{ r:! V;A'-‘*:3Krr^y-*/' CONCISE ACCOUNT O F T H E Ml SSI O NS O F T H E UNITED BRETHREN, (Commonly called Moravians*/ / fl ;■!i--;' V ■■''■’-v’*^?.-;:; =*. ‘ ‘ xWi d ’< V f' ' AUiV/ ' ' * t- N ^ •'f f '■* -r ' Sl» * / ^ V A CONCISE AccbvNi: 6f the pHesent state of the Miffions of the United Brethren* (Commonly called Moravians.) January ift, 1797^ S EVERAL refpeftabi^ pei-fons, who have become acquainted with the Brethren’s Miflionsj and who kindly contribute towards their fupport, have repeatedly- hinted that undertakings of fuch importance and extent ought to be moire generally known. They wifhed that a concifc account might be drawn up, calculated for extenfive circu¬ lation, of the tvork of God among the Heathen, in which the Brethren have been employed as inftruments, from the year 1732 to the prefent day ; for as the progrefs of this work is confiderable, and attended with a continual increafe of expence, no proper means fhould be negle6fed for its encouragement and fupport. The Committee there¬ fore appointed for the management of the Brethren’s Mif- lionsj acknowledging with great gratitude both the pecu¬ niary affiftance received from their friends in other deno¬ minations, and many other kind marks of attention; fub- init the following authentic fketch to the perufal and kind conlideration of all, who feel theinfelves interefted in the caufe of Milhons. 1 . The (imple motive of the Brethren in fending Mif- flonaries to diftant nations, was, and remains, an ardent defire to promote the Salvation of their fellow-men, by making known to them the Gofpel of our Savior Jefus Chrift. They were grieved to hear of fo many thoufands ' A and [ = ] and millions of the human race, fitting in darhtiefs and groaning beneath the yoke of Sin and the Tyranny of Satan; and believing the glorious promifes in the word of God, that the Heathen fhould become the reward c?f the Sufferings and Death of Jefus, they confidered the «ommandment “ to go into all the world and preach the Gofpel to every creature,” as given to all the followers of Jefus, and were filled with confident hopes, that if they alfo went foith in obedience unto, and believing in his word, their labor would not be in vain in the Lord. They were not difmayed in reflefting on the fmallnefs of their means and abilities, and that they hardly knew how to find their way to the heathen, whofe falvation they fo ardently longed lor, nor by the profpeft of fuffering hardflrips of every Lind, or even, the lofs of life in the attempt; love to their Savior and their fellow-fmners, for whom he fhed his blood, far outweighing all thefe confiderations. They accordingly went forth in the ftrength of their God, and he has wrought wonders in their behalf. Bleffed be God, unto this day the fame fpirit prevails in the congregations of the United Brethren, and there has been a continual and increafing fucceffion of perfons who have offered themfelves to fupply vacant places, or to enter upon new Miffions, notwithftand- Ing the dangers and hardfliips attending the fervice are fet before them without any djfguife or palliation whatever. From a very fmall beginning, the Miffions of the Brethren have increafed to 26 fettlements in different parts of the earth, in which near 140 Miffionaries are employed, a num¬ ber baldly fufficient foi the care of about 2g,ooo converts from among the heathen. 2 . When Brethren or Sifters find themfelves difpofed to ferve God among the heathen, they communicate their vvilhes and views to a Com.mittee, appointed by the Synods SyHods of the Brethren to fuperintend the Miflions, in a. confidential letter. II on particular enquiry into their cir- • cuitiftances and connexions, no objeftion is found, they are con fidered as candidates. As to mental qualifications, much erudition is not required by the Brethren. To be well verfed in the Sacred Scriptures, and to have an expe¬ rimental knowledge of the truths they contain, is judged indifpenfably necelfary. And it has been found by experi-. ence, that a good underftanding joined to a friendly difpo- fition, and above all, a heart filled with the love of God, are the bell and the only elfential qualifications of a Miffio¬ nary. Nor are in general the habits of a Ifudent fo weld calculated to form his body for a laborious life as thofe of a mechanic. Yet men of ieaining are not excluded, and their gifts have been made ufeful in various ways. When vacancies occur, or new Miffions are to be begun, the lilt of candidates is examined, and thofe who appear fuit« able are called upon, and accept or decline the call, as, they find themfelves difpofed, 3 - The following are the names of the Settlements of the United Brethren in Heathen Countries, in the Year lygh* Begun Jn 17^2 In the Daniffi Weft India Iftands, IN St. THOMAS. New Herrnhut. Nilky. ; I N St. CROIX, Friedenlberg. . Friedensthal. 1St. JAN, Bethany. Emmaus. [ 4 ] Begun In 1733, IN GREENLAND, New Herrnhut. Lichtenfels. Lichtenau. In 1734. IN NORTH AMERICA. Fairfield in Upper Canada. See 4 A, In 1736, At the GAPE of GOOD HOPE, renewed the Year 1792. Bavians Kloof. See 4 B. In 1738. IN SOUTH AMERICA. A.mong ihe.Negroe Slayei at Paramaribo, and Sommelsdyk, Among the Free Negroes at Bambey. Among the Native Ind. at Hope on the Coxentyt^. In 1754. IN JAMAICA, Two Settlements in St. Elizabeth parifh. In 1756. IN ANTIGUA, At St. Johns. Gracehill. Groce Bay; juft begun. In 1760, Near TRANQUEBAR in the EAST INDIES. Brethren’s Garden. See 4 C. In 1764. On the COAST of LABRADOR. Nain. Okkak. Hopedale. In 1763. IN BARBADOES, Near Bridgetown. In 1765, Iri th? RUSSIAN Part of ASIA. . ; Sarepta. See 4 Z>. ''jb Begun Jn I775f [ 5 ] IN St. KITT’S, At BalTeterre. In 1789. A Miffion was begun in the IQand of Tobago* but the Miffionary and bis wife foon departed this life; which together with the circum- ftances of the war, occafioned a temporary fufpenfion. In 1792, The Miffion at the Cape of Good Hope wai renewed. 4 * To the former hfl we will add fome Obfei vations.——« J. The Brethren had three flouriffiing Settlements on the River Mufkingum, Gnadenhuetteru, and Schoenbrunn before the late American War, during which thefe places were deftroyed and the inhabitants partly murdered, partly difperfed. The Settlement Fairfield in Canada was made by thofe of the Indian Converts who were again colleaed by the Miffionaries: They hope in time to return to their former fettlement on the Mufkingum, which have been given to them by an aa of Congrefs. Part of the Indian congregation will probably remain at Fairfield in Canada, as a good feed, our Miffionaries entertaining hopes that the Gofpel may yet find entrance among the wild Chippeway tribe inhabiting thofe parts. B. The Miffion among the Hottentots at the Cape of Good Hope was begun in 1736, by George Schmidt, a man of remarkable zeal and courage, who labored fuccefsfully among thefe people, till he had formed a fmall congrega¬ tion of believers, whom he left to the care of a pious man, and went to Europe with a view to reprefent the pro- mifing ftate of the Miffion, and to return with affiflants. But, to his inexpreffible grief and difappointment, he was not permitted by the Dutch Government to refume his la¬ bors. [ 6 ] bors, wicked people having infinuated, that the propagation of Chiiftianity among the Hottentots would injure the in- teiefts of the colony. Since that time to the year 1792, the Brethren did not ceafe to make application to the Dutch Government for leave to fend Miffionaries to the Cape, efpecially as they heard from fome friends, that the fmall Hottentot congregation had kept together for fome time, in earneft expeftation of the return of their beloved teacher. He had taught fome of them to read, and left a Dutch Bihle with them, which they ufed to read together for their edifi¬ cation. At length in 1792, by the mercy of God, and the kind interference of friends in the Dutch Government, the oppofition of evil-minded people was over-ruled, and leave granted to fend out three Miffionaries, who chofe for their refidence the place which George Schmidt had left, finding moft Hottentots in thofe parts. The laft accounts received from them were very encoraging: they were well, and the number of their hearers increafed. Since the Englifli have made themfelves mailers of that colony, they have built a chapel, and from the favor and proteftion which the Britilh Government has uniformly granted to the Brethren’s Millions, we have the bell hopes that they will remain un- dillurbed and protefted in their civil and religious liberty. The late Dutch Government at the Cape deferve alfo our warmell thanks for the kind manner in which they received and prote6led the Miffionaries, promoting the views of the Million to the utmoll of their power, 6. The Settlement near Tranquebar on the Coall of Co¬ romandel, was made in the year 1760, at the defire of the Danilh Government, chiefly with a view to bring the Gofpel to the inhabitants of the Nicobar Illands. After a perfevering but fruitlefs attempt to form an ellabliffiment at Nancawery, one of the Nicobar Illands, for that purpofe, the whole plan was defeated by the following circum- ftanceSj [ 7 ] ftances. The Danifti Government finding the advant^^ge gained by their fettlement on thefe iflands not anfwering the great expence attending it, withdrew their people, who had already fuffered greatly by the unwholefomenefs of the climate, and the Brethren refidlng there, being left alone, and all communication cut off between Tranquebar and the Nicobar Iflands, it became neceflary for the Brethren to purchafe a veffel to convey provifions and other neceffaries to their Miffionaries. This was done with great expencc and hazard for fome years, when in the American war the velTel was taken by a French cruizer, though belonging to a neutral ftate. No redrefs could be obtained from the French, and the Brethren at Tranquebar were obliged im¬ mediately to procure another velfel, left the Miflionaries in Nancawery Ihould be left deftitute. The enormous expence and lofs incurred by thefe events, and the fickly ftate of the Miflionaries, made it neceflary to recal them, and thus not only the Miflion in thefe Iflands, but the firft aim ot the Bre¬ thren’s fettling in the Eaft Indies was fruftrated. Since that time no fuccefs has attended the Miflion at Tranquebar. Some Brethren indeed went to Serampore and Patna, where they refided for a time, watching an opportunity to ferve the caufe of God in thofe places, but various clrcumftances occafioned both thefe fettlements to be relinquifhed. By a late refolutlon, the Eaft-India Miflion will be fufpended tor the prefent, the expences attending it having of late years far exceeded our ability. D. Sarepta, near Czarlzin, on the Wolga, in Ruffian Afia, was built chiefly with a view to bring the Gofpel to the Calmuck Tartars, and other heathen tribes in thofe vaft regions, among whom an opening might be found. Hitherto no fuccefs has attended the Brethren’s labors, though their exertions have been great and perfevering, and equal to thofe of any of our Miflionaries in other countries. Some / C * 1 Some Bretlii'en even relided for a confiderable time amori^ the Calmucks, conforming to their manner of living irt tents, and accompanying them wherever they moved their camp in the Steppe (imtaenfe plains covered tvith long grafs.) They omitted no opportunity of preaching unto them Jefus, and dire6ting them from their numherlefs idols, and Wretched fuperftltions, to the only true God and the only way of life and happinefs, but though they were heard and treated with civility, no impreffion could be made upon the hearts of thefe heathen. At lall the greateft part of the CaK mucks quitted thofe parts. Meanwhile the Brethren were vifited by the German colonifts living on the Wolga; and^ through God’s blefling, Societies were formed and Gofpel Minifters provided for mo ft of the colonies by their in^ ftrumentality. Thus the Miffion has anfwered a very bleffed purpofe. The moft flourifhing MlfTions at prefent are thofe in Greenland, Antigua, St. Kltt’s, the Danifti Weft India Iflands, and the Cape of Good Hope. A new awakening has appeared of late among the Arawacks and Free Negroes in South America, the Efquimaux on the coaft of La¬ brador, and in Barbadoes; and the lateft accounts give us the moft pleafing hopes of fuccefs in thofe parts. In Jamaica the progrefs of the Miffions has been but flow. The Brethren have alfo made feveral attempts to carry the Gofpel into other parts of the earth, but without obtaining their aim. In 1735, Miflionaries were fent to the Lap¬ landers and Samojedes; in 1737, and again in 1768, to the Coaft of Guinea; in 1738, to the Negroes in Georgia; iri 1739, to the Slaves in Algiers; in 1740, to Ceylon; irl 1747, to Perfia; in 1752, to Egypt, of which we omit any particular account for brevity’s fake. The C 9 1 5. The general Synods of the. Brethren’s Church, which are attended by reprefentatives from all congiegations, appoint a feka number of Bilhops and Elders, called the Elders’ Conference of the Unity, to fuperintend the con¬ cerns of the whole Unity of the Brethren, till the next general Synod, which in times of peace meets ufually every feven or eight years. This Conference is divided into four departments, to one of which the fpecial care of the Mifhons is committed. All MilTionaries keep up a con- ftant correfpondence with this department, and alfo tranf- mit to them copies ot their Diaries and Journals. A Secie- tary is appointed to make extrafts from them, of which manufcript copies are fent and read to all the congregations and Miflions. By this a fpirit of brotherly love and fym- pathy, and a near intereft in the concerns of every Miflion is preferved throughout the whole Church, and conftant prayers and fupplications are offered up unto the Lord for the profperity of his kingdom and the fpreading of the Gofpel. The abovementioned department having confi- dered and difcuffed all things relating to the Mifhons, pre¬ pares propofals, but no refolwtions are formed without the concurrence of the whole Elders’ Conference of the Unity. In each fettlement one Brother is appointed to have the chief care of the Mifhon, though he never afts without confulting his fellow laborers, for which purpofe he holds a conference with them once or twice in a week. A Society for the furtherance of the Gofpel among the Heathen was inflituted by the Brethren in London as early, as in the year 1741, for the more effectual co-operation with, and affiflance of the faid Miffions-department, in caring for thofe Miflionaries who might pafs through London to : B their 4 [ 10 ] their feveral pofls. This Society was, after fome interrup¬ tion in their meetings, renewed in 1766, and took afterwards the whole charge of the Miflion on the Coaft of Labrador upon themfelves; befides continuing to aflift the other Miffions, as much as lay in their power, efpecially thofe in the Britilh Dominions. As no. regular communica¬ tion was kept up with the Coaft of Labrador by Govern¬ ment, a company of Brethren undertook to provide a fmall veffel to convey the neceffaries of life to the Miflionaries once a year ; and here we cannot help obferving with thanks to God, that upwards of twenty years have now elapfed, during which, by his gracious prefervation, no difafter has befallen the veffel fo as to interrupt a. regular annual com-, munication, though the coaft is very rocky and full of ice, ?tnd the whole navigation of the moft dangerous kind. In Amfterdarn a fimilar Society was eftabliftied by the Brethren in 1746, and renewed in Zeift near Utrecht, This Society took particular charge of the Miflion at the Cape of Good Hope, but the late troubles in Holland have Tendered them unable to lend much afliftance for the prefent. Our Brethren in North America eftablilhed a Society for propagating the Gofpel among the Heathen in the year 1787, which was incorporated by the State of Pennfylvania, ^d has been .very aftive in aflifting the MiflTions among the Indians. Thefe three Societies do all in their power to help to fupport the great and accumulated burdens of the abovementioned MilTion’s-department, and God has laid a , blefling upon their exertions. But they have no power to begin new Miffions, ot to fend out Miflionaries, which, the Synods of 'the Brethren’s Church, is yefted folely ^be Elders’ Conference of the Unity, 6 . The t » 1 e. The internal regulations of the MiiTion-fettlements are ’the fame in every country. The Gofpel is preached to all heathen, to whom the Miffionaries can gain accefs, and every foul invited to be reconciled to God through the atonement made by Jefus Chrift. Befides thO public teftlmony of the Gofpel, the MilTionaries are dili¬ gently employed in vifiting, and converfing with the hea- then in their dwellings. If any are awakened to a fenfe o£ their undone Hate by nature^ and of their want of a Savior, and,cOme to the Miffionaries for farther inftruftion, giving in their names, they are called new people, and fpecial attend tion is paid to themi If they continue in their earnefl de- fire to be faved from the power of fm, and to be initiated into the Chriftian Church by holy baptifm, they are con- fidered as Candidates for baptifm, and after previous inftruc- tion, and a convenient time oi probations baptizedi If they then prove by their walk and converfation that they have not received the grace of God in vain, and defire to be ad¬ mitted to the Holy Communion, they are firft permitted to be once prefent as fpeaators, and then confidered as Candid dates for the Communion, and after fome time become commu¬ nicants. Each of thefe divifions have feparate meetingSs la which they are exhorted to make their calling and eletdion fure, and inftruaed in all things relating to a godly life and walk. Separate meetings are alfo held with other divifions of the congregation; with the children, the Tingle men, the fingle women, the married people, the widowers and widows, in which the admonitions and precepts given in the Holy Scriptures for each ftate of life are inculcated. Each f the baptized and communicants comes at ftated g 2 feafons [ -o feafons to converfe privately with the Miffionarles, the men with the Miflionary himfelf, and the women with his wife, by which they gain a more perfeft knowledge of their con¬ gregation than could otherwife be obtained, and an oppor- tunity is given to the individuals, to receive fpecial adviee. As to external regulations, they cannot in all places be exaftly uniform. Among free heathen, fettlements like thofe of the Brethren in Europe are more eafily made, but among (laves this is not prafticable. Yet every thing that tends to promote good order and prevent evil, is every where inculcated, and the difciptine of the Church uniformly adminiftered. A free man, or a flave, who afts contrary to the moral precepts contained in the Bible, is excluded either from the Lord’s Supper, or the meetings of the baptized, or even in certain cafes from all fellowlhip ■with the congregation; for no fituation or prevalency of cuf- toms can fanftion a pretext for any kind of dlfobedience to the rule of ChriH. Schools are eftabllfhed in all the Bre¬ thren’s fettlements among free heathen, as in Greenland, Labrador, among the Indians in North and South America, and among the Hottentots. In the Weft India iftands this is not prafticable, the children being not under the immediate controul of the parents. For the ufe of the fchools, fpelllng- books and a catechifm or fummary of Chriftian Doftrine are printed in the Greenland, Efquimaux, Delaware, Arawack > and Creol; hymn books in the Creol and Greenland; and the harmony of the four Gofpels in the Greenland language, _ befides written copies of fcveral parts of the Scriptures, tranflated into difiercnt heathen tongues. In all the Bre¬ thren’s fettlements the congregations meet daily, either in the morning or evening, for focial worlhip, and on the Lord’s Day the Miflionaries are employed from break of day till dark, in preaching, meeting the different divifions of the congregations, and attending to their own people and C -3 ] and to heathen vlfitors under conceren for their Salvation. Nor can , they be faid to be lefs engaged in fpiritual dutie# on the week-days; vifiting the Tick, or fu;h who cannot attend them on Sundays, employing a great part of their time. As the Brethren lay fo much ftrefs upon knowing the Hate of every individual belonging to their congregations, it would be impoffible for the Miflionaries to do their duty in any manner fatisfaftory to themfelves, unlefs in large Miffion-fettlements ajjijlants were found among the con¬ verts, whofe exemplary walk and good underllanding have made them refpefted by the congregation. Thefe are chofen from among both fexes, and each has a particular diftrift aHigned him in which he vifits the people from houfe to houfe, attends to the fick and infirm, &c. watches over order, and endeavors to remove diflenfions and promote harmony among the flock. Thefe afliftants meet the Mif- flonaries in conference at ftated times, at leaft once a month,, and make reports concerning the ftate of the congregation. The Miflionaries are thereby enabled to know whether their people walk in conformity to the rules of the Gofpel, and where their help will be moft effentially ufeful. In fome Miflions the afliftants are alfo employed occafionally to addrefs the congregation in the meetings on a week day, and God has laid a fpecial blefling upon their fimple teftimony. Other men and women converts ot good charafter and ex¬ emplary converfation are ufed as Jcrvants in the chapel, and meet alfo in conference to fettle every thing belonging to the outward order in the meetings of the congregation. At ftated times a council is held with a number of the molt le- fpetloble inhabiiams, chofen by the congregation, in which all things relating to the outward welfare of the fettlement come under confideration. 7. The C H 3 7 - ■ The Millions of the Brethren are fupported by the voluiii tary contributions of the Members of the Brethren’s cons gregations in Europe^ and of feveral friendsj who have become acquainted with them. It would be impoflible to maintain fo extenfive an eftablifhmeiltj were it not for the generous fupport of friends in other denominations} the con¬ gregations of the Brethren being coniparatively but fmall in numbei', and the greater part of the people of the poorei* fort. Without the greatell frugality applied both by the Brethren in Europe who care for the MiffionSj arid by the Miflionaries abroad, the funis fubfcribed or contributed would fall far fhort of the expenditure* The expence of the Brethren’s Miflions is, Ori an average, aboUt zGooL per ann. in peaceful times. The number of Miffionaries is near 140, and of the widows, children and old refting Miffio¬ naries, about 80. When the expences attending journies and voyages, buildings and repairs of chapel or Miffiion- houfes, unforefeen accidents, &c. are taken into confide- ration, this fum will be admitted to be comparatively fmall, though large when compared with the numbers and abilities of the contributors. Some Miffions have been of late un¬ commonly expenfive, for inftance, that in the Eaft Indies, in Labrador, &c. and the prefent war has not only injured the external ftate of the Miffions by a very confiderable in¬ fluence upon the current expences, but by caufing a great diminution in the ufual income through the difaflters which have befallen two ot the Brethren’s fettlements, Zeill in Holland, and Neuwied on the Rhine. But as God} whofe work it is, has never failed to fupport it, a grateful fenfe of his favors produces faith and confidence in him. The Bre¬ thren wiflied to put all their Miffions upon fuch a footing, that / C >5 ] that the expence might be as fmall as poffible, and thus the prafticability of extending them be the greater. This by the bleffing of God has fucceeded in fome inftances, efpe- dally in the Danilh Weft India iflands and in Surinam, through the zeal and diligenee of fome Brethren, who went out to ferve the Millions by the work of their hands, and in their various occupations, earned fo much as to be able to contribute confiderably towards the fupport of the Mif» fions, but circumftances will not admit of it in every place. The fhip which fails annually to the coaft of Labrador to convey provifions and keep up a communication with the MilTionaries there, returns with flcins, bone and oil, the fale of which, it was hoped would have much lelfened the expence of that MilTion, This has not fully anfwered our expeftations, partly on account of the barrennefs of the eoaft, and partly becaufe aftivity in trading with the natives, would interfere too much with the principal and proper bu-tf finefs of a Milfionary, Whatever therefore is fent home, is procured by a fmall traffic with Efquimaux vifitors, for which purpofe a fhop or ftore is eftabliffied in each fettle-» ment and one Brother appointed to attend it, by whom no¬ thing but good and ufeful things are offered to the Efqui¬ maux in barter for their furs, oil, &c. The affiftance given by the Societies for the furtherance of the Gofpel eftabliffied by the Brethren in England, Holland and North America has been ftated above. The MilTionaries receive no falary^ but a lift of necelfaries is fent from each place annually ta the Brethren appointed to care for the Miffions, and after re- vifion and approbation, the things wanted are procured for them and fent. Their children and widows are provided for, as above defcribed, 8 . .^s to the manner of preaching the Gofpel to the hea¬ then, the Brethren have by long experience found, that “ the D ^6 ] the word of the Crofs is in the Power of God unto Sal- “ vation unto all them that believe?” They therefore im¬ mediately preach Jefus and him crucified, fowing the word in tears, with patience and courage, knowing that they fliall hereafter reap with joy. It has been (hewn in ^ 6, what caution is applied in admitting the heathen to baptifm and the Holy Sacrament, and that there is no part of the doc¬ trine of our Savior and his Apoftles which the Miflionaries do not gradually endeavor to inculcate into the minds and hearts ot their people, both before and after Baptifm, and, through the mercy and power of God, the moft bleffed elFefts have attended their labors, and been made confpicu- ous in the lives and converfation of moft of their converts. Yet who is fufficient for thefe things ?—Not man indeed, no not the wifeft, beft and moft zealous of men. Our fuf- ficiency is of God, to whom be all the glory for ever and ever. N. B, From the following Publications a further Account of the Endeavors of the United Brethren to propagate the Gofpel among the heathen may be obtained. Cranz’s Hiftory of the Brethren. Cranz’s Hiftory of the Greenland MiflTion. Lolkiel’s Hiftory of the North American Indian Miflion. A Succinft View of the Brethren’s Miflions, Periodical Accounts of the Miflions (which are printed Three or four Times a Year and fent to every Sub- feriber) and Oldendorp’s Hiftory of the Miflion of the Brethren in the Danilh Weft India Iflands (not tranflated into Englifli.) Thefe Books may be had at No. ip, NeviFftiCourt, Fetter- Eane. ' S '-.p ' 1 I >- ^ . , V^'^''^■lAsV/ "‘ti * % ‘ '■; .r '’ ‘f <>-' .F I J*V* ^ tPt ^ t ^ *- ^ .jt/'V 5 Jf. ^ ^ ry , * , '^-7 , r' ' V'H v f. ’ ^ t- V ;’y^: '-; v-‘.'',,’''ii'.t''”*^^rt‘‘ . '■ k—i ly <-)*«? <>’^i|r V ,k > V V. >■^ 7 ^ .(•">.'■< r # / k / '■. J:j/'> - ■4'‘,J|J’:'-'U Vj'-;,’" f .' • ' , L f' t > v\ 1 } ry^ ‘ V ' >. ^ < ^ ’C ’ ''‘f ^ Vr " 1'^?' A*if. ^ (' ^ 7 /f \ ^F “v. V , ‘Ai'^-'^'w. ^ ^ ->' w -n A ’ “ . ^^^4lv;^ ^ % '“Mwr ’- ' k Ilk k j I" f y- ' „ -i f V ^ •'i't^'** Z^' •*'*’ ■k' i O' ■■ 'A.'." 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