The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1970

_ar by Miss Jeannie Lockerbie .J?.JJ ./· . 1){ \\l 'J JICII' ' '' " til i \ "1t1 plea ~c ct1n1c n a \\ all ,, ;,1, 111c. \\ c· 1 tart ot1t ~1t tl1c e- 111",r al "\t1r1,t an Ht1 p1tal 1n l"'a t P,1 ,t, ,1 . Tl) do,, n a brick.-la1ti road. ,, l1crc CO\\" are 1nd11 tr1ou 1) 11proot– ing tht: gra that ,, a planted al ng tl1e , de f the r ad to pre,,ent ero - 0n ,, alk n pa t the comple~ of ix fa111il, 1 h n1e and one motel \\ here the h pital n11r e and the mi ionar)' er ldren· ho l teacher live. limb "'' er a tence and tart along the jungle trail. The path i nearly overgro\v n ,, ith , 1 ine and hrub . The leave of the g1r1an. teak and husim \vood tree forn1 a canop)' over )·our head. The air i full of parrot and m)'na and drongo calling to each other. udden1, , ou come to a mall tream . ~ \\'hich mu t be forded a there i no bridge.. nor \\ a,~ around it. Unex- ..... ., pectedlj", ) ou pick out the shape and feel of holl"}" bushe on either ide of the tream. Then there be– fore )-ou i a vast, empty field, stretching from the , 1 illage on one ide to the inlet from the Bay of Bengal on the other. '·\,lh)r isn t this field cultivated?" ) ' OU a k. "\Vhy aren't the co~ 1 s in there getting it read 1· to plant like thej are 1n all the other fields?,' Then ) 7 0U are told. 'The e are not ordinar)' fields. These are the salt flat alt is the onl} 7 commercial 1. Village Visitation 8 MAY, 1970 le> I· a,t Pc1kist(111 ) pro<lt1ct in thi a rea. We mu t not \\ a te the e field in growing food." arly in the pringtime the ground i prepared. very peck of dirt every tone, every piece of weed or gra s i dug out and thrown away. The field i divided into ection each mall quare being fenced off by a ix inch high mud dike. W ater from 2. Bible Correspondence School th' i,11 I r,f th 1Ja I is l1iv 1 t l1 into 111 I i )cl :1t1l l iii ! l\ 'll t) I i ll t11> the s 1•1 n1 ·s. I J tJ1 \ :,t !Or (lc1c 11t1L t I lW in 11,, rigl1t clireclion 111 n ~ncour– ngc it l1y ct 11 ting loorwnys t 11 r <)Ugh th' 111t1(I \\'n il s nncl slop1,i 11g the water I h f' <) LI g f1• Wh C 11 t h C W n t e I' f C V Cf j S , l 1 1 2 i11cl1es 1l1roL1gl1ot1t tl1c ficl(I, the Jloint o f entry i cln1n1necl \tfJ. 1-4 r ()f1C week. the water s tands cvapor– ~, ting i11 11, c s t1n . thin fiftn of lt1n11)~' c , ) \ l als lies on tl1c floor of the \<.ltta rc l Js i11g a ho n1 e-madc hc1 n1boo ~coop, the lt1n1pc; a rc ga thercc.l into ,l lJ a5ket a nd taken to a nother sec– tion of the field. There another ~crie of flat5 h as been prepa red. These appear a ta ir teps, one s lightly lower than the one before. The tin– r e fined salt i put on the highest level . W a ter is poured over it. Gradt1- ally the brine flow from level to level leaving its impurties behind. By the end of two month , the 5alt ha pa sed through numerous wa h– ing and been expo ed to the ultra– violet ray of the sun. Finally it is gathered up and placed in the top of a filter tub. The final washing is Surgical Evangelism given. As the salt passes out through the bottom of tlie tub, the crystals are pure refined and useful. Through the ages, salt has had an important place in the world. Among the Hebrew , it was a custom to rub newborn babie with alt to insure their health. The prophet Ezekiel refer to this custom, ' In the day thou wa t born . . . thou wast not washed with water to cleanse thee; thou wast not salted at all." Ezekiel 16: 4. Among many people, salt is u ed as ign of honor, friendship, and ho pitality . The Arabs ay, "There is alt between u ," meaning, "We have eaten together and are friends. ' Salt was once so scarce and precious that it was u sed as money. Caesar's oldier received part of their pay in alt. Thi wa known as thei r salariit111. It is from thi word, that our English word " alary' ' is de- THE OHIO INDEPENDENT BAPTIST