A little clock in a jeweler's window stopped one morning at twenty minutes after eight. It remained silent and inactive for half an hour.
School children, looking at the clock, stopped to play; people hurrying to the train began to walk more slowly; professional men lingered to chat with each other.
All were late because one small clock stopped. Never had these people known how much they depended upon that clock, until it led them astray.
Many are thus unconsciously depending upon the influence of Christians. You may think you have no influence; but if you are a Christian you cannot go wrong in one little act without leading others astray. "None of us liveth to himself." Rom. 14:77For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. (Romans 14:7).