Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
BILLY SUNDAYSinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren’t looking!
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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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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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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Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
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More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
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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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I am a temperance Republican down to my toes.
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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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I don’t believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.
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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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Churches don’t need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.
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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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