...the saints of God, "Ye are the salt of the earth !" how striking, and awful too, the inference,—" but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned ?" If the people of God, whose influence and example should avert general corruption, become...

...property which constitutes the only value of salt; for when this is lost, " it is thenceforth good for nothing but " to be cast out and trodden under foot of men." It can no more be employed for human use, and is fit neither for the purposes of seasoning or preserving...

...deviate from the character which our heavenly Master has given us. " Ye are the salt of the earth, and if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted." If Christians allow themselves, in their intercourse with each other and the world, to forget the principles...

...the above line. Our Saviour is addressing his disciples, and says, Ver. 13. " Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men." 14. " Ye are...

...earth as dross." So Ezek. xxii. 18. Jer. vi. 28—30 ; as salt that has lost its savour; as good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men; as stubble that is left, and as the chaff thrown out to be scattered by the wind, and go whither that...

...salvation, when our lives shall be thus hid with Christ in God. " We are the salt of the earth, and if the salt have lost its savour wherewith shall it be salted ?" A BAPTIST. THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSISTENCY IN PROFESSORS OF RELIGION. ETERNITY ! were this one word...

...awful is your doom? Ye are henceforth perfectly worthless; nay, worse,—ye are injurious, good for nothing but to be cast out, and trodden under foot of men!" What a reproof to the nominal Christian;—what a solemn admonition to the real one! The Lord help...

...it is true of him as such). And as Christ himself saith, (Matt. v. 13,14,) " Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light...

...light on the manner, in which the sum-ages of public opinion are obtained. I have the greatest hope. " If the salt have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be salted ?" I was, I own it, grieved to hear, on that occasion, what I did hear; and still more was I grieved,...

...earth as dross." So Ezek. xxii. 18. Jer. vi. 28—30 ; as salt that has lost its savour; as good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men; as stubble that is left, and as the chaff thrown out to be scattered by the wind, and go whither that...