Please Pass the Salt

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Please Pass the Salt

• You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt
  loses its saltiness, how an it be salty again?
  It is no longer good for anything, except to be
  thrown out and trampled by men.
• Matthew 513

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The Facts, Please!

• Table salt contains two elements, chlorine and
  sodium. It is known chemically as sodium
  chloride.
• Only a small amount of salt is used for seasoning
  food. There are about 1, 400 other uses.

• Long ago salt was so important and so scarce that
  it was used as money. In ancient Greece, slaves
  were bought with salt. When an owner was pleased
  with his slave, he said, He is worth his salt.
  We still use that phrase to say that someone is
  worthwhile. In Rome, soldiers received part of
  their pay in salt. This was called their
  salarium, from which we get our word salary.

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More facts, please!

• Salt is found in the oceans, in salt lakes, in
  salt springs, and in salt mines. In the ocean
  there are about four ounces of salt in every
  gallon of water. One sea, though, has nine time
  as much salt as that. The Dead Sea in Israel has
  11, 600,000,000 tons of salt!

• In Bible times some of the salt collected from
  the Dead Sea lost its saltiness. Instead of
  being thrown away, it was stored in the temple in
  Jerusalem. It was spread on the marble
  courtyards when winter rains made them slippery,
  and people walked on it. Thats what the Bible
  means when it says salt that has lost its
  saltiness is trodden under the feet of men.

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One more fact!

• Long ago, when people signed an agreement, they
  ate some salt. It was a pledge of their
  friendship and faithfulness.