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Not by his doctrines, not even by his promises, has Christ laid hold upon the hearts of men, but by the story of his life." NOT BY HIS DOCTRINES NOT EVEN BY HIS PROMISES HAS CHRIST LAID HOLD UPON THE HEARTS OF MEN BUT BY THE STORY OF HIS LIFE
ation needs no aid from mimicry, however excellent, however reverent, to unroll before him in its simple grandeur the great tragedy on which the curtain fell at Calvary some eighteen and a half centuries ago. "A cultivated mind needs no story of human suffering to win or hold it to a faith. "But the imaginative and cultured are few and far between, and the peasants of Ober-Ammergau can plead, as their Master himself once pleaded, that they seek not to help the learned but the lowly. "The unbeliever, also, passes out into the village street full of food for thought. The rude sermon preached in this hillside temple has shown to him, clearer than he could have seen before, the secret wherein lies the strength of Christianity; the reason why, of all the faiths that Nature has taught to her children to help them in their need, to satisfy the hunger of their souls, this faith, born by the Sea of Galilee, has spread the farthest over the world, and struck its note the deepest into human life. E MAN OF POWERFUL IMAGINATION NEEDS NO AID FROM MIMICRY HOWEVER EXCELLENT HOWEVER REVERENT TO UNROLL BEFORE HIM IN ITS SIMPLE GRANDEUR THE GREAT TRAGEDY ON WHICH THE CURTAIN FELL AT CALVARY SOME EIGHTEEN AND A HALF CENTURIES AGO A CULTIVATED MIND NEEDS NO STORY OF HUMAN SUFFERING TO WIN OR HOLD IT TO A FAITH BUT THE IMAGINATIVE AND CULTURED ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND THE PEASANTS OF OBER AMMERGAU CAN PLEAD AS THEIR MASTER HIMSELF ONCE PLEADED THAT THEY SEEK NOT TO HELP THE LEARNED BUT THE LOWLY THE UNBELIEVER ALSO PASSES OUT INTO THE VILLAGE STREET FULL OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT THE RUDE SERMON PREACHED IN THIS HILLSIDE TEMPLE HAS SHOWN TO HIM CLEARER THAN HE COULD HAVE SEEN BEFORE THE SECRET WHEREIN LIES THE STRENGTH OF CHRISTIANITY THE REASON WHY OF ALL THE FAITHS THAT NATURE HAS TAUGHT TO HER CHILDREN TO HELP THEM IN THEIR NEED TO SATISFY THE HUNGER OF THEIR SOULS THIS FAITH BORNE BY THE SEA OF GALILEE HAS SPREAD THE FARTHEST OVER THE WORLD AND STRUCK ITS NOTE THE DEEPEST INTO HUMAN LIFE
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