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Show MODERN SERMON ON MOUNT Sermons on the Mount are still a much cherished custom In various Swiss Alpine districts and the lovely love-ly Gastern valley above Kandersteg In the Barnese Oberland is one of them. Here, every year, on the first Sunday ln August divine church service is held ln the outdoors. The people meet on a pasture near Sel-den Sel-den and the pastor of Kandergrund preaches the sermon. The custom dates back to the earliest ear-liest days ln which the secluded valley was inhabited throughout the year. Before the ski was known winter was a period of rigid seclusion, seclu-sion, and only late in spring did the pastor of the lower region find his way up to the highlands. At each yearly service the number of the congregation and a brief summary sum-mary of the events of the year are recorded ln a huge Bible, which was presented to the inhabitants of the Gastern valley by the Bernese. The Bible Is kept In the dwelling of the oldest Inhabitant |