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 trouble with many men is that they have got just enough religion to make them miserable. If there is not joy in religion, you have got a leak in your religion.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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Jesus Christ was God’s revenue officer.
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We have a God who delights in impossibilities.
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The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
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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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Let’s quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.
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If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
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A revival does two things. First, it returns the Church from her backsliding and second, it causes the conversion of men and women; and it always includes the conviction of sin on the part of the Church. What a spell the devil seems to cast over the Church today!
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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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The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
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When the word of God says one thing and scholarship says another, scholarship can go to hell.
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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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After all is said that can be said upon the liquor traffic, its influence is degrading upon the individual, the family, politics and business, and upon everything that you touch in this old world.
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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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Unless you have made a complete surrender and are doing his will it will avail you nothing if you’ve reformed a thousand times and have your name on fifty church records.
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I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
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