Salt In The Bible

By Rev. Charles A. Tulga

Contents - 101 pages

• SALT IN THE BIBLE

• HISTORY OF SALT

• SEASONER AND PRESERVER

• SALT AS A FACTOR IN THE CONFEDERACY

• SALT AND YOU

• PENETRATING POWER OF SALT

• THE SERMON BIBLE

• SALT

• SALTED CHRISTIANS

• "GOOD FOR NOTHING"

• THERAPEUTIC USES OF SALT

• THE SANCTITY OF SPEECH

• THE CHURCH AND PERSONAL INFLUENCE

Introduction to the book "Salt In The Bible"

The sermons printed in this book are the result of twenty years of study of salt.  One day as I was reading the fifth chapter of Matthew, the 13th verse impressed me.  In my meditations I began to wonder what Jesus meant by the text, "Ye are the salt of the earth.  If the salt loses its savor wherewith shall it be salted.  It is therefore good for nothing but to be cast out and trodden under the foot of men."

I thought of natural salt and I began to study natural salt and its source, and its uses and it real value to human life.  I wrote the Morton Salt Company in Chicago and secured a book "Salt, the Fifth Element' by Garnett L. Eskew.  The Morton Salt Company gave me permission to use the material from the book in my study in building of sermons on salt.  They have been very kind to me in supplying other knowledge of my subject.  I am also greatly indebted to International Salt Company for a filmstrip and narration on "Salt Mining and Salt by Evaporation."  The company has sent me much material on salt and much of the material under "Salt and You" is from one of their sources of my material and sermons recorded in this book. 

Another source is "Salt as a Factor in the Confederacy" by Ella Lonn.  Thanks to Janelle Smallwood of Harrisville, Ohio for the book review.

I wrote to the Cokesbury Press and they can find no record of the publishing of the material that I have from books printed by Jennings and Graham in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Also they stated that the material is public domain.  I am indebted to several encyclopedia on the Bible, and book of geology and the minerals of the earth.

Also I want to express thanks to all unknown sources of my material and say to those who may find either their sermons or other material belonging to them:  I beg your pardon and I covet your prayers that this book will be a blessing to all who are devout Christians and true spiritual salt.  Also, those who just have a profession might be influenced to become the true salt of the earth.

I want to thank Ruth (Tulga) Kline for typing the manuscript.

Charles A. Tulga

(I am a cousin of Chester E. Tulga, Baptist preacher deceased)