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I. For good or ill, the life of every one of us is an incessant influence.

II. Deduce from this fact some important lessons.

1. Our unconscious influence is spontaneous, and has no premeditation or calculation about it.

2. Our unconscious influence is a perpetual emanation from ourselves.

3. This unconscious influence is necessarily simple.

4. Our unconscious influence is the more powerful because it excites no suspicion.

III. In what sense and on what grounds are we accountable for this kind of influence?

1. It is conditioned by our character.

2. It is by this we act most on those who are nearest to us.

3. Our indirect influence is our truest. It best represents us.

4. By these unconscious exhibitions of character the world is constantly judging us. Learn

(1)  The importance of each act in our life;

(2)  The necessity of conversion.

(Clement Bailhache.)

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KJV: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

WEB: I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.