Show g aJ J i I Rev Robert H. H Harper Lit Lit ing ing Witnesses Lesson for September 26 Matthew 5 S is 16 13 Acts 8 4 6 4 6 II 11 Corinthians S 5 14 Golden Goldin Text Matthew 5 16 Salt has been employed from the thel l emote past as a preservative of I cd and it is significant that Jesus told lold his disciples that they were I Ith th the salt of the earth A devoted husband once told the writer how I hp dreaded to take tale his wife to live at a sawmill where conditions were I rough and many of the men were j i wicked nicked But she insisted on going v with ith th him and with pride he told what wha t a fine effect her presence and andI I her ber influence had over the place But if the salt sail has lost its saltiness through adulteration what good isi isit is isit i it Jc Jesus sus also likened Christians to 10 toa toa I a city set on a mil hiM and to a light on high I It the light borne by A man who is respected and in tais ns s oJ s s allowed to grow dim dimI dimand I and Ji di ou out for tor lack of fu fuel l and andI I timely ca car how hew great may the injury to ho hll ho hive hava le followed him as aR their th ii example Trott Th ove Love of Christ supports those who vho witness v for him and makes I then to bear a bright an and shining light amid the darkness of sin i They m st lay aside all personal I considerations and even even the thought of Jesus as a man to think of of himas him himas himI I as s the ever living God who was I in the world to reconcile men unto I himself This is our highest wit- wit to less to tell the world of a Savior J I who can cleanse and save unto the j I uttermost |