...nothing. To a harmless life there must be the addition of " godliness." Christ said to his disciples, " Ye are the salt of the earth ; ye are the light of the world. Let your light so shine that others, seeing your good works, (not merely good professions) may glorify...

...their harmless and unspotted lives, they were made an exemplification of the words of their Lord, " Ye are the salt of the earth : " "Ye are the light of the world." (Matt. v. 13, 14.) Our forefathers in the truth, rooted and grounded in the same faith, and firmly...

...far from coming up to that beautiful and comprehensive description given by our Lord when he said, "Ye are the salt of the earth;" "Ye are the light of the world." Oh that those who name the name of Christ were indeed brought under the influence of his Spirit, and...

...that thon keep holy the Sabbath day " beneath their feet? Jesus saith to his faithful followers, " Ye are the salt of the earth ; " " Ye are the light of the world ;" but what must the men employed by those conveyances, on the Sabbath day, (many of whom against their...

...consequently of every one who would be saved by the Gospel, the work of Christian charity and benevolence. "Ye are the salt of the earth;" "Ye are the light of the world;" "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify God," are some of...

...want of that belief that keeps the low things of this earth so high in our esteem. Ver. 13, 14. Ye arc the salt of the earth— ye are the light of the world.] This next point particularly concerns the disciples, and after them, the ministers of Christ. In these...

...for the first time, Monday evening, December 5. His text was taken from the fifth chapter of Matthew, "Ye are the salt of the earth," "Ye are the light of the world. Even so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father...

...ever, since it has become a republic, with freedom of conscience. True are the words of the Lord Jesus, 'Ye are the salt of the earth ... ye are the light of the world.' But when the salt and the light are as far from us as Shanghai, we begin to notice the odor of decay...

...in fact it is not one tithe as hopeless as when Jesus set out to do it. When he told his disciples, "Ye are the salt of the earth; ye are the light of the world," he expressed the consciousness of a great historic mission to the whole of humanity. Yet it was a Nazarene...

...is that it is preached to them. Take, for instance, the words which He spoke to them when He said, 'Ye are the salt of the earth'; 'Ye are the light of the world.' If the Sermon on the Mount has nothing to do with Christian people now, we must never say that we are...