...exhibition of the spirit of Christ, as ehall not merely exempt us from censure, but excite to emulation. Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world, said our Saviour to his disciples, whom he was about to send forth in the character of public teachers....

...into peril, and also the Gospel itself into reproach. And hence the Saviour's words to his Apostles, " Ye are the salt of the earth, — ye are the light of the world." In a world that " lieth in wickedness," and where the indulgence in any of its seductive pleasures,...

...you out of darkness into his marvellous light:" m or, in the figurative language of our Saviour: " Ye are the salt of the earth ;" "ye are the light of the world.'" ' The nature and extent of the authority so described, must necessarily depend upon the source from...

...TRUTH and RELIGION, we shall ever be anxious to promote THEM. 'Ye,' said niir Lord to his disciples, 'are the salt of the earth ; ye are the light of the world • ;' if we, like them, have salt in ourselves, it will not only preserve us from error and corniption,...

...upon myriads who are without religious principle, the thousands who possess it must do their utmost. " Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world," said our Saviour,—not to his ministers alone, but to his disciples. Accordingly, what is mainly required...

...of such conduct. Can we suppose that those important and expressive words of the blessed Saviour, " Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world," were intended merely for the ministers of the Gospel ? and did the apostle refer to these when he said,...

...duties which that station involves. Our Saviour, in describing the station of his disciples, says, " Ye are the salt of the earth — ye are the light of the world." These two images vividly illustrate the same truth. Let us then inquire what is expected of each member...

...opened his mouth and spake, the principle implied in that parallelism is exactly true. 2. The words, " Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world" — the exhortation to see that the salt possess that quality by which it hinders putrefaction in other...

...opened his mouth and spake, the principle implied in that parallelism is exactly true. 2. The words, « Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world" — the exhortation to see that the salt possess that quality by which it hinders putrefaction in other...

...and sustained, independent of eternal salvation and the eternal blessings thereof to the chosen. " Ye are the salt of the earth ; ye are the light of the world," Matt. v. 13, 14. Second. " If ye continue in his goodness." This if ye continue, does not mean if ye...