In the days of John Chrysostom, the golden mouthed preacher, the people said, "It were better for the sun to cease his shining than for John Chrysostom to cease his preaching." Something of that same feeling must be in our hearts today as we are called to face the exodus of the greatest preacher our State has ever known. How difficult it is to realize that B.H. Carroll has fallen on sleep When did death ever deal Texas Baptists before such a staggering blow? Shall we ever see his like again? George W. Truett

To every soul in need of light and help; to every heart bowed under the weight of sin or grief or tears; to every one whose face is clothed upon with life's sunset glow; to every one tempted, discouraged sad-hearted or bereaved, this book is sent with the devout prayer that it may bring hope and comfort, and give them, each and all, new visions of the Master's grace and love.

We walk by faith, not by sight. We do not know what is ahead. If we knew the black Fridays that may he out there ahead, our hearts would sink within us. We would be unfitted for the mighty demands upon us right now, if we knew of the separations, of the desolating breakups in our homes and in one lives out there ahead. We must wait until we get there and His grace will be ample, surely. He hides from us our successes. If we knew that out yonder were great chapters of success, we would be largely unfitted to go on and fulfill the demands upon us today. He hides these things from us.

The majority of those who read this fourth volume in the Truett Memorial Series will readily agree that its title, The Salt of the Earth, is a good five-word description of the late Dr. George W. Truett. The functions of salt in the physical realm were abundantly illustrated by his life in social and spiritual realms. From early youth to the time of his death at the age of seventy-seven his moral earnestness, social grace, mental alertness and spiritual fervor were as healing, preserving, flavoring salt to the multitudes who came into vital contact with him. He never lost his savor. It is no...

UPDATE: Corrected typos The late Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, Virginia's foremost citizen, editor, biographer and historian, in 1939 said of Dr. George W. Truett: "He is one of the most notable figures of twentieth-century Christianity-a man to whom, along with millions of Americans, I owe a debt in spirit." There were many reasons for Dr. Freeman's estimate, one of them being the fact that Dr. Truett ever proclaimed a very high standard of conduct for Christians and always practiced what he preached. Every sermon in this volume emphasizes some phase of Christian living, such as witnessing,...