You are the salt of God's earth,
to flavor and preserve.
But if the salt is tasteless,
what purpose does it serve?
You are the light of God's world
that cannot be concealed;
A light that shines to all, so
God's glory is revealed.
The law is not abolished,
but Christ comes to fulfill;
Not one word will be stricken
from God's own holy will.
Be salt and light in God's world,
show Christ for all to see;
The work of holy witness
is up to you and me.
TEXT: Charles Spence Freeman, February 2026, after Matthew 5:13-20.
MUSIC: Tune CHRISTUS, DER IST MEIN LEBEN, Melchior Vulpius, 1609.
A hymn for the fifth Sunday after Epiphany, also picking back up after an unplanned hiatus.
