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title: 'Ye Are the Salt of the Earth'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
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authors:
- 'Charles Henry Parkhurst'
date: 1895-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Church-State Relations'
- 'Politics'
- 'Sermons'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/parkhurst-1895-ye-are-the-salt-of-the-earth
---

# Ye Are the Salt of the Earth

Parkhurst's 1892 Madison Square sermon denounces Tammany Hall corruption, urging Christians to be 'salt of the earth'—to confront municipal vice and engage in civic duty.

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