Billy Sunday
Billy Sunday
William Ashley "Billy" Sundaywas an American athlete who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth19 November 1862
CityStory County, IA
CountryUnited States of America
inspiration years suffering
It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back.
cheer liars adversity
The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery.... It is God's worst enemy and the devil's best friend.
delight impossibility
We have a God who delights in impossibilities.
character wife people
Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.
people littles monkeys
God likes a little humor, as is evidence by the fact that he made the monkeys, the parrot -- and some of you people.
prayer stranger revival-in-america
If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.
god heart men
Whenever a day comes when I can stand and preach God's Word without an agony of anxiety lest the people will not accept Christ; whenever a day comes when I can see men and women coming down the aisles without joy in my heart, I'll quit preaching.
home new-home
Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.
jesus mean vision
Get somebody else for Jesus Christ and you will get a new vision of life, a new vision of what it means.
men devil rope
The man who votes for the saloon is pulling on the same rope with the devil, whether he knows it or not.
inspiring mothers-day mom
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
challenges church business-education
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
sports swings doors
At Kansas City, Kansas, before the saloons were closed, they were getting ready to build an addition to the jail. Now the doors swing idly on the hinges and there is nobody to lock in the jails.
fear thinking you-dont-know-me
And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don't know me yet.