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.
BILLY SUNDAYChurches don’t need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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Jesus Christ was God’s revenue officer.
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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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It is not necessary to be in a big place to do big things.
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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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An excuse is a skin of a reason stuffed with a lie.
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If there is not Hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
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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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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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Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.
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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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I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
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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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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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America didn’t need repeal, she needed repentance!
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