of Kan- sas, were undaunted in their purpose, and many of them holding on to their homesteads through adversity and privations were re- warded in seeing the desert blossom and yield fruit.
Among the early settlers before and after the opening of the "Cherokee Strip," which was a section of country extending across the northern part of the territory, 62 miles in width, between the original settlement in Oklahoma and the southern line of the State of Kansas, were also members of the Evangelical Association from Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and other states. In view of this fact, and because others were moving into the territory, the Conference
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Alida, A. Solt.
Marion, F. M. Peek and D. Jones.
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located a mission there and appointed S. A. Burgert the first mis- sionary to the new field. Brother Burgert was just licensed to preach, and hence this was his first appointment, which was pio- neer work in the full sense of the word. The new mission was at- tached to Emporia District, with J. Wuerth as presiding elder.
Brother Burgert describes his interesting journey to Okla- homa in the following words: "As soon as possible after Confer- ence I left for Oklahoma Mission. Starting from McPherson, Kan- sas, with horse and buggy, on Friday, April 11, 1890, I drove as far as Moundridge, and on Saturday to Newton, where I spent Sun- day with my presiding elder, Brother J. Wuerth. On Tuesday fol- lowing I left Newton and on Thursday evening I arrived at Ar- kansas City, my last stopping place in the State of Kansas.
"On Friday at 6:30 A. M. I left Arkansas City and at 9:30 P. M. reached Stillwater after driving a distance of 75 miles.
"I cannot describe my feelings when I left the state and drove into the territory where there was no settlement. I drove for miles and miles without seeing a human being. About 9:30 A. M. I saw something red in the distance, but could not discern what it was until I came nearer, when I discovered that it was beef hides hung up on the stock yard fence, the flesh side out, to dry in the sun. The Indians had received their rations from the Government the day before and were now enjoying a feast.
"Here I saw my first Indians. I can't describe my feelings. I was alone with the Indians, perhaps 20 miles from any white set- tlement, for I was crossing the Cherokee Strip, which was re- served by the Government for the Indians. As I drove on I saw some Indian women sitting on the ground in front of their houses, while the pigs and chickens were in the house."
Near Stillwater Brother Burgert found a family which had formerly belonged to the Evangelical Association in Kansas, but would now have nothing to do with the church. Hearing of some Evangelical people 25 miles farther west, near Orlando, he started to that place where he found the families H. Dierolf, Sr., and August Meyer, both formerly from Leonardville, Kan., who re- ceived him gladly and rejoiced to have an Evangelical preacher with them.
Brother Burgert says further: "I will assure you I was glad to find Evangelical people. It was now Saturday evening, about 4:00 o'clock, April 19th. The following day was my first Sunday in Oklahoma. We held the first service of the Evangelical Asso-
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ciation in Oklahoma in Brother Meyer's house. I took for my text Matt. 14: 22-32. There were 18 persons present in the sod house, and we had a blessed meeting. God was in Oklahoma the same as in Kansas."
On Tuesday, April 29th, 1890, the presiding elder, J. Wuerth, arrived to visit the work and organize a class and Sunday-school. Brother Wuerth preached on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. On Thursday, May 1st, the first class was organized, consisting of H. Dierolf, Sr., class leader; Mrs. H. Dierolf, Henry Dierolf, Jr., Catharine Dierolf, Elisa Dierolf, Maggie Kissinger, August Meyer, Mrs. Lena Meyer, Rev. S. A. Burgert and Mrs. Mary Bur- gert.
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