If you have no joy in your religion, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.
BILLY SUNDAYThe Bible says forgive your debtors; the world says “sue them for their dough.”
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
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The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow.
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When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.
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It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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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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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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One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
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There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.
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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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The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.
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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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Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
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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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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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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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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
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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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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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And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don’t know me yet.
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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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More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
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I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
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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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