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.
BILLY SUNDAYThe 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.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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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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I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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God likes a little humor, as is evidence by the fact that he made the monkeys, the parrot — and some of you people.
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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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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.
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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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The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
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The devil says I’m out, but the Lord says I’m safe.
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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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If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
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Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
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The mother of Moses did more for the world than all the kinds that Egypt ever had. Oh, you wait until you reach the mountains of eternity, then read the mothers’ names in God’s Hall of Fame.
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