The 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.
BILLY SUNDAYThe 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.
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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When the word of God says one thing and scholarship says another, scholarship can go to hell.
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When the English language gets in my way, I walk over it.
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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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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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There is no law, divine or human, that the saloon respects.
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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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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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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
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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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If you have no joy in your religion, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.
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If you lack joy, your Christianity must be leaking somewhere
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Jesus Christ was God’s revenue officer.
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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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Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren’t looking!
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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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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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The rivers of America will run with blood filled to their banks before we will submit to them taking the Bible out of our schools.
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When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.
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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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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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Wealth is not the standard of worth. Some people put cash before character.
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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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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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