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"On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau" by Wilhelmine von Hillern is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the picturesque village of Oberammergau, known for its Passion Play, and revolves around themes of faith, sacrifice, and the human search for meaning. The opening introduces the main character, Countess Madeleine von Wildenau, as she embarks on a journey filled with longing, self-discovery, and the complexities of love amid the backdrop of religious fervor. The beginning of the novel sets a dramatic and introspective tone as Countess Madeleine arrives in Oberammergau, reflecting on her spiritual struggles and yearning for deeper meaning in her life. She encounters various characters, including a mysterious man with a burdened gaze seen from a distance, stirring questions about identity and purpose. As the Countess navigates the challenges of her aristocratic existence juxtaposed against the simplicity of the villagers' lives, her exp

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It was in the Garden of Gethsemane that the risen Son of God showed
Himself, as a simple gardener, to the penitent sinner. The miracle has
become a pious tradition. It happened long, long ago, and no eye has
ever beheld Him since. Even when the risen Lord walked among the men
and women of His own day, only those saw Him who wished to do so.

But those who wish to see Him, see Him now; and those who wish to seek
Him, find Him now.

The Garden of Gethsemane has disappeared--the hot sun of the East has
withered it. All things are subject to change. The surface of the earth
alters and where the olive tree once grew green and the cedar stretched
its leafy roof above the head of the Redeemer and the Penitent, there
is nothing now save dead, withered leafage.

But the Garden blooms once more in a cool, shady valley among the
German mountains. Modern Gethsemane bears the name of Oberammergau. As
the sun pursues its course from East to West, so the salvation which
came from the East has made its way across the earth to the West.
There, in the veins of young and vigorous nations, still flow the
living streams that water the seeds of faith on which the miracle is
nourished, and the stunted mountain pine which has sprung from the hard
rocks of the Ettal Mountain is transformed to a palm tree, the poor
habitant of the little mountain village to a God. It is change, and yet
constancy amid the change.

The world and its history also change in the passage of the centuries.
The event before which the human race sank prostrate, as the guards
once did when the risen Christ burst the gates of the tomb, gradually
passed into partial oblivion. The thunder with which the veil of the
temple was rent in twain died away in the misty distance; heaven closed
forever behind the ascended Lord, the s

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