I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world’s heart for two thousand years.
BILLY SUNDAYGod Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.
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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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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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Whiskey is all right in its place – but its place is hell.
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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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Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
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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 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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If you have no joy in your religion, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.
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America didn’t need repeal, she needed repentance!
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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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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 Bible says forgive your debtors; the world says “sue them for their dough.”
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Jesus gave his life on the cross for any who will believe. We’re not redeemed by silver or gold. Jesus paid for it with his blood.
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Some ministers say, ‘If you don’t repent you’ll die and go to a place the name of which I can’t pronounce.’ I can! You’ll go to hell!
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I have more respect for the devil than for some preachers I have met; the devil believes the Bible is the Word of God!
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The 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.
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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.
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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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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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There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.
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Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
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The devil says I’m out, but the Lord says I’m safe.
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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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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
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The Democratic party of Florida has put a temperance plank in its platform and the Republican party of every state would nail that plank in their platform if they thought it would carry the election.
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