The Ohio Independent Baptist, May 1970

ri,·ed. Al o dating back to the da)' \\ hen men \\·ere paid in alt. come the expre ion, ·· ot ~ orth hi a]t. •· It literal}\- meant that the man had ~ not done enough work to earn hi ,vage . Apart from the ob, 1 iou purpo e of alt. to ea on our food alt i needed for many other rea on . Salt and it b)·-product are u ed by chen1i– cal companie hide and leather pro– ces or and manufacturer of oap, \\ a hing compound and gla . Medi– cal!}' . alt has anti eptic propertie \vhich make it beneficial for clean - ing \vounds or coating raw. ore throat . Saline solution given by in– tra, enou injection are u ed to re– store the body' fluid balance after injury surgery or shock. Living in an area where salt i often the main topic of conver ation our minds frequentl)' turn to the Scriptural passages which refer to salt. The Bible mention salt 32 times, from the sage Job who asked, 'Can that "'hich i un avoury be eaten \\ 1 ithout alt?', to Jame ' statement, 1 WS tt; =+x 4 4 . Ch ildren' s " o can no fountain both yield salt \\ 1 atcr and fresh.,, 'fhe true hr1st1an cannot ignore the 1natter of salt. C~hrist, peaking to l)e] ie,,ers. ta tes. ··v e are the alt of the earth:' here is no choice gi, en. 110 option. he in1plication ec,11 to be. You tire salt. nOVt' act J1kc it! 11 tl1e r1atural salt flat , at the bc– ginn i ng of all n1aki ng sea on, al I 111 dro and in1puritie are ren1ovc<.l. o it i \\ i th lJ • Wl1cn \.\' C co111e to t1ri t 11e rerno e tl1e gt1ilt an,I tain of in. A tl1e ca on progresses, tl1 alt i :> JlO ed to \\'a ter, \\ in<.I an<.I ,-. eatl1 r to ft1r1l1er J>L11 it}' it an<.I n1ake 11 pr fit" IJI . S it i \\' iLl1 u . '"I rial , affJ1ct1 11 , tor111 111a} c 111e i111c ur ]J , i11 rder tl1at \\c.: 111a} l> JlJ s n1 d t d, ". . . a gloriou cl1t11 cl1 not J1a\ 1 i11g J> t r ,.. ri11kl r n ucl1 tl1i,1g.,, I he • fi11 d alt n1 a I u d a a I' , l h Id I a l nd r tar cl d it J \ 1 l h U • \ ll t 11 f \\ JI\ Ifl f I ti- TH . OHIO I D P t O BAPTIS t L fU Ced a-rv 'ti , Ot·,..__,... 53 4 Flooding The Salt Vats ent America or Pagan Pakistan, our job a ' the alt of the earth" is to check the moral corruption of the world, so that it does not perish in it own rottenne . Sometimes salty poultice or a plunge into the ocean will sting and hurt even while healing is taking ..All .. \ . ~ ; ' .. ,._ -~--·· . c . . 'li '. :- ,;:_: . . ........ ' - 5. Literature Preparation place. Being the " alt of the earth" will not make u popular with the world. The ting of our te timony may mart even though it point the way to the healing of the oul. Paul guide believer as to ho'A, they hould function a 'the alt of the earth. · "Let your peech be alway with grace, ea oned with alt. . .'' ol. 4: 6. Food that i well ea oned v., ith alt i pal atable and plea ing. o it i with u . We are not to be bigoted. argt1n1entative or critical rather. we a alt mt1 t be whole on1e, attracti\ e, • \>v1n ome. The o1a r method of obtaining alt. uch a i Lt ed in a t Paki tan. i l1t1t one of the n1an\ \\- a\'. in Vt'hich .. .. salt i prod11ced. \ ' ariou. countrie find different n1ethod 111ore practi– cal. The end re 11 lt 1 the an1e. th prodttction of alt. . .. alt of the earth,. v., e. in \ ariot· cot1ntrie 111a 1 differ 10 our approa h. Ot1r j b i to li\'e a \.\ hat \\ e are, ·•the alt f the cart h., and to <.ira,, n1en to ··ra,te tlnd cc that the I r<.i L good:· 111 l ~a~t Pttkt\tan. the e tlfl: the n1cthod\ \\ e U'\e: l \ ' 111a g c \ 1\ 1 t .1 t 1 o 11 2 l~tble ( orre\ponden~t' cl1t)l)l le,J1ct1l- t1rg1c,1l ' \ a11gelt'i111 4 ( l1illl1e11·, (.' ,ttllfl" anLl (. ' ltt~\C\ ~ 1 1ter,11t1re Pr 'l1arat1on 6. ,1t1011al l eaLlcr h1r1 1 raini11g . 6 . National leadership MAY, 1970 9