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"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. 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
im nailed upon the cross between the thieves. They saw the blood start from his side. They heard his last cry to his God. They saw him rise victorious over death. "Few believing Christians among the vast audience but must have passed out from that strange playhouse with their belief and love strengthened. The God of the Christian, for his sake, became a man, and lived and suffered and died as a man; and, as a man, living, suffering, dying among other men, he had that day seen him. "The 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.  MARY MAGDALEN THEY SAW HIM NAILED UPON THE CROSS BETWEEN THE THIEVES THEY SAW THE BLOOD START FROM HIS SIDE THEY HEARD HIS LAST CRY TO HIS GOD THEY SAW HIM RISE VICTORIOUS OVER DEATH FEW BELIEVED IN CHRISTIANS AMONG THE VAST AUDIENCE BUT MUST HAVE PASSED OUT FROM THAT STRANGE PLAYHOUSE WHERE THEIR BELIEF AND LOVE STRENGTHENED THE GOD OF THE CHRISTIAN FOR HIS SAKE BECAME A MAN AND LIVED AND SUFFERED AND DIED AS A MAN AND AS A MAN LIVING SUFFERING DYING AMONG OTHER MEN HE HAD THAT DAY SEEN HIM THE 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
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