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The things we do on earth. If you speak a word into the air, or sing a song, the reverberations will quiver around and around the world and through space, forever; if you drop a pebble into the sea, its plash will start ripples which will tremble through the water, on and one, until they have broken on every shore of the ocean. So it is true that every good word spoken in this world, every sweet song sung, every holy thought or impulse of blessing started, shall go on and on, until the end of all things. In this sense our works shall follow us. The things we do for Christ here, the inspirations we put into immortal lives, the lessons we teach, the influences of good we start, shall not die with us.
One plants a tree, and, long after he is dead, weary ones rest at noonday beneath its shade, and pluck its fruits to feed their hunger. David has been dead nearly three thousand years, and yet his words are following him in all Christian lands, as his songs are sung, their influence breathing through millions of hearts. Paul has been dead many centuries, but his works are following him wherever his words are read. The humblest believer, who lives and sets in motion even one gentle word, or one helpful impulse, has started works which shall follow him until the end of time. Our life does not die out of this world when we leave it.