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Here glimpses of the history of the parish at two different periods during the first rectorship will prove edifying. July, 1845, we read that "this church, established about twelve years since by the Protestant Episcopal Mission Society, has been steadily increasing in numbers and strength : 1,221 per- sons have been baptized (adults, 148 ; children, 1,073) ; mar- riages, 312; funerals, 595; confirmation, 487; 1,015 have been received to the Holy Communion, of whom 511 are now communicants in said church."
Again, January, 1858, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the founding of the church, Dr. Jones said: "During my connection with this church I have baptized 253 adults, 2,248 children, making in all 2,501 ; married 750 couples ; presented 915 persons for confirmation; enrolled as communicants
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1,494, and attended 1,362 funerals. Our present number of communicants is about 400. Nine young men, confirmed here, have entered the ministry, and II others, teachers in our Sunday-school, confirmed elsewhere, have taken holy orders." At least two of the clergymen have been conse- crated bishops.
During the first twelve years after organization there was no vestry. Elijah Guion was chairman of Superintending Com- mittee in 1833, and Robert Cornley in 1840. The wardens, in 1845, were : William T. Pinckney and Peter D. Collins; in 1855, William T. Pinckney and John Allen, and in 1886, Ed- ward Black and Robert Betty.
The parish, after the decease of the first rector, expe- rienced grave vicissitudes, largely owing to the changed and continually changing character of its neighborhood. In 1874 an exchange of property was made, and the few remaining members of the Epiphany removed from Stanton Street and took possession of the wooden building on East Fiftieth Street, then under the care of the Rev. U. T. Tracy, the two congregations uniting under his rectorship. The frame edi- fice on Fiftieth Street was old, and found to be going to de- cay. In 1881 the present edifice in East Forty-eighth Street was put upon the market by St. Alban's Parish, and purchased by the Epiphany. In April, 1884, the Rev. Mr. Tracy re- signed the rectorship, on account of impaired health, and in the following May he was succeeded by the present rector. It is a matter of congratulation and thanksgiving that the old church-site in Stanton Street is at last rescued from the peril of secularization, and is occupied by a large and very commo- dious church and parish building, which will be consecrated this spring, for the Parish of the Reformation. The present outlook for the Epiphany is encouraging, and there are to- kens of a revival of the old-time zeal and spiritual thrift, not- withstanding the close proximity of several of the largest and most commanding churches in the city, separated by only a single avenue. It seems to be firmly establishing its activi- ties in the great east-side population, after the example of the parish of a former generation. The last Feast of the Epiph-
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any was made an occasion for the solemn bringing together of the old and the new Epiphany, beneath the memorial mu- ral tablet to the memory of its first rector, which had been removed from the old church and unveiled that day in the new. Letters in lively terms of sympathy and reminiscence were read from Bishop Paddock, of Massachusetts, and Bishop Gillespie, of Western Michigan, both of whom had been connected with the old church, the one as assistant where he passed his diaconate, and the other as a parishioner and Sunday-school teacher.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized November 1, 1844. The corner- stone was laid by Bishop McCroskey, of Michigan, May 31, 1846. The building was subsequently enlarged by the addi- tion of the present chancel and transepts. The rectors have been : Rev. Foster Thayer, from organization to 1847; Rev. Robert S. Howland, D.D., from 1847-1869; Rev. John P. Lundy, D.D., 1869-1875, and Rev. Brady E. Backus, since 1875, rector and present incumbent. Since organization there have been 3,500 baptisms, 1,180 persons confirmed, and the present number of communicants is 350. Under Dr. How- land's rectorship a mission chapel was purchased and main- tained in Twenty-ninth Street, near Ninth Avenue ; this was succeeded by the present Sunday-school building, adjoining the church. A rectory was purchased, adjoining the church, during the rectorship of Dr. Backus.
The wardens have been : at organization, John Smith and Elias G. Drake; in 1854, John Smith and Walter Roome; in 1864, Samuel Newby and John W. Seymour ; in 1874, Wil- liam Barden and Daniel B. Whitlock, and at present they are Daniel B. Whitlock and Robert H. Goff.
During his rectorship Dr. Howland had associated with him Rev. George Jarvis Geer, D.D., under whose administra- tions the Church of St. Timothy was subsequently organized, and in whose service, as rector, he died, March 16, 1865 ; Rev. Thomas K. Conrad, D.D., during whose ministry mission serv-
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ices were begun at the Rutgers Institute, Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, which afterwards grew into the Parish of the Holy Apostles, and Rev. David L. Schwartz. The Rev. George L. Neide also had for some time in charge the first mission of the parish, which was opened in Twenty-ninth Street, near Ninth Avenue.
This parish had its beginning in a Sunday-school, which was organized July 11, 1836. The services of the young par- ish were held, for the first year, in the chapel of the Blind Asylum. After this the congregation met in the basement of the Martine House, No. 337 West Twenty-eighth Street. In a short time steps were taken toward the erection of a church, at an estimated cost of $12,000, which was raised by subscrip- tions, a gift of $5,000 from Trinity Parish, and a loan. The lots, comprising a plot 100 feet square, were a gift of Mr. Robert Ray. The church then erected became the nave of the present building. It was originally purposed to make the church free, but a resolution to this effect was afterward revoked. At the time of the enlargement, under Dr. How- land, the additions were built upon a lot originally presented to the parish by Mr. J. A. King, and intended as a site for a rectory. The entire cost of these improvements, amounting to about $10,000, was generously provided by the munificence of Dr. Howland. During the rectorship of Dr. Lundy, in which the growth and usefulness of the parish was ably sus- tained, he produced his celebrated and scholarly work on Monumental Christianity.
During the present rectorship a rectory has been purchased on Twenty-eighth Street, adjoining the church, and the church property put in thorough repair, at an expense of $10,000. The parish owns its church building, Sunday-school building, rectory, and a store on Ninth Avenue, the aggregate value of which is $125,000, and comparatively free from debt. In a ser- mon preached by the reverend rector, March 21, 1866, he says: " This parish, notwithstanding many losses and changes in the neighborhood, is now, in point of means annually ex- pended in its charities and agencies, in its Sunday-school and services, in the condition of its property, in the number of
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souls reached by its ministrations, doing as good work as it has ever done in its history." During these ten years there have been baptized, infants and adults, 900; 450 funeral serv- ices have been held ; 375 persons have been presented for confirmation, and 310 marriages solemnized. The amount raised for parish and charitable purposes is not far from $100,000.
CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR, NEW YORK,
Was admitted into union with the Diocesan Convention in 1845. A church was procured in 1859, but sold in 1865. The rectors and clergy in charge have been: Rev. Moses Marens, 1845-1852, rector; Rev. Alexander S. Leonard, D.D., 1853-1865, rector; Rev. Frederick Sill, 1867-1875, minister in charge; Rev. Campbell Faair, 1875-1876, in charge; Rev. Z. Doty, 1876, in charge ; Rev. J. W. Kramer, 1877-1881, in charge; and Rev. B. F. DeCosta, since 1885, and at present in charge. There are no records of baptisms, confirmations, and communicants. The following gentlemen have served as wardens : Rev. Thomas Field Frask (no date) ; Anthony Barclay, 1854-1858; Thomas Field Frask, 1852- 1872; and Robert Waller, 1873-1885.
This parish was organized to build a church and hospital for British immigrants, and obtained a grant of land, Fifty- fourth to Fifty-fifth Street, on Fifth Avenue, in all, twenty- four lots. These were afterwards transferred to St. Luke's Hospital Association, a part of the consideration being that a ward, or wing, capable of holding twenty beds, should be known and designated as "The Ward of St. George the Martyr." With the exception of six years, the parish owned a church building in Forty-fourth Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The congregation has worshiped, by invita- tion, first in the church at the corner of Thompson and Prince Streets, with the Parish of " Emmanuel "; afterwards in the same building, as guests of St. Ambrose Church ; and then, as now, with the congregation of St. John, Evangelist, in West Eleventh Street, corner of Waverley Place.
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GRACE CHURCH, SOUTH MIDDLETOWN.
This parish was organized February 8, 1845. The church edifice was built in 1847. (The report received is very meager, presents no other dates, and no statistics of clerical acts.) The rectors have been : Rev. G. W. Finlow, Rev. T. S. Spencer, Rev. P. T. Babbitt, Rev. Alex. Capron, Rev. Geo. D. Silliman, Rev. Peter P. Harrower, and the present incum- bent, Rev. Wm. McGlathery. From the Journal of 1885, it appears that there are 272 communicants, and that the war- dens are Joseph B. Swalm and Lewis Armstrong, M.D.
ST. PETER'S CHURCH, HIGH FALLS,
Was organized April 13, 1846, and incorporated as St. Peter's. Subsequently it was illegally reincorporated, Oc- tober 16, 1860, as the Church of the Good Shepherd. Its proper and legal title is St. Peter's. The church edifice was provided April 13, 1846, by converting a store into a house for Divine worship. At this time, and for some years after- wards, Rev. Peter S. Burchan, D.D., and others served it as a mission. At the time of the second incorporation (1860) the Rev. Ephraim DeGuy became rector. After his resignation the parish was served irregularly, although without interrup- tion of services, the nominal rectors apparently being Rev. Samuel Hawksley and Rev. F. S. McAllister, of St. John's Church, Kingston. The parish register of baptisms begins with Rev. G. Washington West, who was rector from May 31, 1874, to December 29th following. The Rev. Alfred Evan Johnson was rector from November 30, 1875, to -; Rev. C. H. Tomlins, July 1, 1876, to June 3, 1879 ; Rev. W. C. Maguire, December 25, 1879, to fall of 1881 ; Rev. Francis J. Clayton, November, 1881, to -, 1882; Rev. George C. Hepburn, May, 1882, to fall of 1882; Rev. J. J. R. Spong, March, 1883, to fall of 1883; Rev. Nelson Ayres, March, 1884, to December, 1884; Rev. Edward Ransford, May 16, 1885, present incumbent.
During the rectorship of Rev. W. H. Tomlins, a new
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stone church was built at Rosendale, an adjacent village, and consecrated September 20, 1885, by assistant Bishop H. C. Potter. During the present rectorship, in High Falls a new frame memorial church, St. John's, was built in 1885, and opened November 15, 1885, by Rev. Ed. Ransford, rector.
Since the spring of 1874, 261 baptisms are recorded : those previous to that date are doubtless to be found in the register of St. John's Church, Kingston ; and since the same date 77 have received confirmation. In 1846 there were IO communicants, and the whole number at present, from the three churches which form the parish, is 69.
The wardens were, apparently, Jacob L. Hasbrouck and Hector Abeel, from 1846 to 1860; from 1860 to 1877, Lewis H. Wickes and Hector Abeel. At present they are Cornelius Hardenbergh and Henry T. Delafield.
The parish was originally established through the efforts of Dr. Lewis H. Wickes, who settled in the village in 1839, and married Mrs. Elizabeth Hardenbergh, mother of Major Cornelius C. Hardenbergh, the present senior warden and treasurer of the church. Mr. Hector Abeel and his sister, Miss Ann E. Abeel, have also been among the most faithful workers for the church, from the beginning down to the pres- ent. The interior of the Church of St. Peter, Stone Ridge, was made thoroughly churchly by Mrs. Moran and Mr. H. T. Delafield, in 1884. The mission at Rosendale prospered so greatly that a beautiful stone church, All Saints', was built in 1876, on ground presented by Mr. Cornell. It is now con- secrated, and in union with the Diocesan Convention. A memorial church, St. John's, was built in 1885, and opened the same year through the liberality of Mrs. R. K. Delafield, whose sister, Miss Caroline Bard, in conjunction with Mrs. F. O. Norton, of High Falls, had inaugurated mission work among the cement workers and quarrymen in the latter vil- lage. In every particular this is one of the loveliest and most completely furnished churches in the diocese outside New York City.
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FREE CHURCH OF THE HOLY MARTYRS, NEW YORK.
This church was organized July 15, 1847. Its church edifice was purchased of a Second Advent Society in 1854. The Rev. James Millett has been the only rector since organ- ization. About 2,800 baptisms are reported, and about 450 have received confirmation. The number of communicants at each decade ranges between 80 and 90. The present num- ber is 75. The wardens at the first decade were: Charles A. Sammis and Alex. Forbes; at the second, David J. Ottiwell and Charles Ottiwell; at the third, Joseph Wiley and John Haw; and at the fourth, John Nedwell and John E. Ottiwell. The growth is constantly checked on account of the neigh- borhood and changes in residence and occupations.
TRINITY CHURCH, HAVERSTRAW.
This parish was organized by Rev. W. F. Walker, received into union with the Diocesan Convention in 1847, and incor- porated December 10, 1855. The church was built in 1856. The following is the succession of rectors : Rev. W. F. Walker, missionary, 1846-1847 ; Rev. J. B. Gibson, D.D., incorporator and first rector, February, 1854, to February, 1861 ; Rev. G. H. Hepburn, 1861, less than one year; Rev. E. Gay, Jr., April, 1862, to August, 1869; Rev. Walter Delafield, D.D., October, 1869, to August, 1873 ; Rev. C. B. Coffin, July, 1874, to April, 1875 ; Rev. G. W. West, September, 1875, to September, 1878 ; and Rev. A. T. Ashton, the present rector, who assumed charge November 3, 1878.
The rectory was begun in 1877, and completed and en- larged in 1880. A Sunday-school building, known as Trinity Hall, was built in 1859-Rev. Dr. J. B. Gibson, rector-and enlarged during the rectorship of Dr. Delafield.
Since organization there are recorded 1,078 baptisms, and 333 have received confirmation. In 1854, there were 35 com- municants ; in 1860, 60; in 1870, 66; in 1880, 100; in 1885, 118, the present number. It should be noted that the figures
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for the earlier years include the communicants of what is now St. Luke's Parish.
The wardens before the incorporation, in 1846, were : J. R. Bleecker and Isaac Maquestion. Those elected at the date of incorporation, 1855, were : J. R. Bleecker and John C. Rieck ; in 1860, John C. Rieck and Alwyn Ball ; in 1870, John Taylor and Aaron B. Reid ; in 1880, the same; and the pres- ent wardens are John Taylor and James E. West.
This is the oldest parish in Rockland County. The first church service was held in 1846 by Rev. W. F. Walker, who organized a vestry. The church was consecrated by Bishop Horatio Potter, June 17, 1856, the corner-stone having been laid by the Rev. Dr. Creighton the previous year.
As a result and outgrowth of the missionary labors begun in Haverstraw and continued by the successive rectors of the parish, there are now in the county these churches and chari- ties : St. Luke's Church, Haverstraw ; St. John's Church, New City ; the House of Prayer, Caldwell's; Grace Church, Stony Point ; the House of the Good Shepherd, Tompkins' Cove; and St. John's Church, St. John.
The following clergy have at various times been con- nected with the parish as assistants : Rev. E. A. Nichols, Rev. Thomas Marsden, 1866-1867, and Rev. D. G. Gunn, 1873.
The first confirmation in Haverstraw was held by Bishop Wainwright in August, 1854. This was also the bishop's last episcopal service. A beautiful chancel window was placed in the church through the gifts of the bishop's family and clergy of the diocese in commemoration especially of this his last public official act.
ST. LUKE'S CHURCH, HAVERSTRAW.
The early history of St. Luke's Church is but a repetition of the story of Trinity Church, Haverstraw. Until the coming of the Rev. Walter Delafield, D.D., in 1869, the two congregations at Benson's Corners (now West Haverstraw) and Warren Village (now Haverstraw) had been under the direction of one and the same clergyman and vestry. St.
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Luke's was incorporated as a distinct parish September 18, 1870. Rev. Walter Delafield was chosen rector, and Messrs. H. D. Batchelder and John R. Mckenzie, wardens. Mr. Delafield continued in charge until 1873. Rev. E. Gay, Jr., served as rector from 1874 to 1877. On Easter Day, April 13, 1879, the Rev. A. T. Ashton, rector of Trinity Church, held his first service in St. Luke's, and continued in charge until March, 1881. Rev. John Graham was rector from March, 1881, to December, 1882. The rector of Trinity Church was then again appointed by the bishop to minister to the parish, and was subsequently elected rector. The fol- lowing are the statistics since the incorporation of St. Luke's : Baptisms, 88 ; confirmations, 25 ; present number of communi- cants, 10. The present wardens are, John Oldfield and Charles C. Suffren. St. Luke's is a parish but in name. It is now and has always been a mission, depending almost entirely upon the services of the successive clergymen in charge of Trinity Church, Haverstraw. The church building was purchased from the Baptist Society in 1856, and the parish is now indebted to Trinity Church, New York, for its church home.
GRACE CHURCH, WEST FARMS.
This parish was organized December 13, 1844, and admit- ted into union with the Convention in 1848. The first church was built in 1846-1847, and the present edifice in 1885. The rectors and clergy in charge have been : Rev. Washington Rodman, 1847-1867 ; Rev. A. H. Gesner, 1867-1872 ; Rev. Wm. V. Feltwell, 1872-1873 ; Rev. Robert Scott, 1874-1876; Rev. Edward O. Flagg, D.D., in charge, 1877-1881 ; Rev. Washington Rodman, 1881-1884; Rev. Alfred Pool Grint, in charge, 1884-1885; and Rev. Alfred J. Derbyshire, since June, 1885, rector and present incumbent. There is a Sunday- school building. From the parish records, which are imper- fect, it appears that 288 baptisms have been administered and that 148 have received confirmation. The present num- ber of communicants is 70. The wardens in 1844 were : Wm. A. Spenser and Philip M. Lydig; in 1854, P. M. Lydig and
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J. D. Wolfe ; in 1864, J. D. Wolfe and P. M. Spofford ; in 1874, Wm. Simpson and Samuel M. Purdy, and in 1884, Samuel M. Purdy and James L. Wells.
The credit of first establishing the church at West Farms is due to Miss Margaret Hunt. In 1844 Grace Church was incorporated, and steps were taken for the erection of a church edifice. The corner-stone was laid November 10, 1846, by Rev. Hugh Smith, rector of St. Peter's Church, New York, and it was opened for Divine service, June 28, 1847, by Rt. Rev. W. H. De Lancey, D.D., Bishop of Western New York. For a period of twenty years Rev. Washington Rod- man was its rector, and during this period the church made much progress. Then followed the rectorship of Rev. A. H. Gesner, which was eminently beneficial to the parish. After this many reverses were experienced which for a time threat- ened its extinction. In 1884 Bishop Henry C. Potter sent Rev. Alfred P. Grint to take charge of the work, and during the ten months of his labors a fresh and strong impulse was given to the parish, and steps were taken towards the erection of a new church.
In June, 1885, Rev. A. J. Derbyshire was sent to take charge, and in January, 1886, accepted the rectorship. The corner-stone was laid September, 1885, by the assistant Bishop, and the new church opened for Divine service, Feb- ruary, 7, 1886, on which occasion the rector was advanced to the priesthood. The prospect for the future is very bright and encouraging, as the people are working unitedly and ear- nestly for the welfare of the parish.
CHURCH OF ST. JOHN BAPTIST, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized in 1848. The first church was built in 1849, and the present edifice in 1856. The rector, from the organization until the present, is Rev. Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie, D.D. There are recorded 814 baptisms, and 516 have received confirmation. The present number of communicants is about 200. The first wardens were: Hon. Samuel Jones and John W. Mitchell ; those now in office are John Dewsnap and John M. Burke.
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CHRIST CHURCH, PIERMONT,
Was organized November 1, 1848, and the church built in 1864. During 1848, Rev. Wm. F. Walker and Rev. John Canfield Sterling were successively rectors ; Rev. Solomon G. Hitchcock, 1849-1877 ; Rev. Joseph M. Waite, 1878-1883, and Rev. Theodore M. Peck from 1883 to 1885. At present the parish is without a rector. Since organization, 855 baptisms are recorded, and 176 as having received confirmation. The present number of communicants is 76.
March 1, 1848, Edward Marriatt and John Quackenbush were wardens; March, 1869, George A. Jones and Floyd Bailey ; March, 1876, William Alexander Smith and Henry A. Blauvelt, and March, 1886, Henry A. Blauvelt and Floyd Bailey.
The first services in this parish were held by Rev. W. F. Walker in Mr. Lord's lime-kiln building in 1847, and the Rev. Solomon G. Hitchcock, of Sharon, Connecticut, began his ministry on the first Sunday in Advent, 1849. His field of labor comprised the whole of Rockland County, having been appointed missionary over that jurisdiction. He established church services in Nyack, Spring Valley, and Sufferns, offici- ating occasionally at Haverstraw, and Norwood, New Jersey. To his efforts is also due the existence of the parishes at Greenwood, and at Ringwood, New Jersey.
He discharged his duties faithfully and cheerfully; and the results of his judicious labors can now be seen in the vigorous church life of the several parishes in the county. The present beautiful Gothic stone church at Piermont was built and entirely paid for during his ministry. He entered into rest, September 14, 1877, after forty years' service in the ministry, twenty-eight of which were spent in arduous, self-denying labors for the people of Rockland County.
ST. THOMAS' CHURCH, AMENIA,
Was organized February 26, 1849, and the church was built in 1850. The rectors have been : Rev. Homer Wheaton, 1848-
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1854; Rev. Sheldon Davis, 1855-1856; Rev. Louis French, 1856-1857; Rev. O. H. Smith, 1857-1860; Rev. S. R. Miller, 1861-1863; Rev. Eugene C. Pattison, 1863 ; Rev. E. Web- ster, 1865-1868 ; Rev. J. E. Lindholm, 1870-1871; Rev. S. R. Johnson, S.T.D., 1872-1873 ; Rev. Walter R. Gardiner, 1874-1875 ; Rev. A. T. Ashton, 1875-1878; Rev. R. B. Van Kleeck, 1878-1880; and since 1882, Rev. S. Seymour Lewis, present incumbent. A rectory was purchased in 1876. So far as can be gathered from imperfect records, 178 have been baptized, and 105 have received confirmation. In 1855 there were 44 communicants; in 1865, 44; in 1875, 45 ; in 1885, 50, the present number. The wardens in 1850 were : Stephen Knibloe; in 1860, the same; in 1870, Stephen Knibloe and Southard Hitchcock, and in 1880, C. E. Frost and John Knibloe.
CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION, NEW YORK.
This parish was organized December 22, 1847. The first church was built in 1848, and the present edifice in 1872. The rectors have been: Rev. R. M. Abercrombie, 1847-1852 ; Rev. W. H. N. Stewart, 1852-1854; Rev. J. Howard Smith, 1854-1870; Rev. Edward Anthon, 1871, February to April ; Rev. W. M. Postlethwaite, 1871-1874; Rev. E. Winchester Donald, 1875-1882; Rev. Bishop Falkner, 1882-1883 ; and since January, 1884, Rev. H. Morton Reed, present incum- bent. The chapel, Bible-class and Sunday-school rooms are all included in the one building. The parish records, previous to 1871, and, indeed, 1874, are defective. Since 1871 there are records of 258 baptisms, and since 1874 there have been 18I confirmed. The present number of communicants is 260. The wardens in 1847 were Abel T. Anderson and J. R. More- wood ; in 1848, Mr. Townsend and J. R. Morewood ; in 1858, Warren Hastings and Thomas T. Hayes; in 1868, B. W. Van Voorhis and James Monteith ; and in 1878, B. W. Van Voor- his and Edmund S. Whitman.
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