Often is it true, as Cardinal Newman writes:-- "He lives to us who dies; he is but lost who lives." Thus even death doth not quench the influence of a good life.

It continues to bless others long after the life has passed from earth.
It is true, as Mrs.Sangster writes:-- "They never quite leave us, our friends who have passed Through the shadows of death to the sunlight above; A thousand sweet memories are holding them fast To the places they blessed with their presence and love.
"The work which they left and the books which they read Speak mutely, though still with an eloquence rare, And the songs that they sung, and the dear words that they said Yet linger and sigh on the desolate air.
"And oft when alone, and oft in the throng, Or when evil allures us, or sin draweth nigh, A whisper comes gently, 'Nay, do not the wrong,' And we feel that our weakness is pitied on high." It must be remembered that not all influence is good.

Evil deeds also have influence.

Bad men live, too, after they are gone.

Cried a dying man whose life had been full of harm to others: "Gather up my influence, and bury it with me in my grave." But the frantic, remorseful wish was in vain.