 | Henricus Oort - 1879 - 786 pages
...significance which Jesus attached to the personal work and influence of his fellowlaborers. They were to be " the salt of the earth, the light of the world." He urged them to lay aside all care for temporal things, and to trust in God ; and declared that their... | |
 | Léopold (de Chérancé.) - 1880 - 432 pages
...ministry of the Divine Word ; preachers are entitled to all our respect and gratitude ; for they are the salt of the earth, the light of the world, and the adversaries of the demon. Honour, therefore, to those who relish and cause to be relished by others... | |
 | Hiram Collins Haydn - Amusements - 1880 - 172 pages
...charity is the only attitude which the church may righteously take in this her militant state — so to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world. CHAPTER VIII. THE THEATRE, THE OPERA, AND THE DANCE. The question then, which with great deference... | |
 | John Thornton (minister.) - Bible - 1880 - 284 pages
...censure ; and impiety may sound the trumpet of scandal ; but the lips of truth had declared such men to be " the salt of the earth ; the light of the world." They are not only just, but also generous. Disdaining to confine themselves to any stinted and rigid... | |
 | David Brown - Bible - 1883 - 184 pages
...as it is the fulfilling of the law. Christianity will yet prove itself, on a scale never yet known, to be "the salt of the earth, the light of the world." And (2) the rapid march of the kingdom of God, the advanced stage of it at which we have arrived, and the... | |
 | Paul (st.), David Brown - Bible - 1883 - 190 pages
...as it is the fulfilling of the law. Christianity will yet prove itself, on a scale never yet known, to be "the salt of the earth, the light of the world." And (2) the rapid march of the kingdom of God, the advanced stage of it at which we have arrived, and the... | |
 | Alexander Balmain Bruce - 1883 - 542 pages
...that they have not been called for their own sakes merely, but for the sake of others. They are called to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world, the leaven of humanity, and they should ever live under the inspiring influence of their high vocation,... | |
 | Mark Guy Pearse - Holiness - 1884 - 280 pages
...this, surrender yourself to Him for His great purpose. Take Him as your strength for this life-work — to be the salt of the earth ; the light of the world. The first great step in holiness is the Lord Himself coming down to our low level — Blessed are the... | |
 | Robert Freke Gould - Freemasonry - 1884 - 296 pages
...immoveable Basis and Foundation of all Knowledge, Peace, and Happiness." . - . . - . " Kemember that you are the Salt of the Earth, the Light of the World, and the Fire of the Universe. Ye are living Stones, built up [in] a spiritual House, who believe and rely on... | |
 | John De Witt - Sermons, American - 1885 - 442 pages
...Apostle : " You do not live for yourselves alone. The Master has taught his disciples that they are to be the salt of the earth, the light of the world. You are to preserve what is salvable in this fast-decaying Roman society. You are to illumine with... | |
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... the light of the world, and the leaven to leaven the corrupt mass.1 We simply observe that the power of the Saviour is not compulsory. 
