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The Salt of the Earth

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Publishing Committee · Rochester, N. Y. · May 2, 1854

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 5, No. 15.

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The Salt of the Earth

THE SALT OF THE EARTH.— Christ says, “Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt has lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is henceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men.” May we not learn from this that piety in christians is the preservation of the world? If so, does it not follow that when that standard becomes very low—its savor being lost, that the salt of the earth being gone, there is nothing to preserve it longer, and that it must consequently be destroyed? If this is correct reasoning, we may justly conclude that the end of all things is at hand.