...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...

...inheritance of the saints; but it radiates forth from the man as light. Thus, Jesus says to His disciples, ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world. The Church becomes evangelistic, in the fullest sense, by every Christian being a missionary. He is...

...which that station involves. Our Saviour, in describing the station of his disciples, says, " Ye ire 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...

...tools. The true Christian will not suffer his table to be disgraced with such Tractarian heresies. ' Ye are the salt of the earth.' 'Ye are the light of the world.' The soul is not to be trifled with. And the unscrupulous dishonesty of statement, and the ridicule...

...The same hand which placed the sun to enlighten the natural world, placed his church here, saying, 'ye are the salt of the earth, „ ye are the light of the wor-ld ; out of its bosom have streamed those benefits which have blessed and beautified its population.'...

...referred to by the Archbishop. The text of the Bishop of Carlisle was from St. Matthew's Gospel : " Ye are the salt of the earth ; ye are the light of the world." Among other things he said — "The Hindoos, and the Parsees, and the Mahometans could come and see...

...literally as a vine, and that his disciples were actually branches of that vine ; also the words " ye are the salt of the earth," " ye are the light of the world, &c. it was evident were mere comparisons ; no man in the possession of his faculties could deem them...

...that other texts may stand. Let it, therefore, be noticed, that our LORD hath said to Christians, " Ye are the salt of the earth, ye are the light of the world. A city that is sot on an hill cannot be hid."* Did CHRIST and his Apostles speak favourably of the...

...apoatles only, but to all his disciples, to all nations, and for all times, that Jesus Christ said, "Ye are the salt of the earth; ye are the light of the world." They ought, therefore, to be ever shining in the midst of darkness, and to purify that which, is corrupt....

...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,...