A LITTLE CLOCK

A little clock in a jeweler’s window in a certain western town stopped one day for half an hour at twenty minutes after eight.

School children, noticing the time, stopped to play; people hurrying to the train looked at the clock and began to walk more slowly; professional men, after a look at the clock, stopped to chat longer in the sunshine; and all were late because one small clock stopped. Never had these people known how much they depended upon that clock till it led them astray.

Many are thus unconsciously depending upon the influence of Christians. You may think you have no influence, but you cannot go wrong in one little act without leading others astray.