I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things.
BILLY SUNDAYThe reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
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If you want to drive the devil out of the world, hit him with a cradle instead of a crutch
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Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing – open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way – that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that.
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Churches don’t need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.
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I don’t believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.
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The backslider likes the preaching that wouldn’t hit the side of a house, while the real disciple is delighted when the truth brings him to his knees.
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Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren’t looking!
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There is a mighty power in a mother’s hand. There’s more power in a woman’s hand than there is in a king’s scepter. And there is a mighty power in a mother’s kiss – inspiration, courage, hope, ambition, in a mother’s kiss.
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You can’t raise the standard of women’s morals by raising their pay envelope. It lies deeper than that.
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You might as well try and dam Niagara Falls with toothpicks as to stop the reform wave sweeping our land.
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And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don’t know me yet.
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
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I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.
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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.
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If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
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