 The word is nigh thee." He who responds will meet persecution — as have those before him, as did Christ. He will know pain and disappointment. He will not transform the world. But he will become one of those who are the salt of the earth and the light...  The Sociological Value of Christianity - Page 99by Georges Chatterton-Hill - 1912 - 285 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nehemiah Nisbett - 1812 - 340 pages
...of the Gospel History : consequently you must, I think, agree with me that when our Lord said— Ye are the salt of the Earth and the light of the World, he had no reference to the knowledge of his religion — but simply to that knowledge which his hearers,... | |
 | 1845 - 584 pages
...momentousness in the estimation of Jesus Christ: it is prominent in his first instructions, where he teaches his disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world ; and it stands out in solemn grandeur in his last prayer, when he supplicates the... | |
 | Thomas William Jenkyn - 1846 - 336 pages
...momentousness in the estimation of Jesus Christ : it is prominent in his first instructions, where he teaches his disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world ; and it stands out in solemn grandeur in his last prayer, when he supplicates the... | |
 | William John Dawson - 1848 - 1186 pages
...utterly inadequate view of the great law of moral influence and progress. The Saviour states, concerning his disciples, that they are the salt of the earth, and the light of the world. And after having thus defined their position, he proceeds to show wherein the power... | |
 | Scottish pulpit - 1880 - 304 pages
...gravest character has been attached to non-compliance with our Lord's injunctions. The Saviour has told His disciples that they are the "salt of the earth " and " the light of the world." It is the very nature of light to shine and to show itself even through the smallest... | |
 | 1883 - 592 pages
...pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those who should suoer for their attachment to Himself. He then tells His disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and commands them to let their light so ßhiue before men, that they might see... | |
 | P. C. Sense - 1899 - 472 pages
...the Christian ministry (Matt. v. 13, 14)" (these verses are part of the Sermon on the Mount; in them Jesus tells his disciples that they are the salt of the earth and the light of the world). The candid reader in perusing the passage will assuredly decide that the Roman... | |
 | Ezra Palmer Gould - 1900 - 252 pages
...kingdom. Besides this power of the word, there is the power of good or evil in men to propagate itself. Jesus tells his disciples that they are the salt of the earth, the light of the world.3 And there are two conditions of the power which they exert. First, that they... | |
 | William Alfred Quayle - 1916 - 320 pages
...has the air of the commander. He controls the dispensations of mankind. Jesus said of good men, "Ye are the salt of the earth" and "the light of the world." He weighed his words and they need not to be retracted. Age on age bears testimony to their accuracy.... | |
 | 1922 - 360 pages
..."multitudes of men and women in out-of-theway places, in backwoods towns, and on uneventful farms, who are the salt of the earth and the light of the world." He goes on to describe one such, a very simple old farmer, who had no creed and made no formal profession... | |
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