The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.
BILLY SUNDAYWhat have you given the world it never possessed before you came?
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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The devil says I’m out, but the Lord says I’m safe.
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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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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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I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world’s heart for two thousand years.
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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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Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
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If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.
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Your reputation is what people say about you. Your character is what God and your wife know about you.
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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
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The Bible says forgive your debtors; the world says “sue them for their dough.”
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Religion needs a baptism of horse sense.
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I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.
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The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
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God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
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The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.
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The church is not a dormitory for sleepers, it is an institution for workers; it is not a rest camp, it is a front line trench.
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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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Whiskey is all right in its place – but its place is hell.
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I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.
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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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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.
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The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
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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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