I am an old-fashioned preacher of the old-time religion, that has warmed this cold world’s heart for two thousand years.
BILLY SUNDAYI don’t believe there are devils enough in hell to pull a boy out of the arms of a godly mother.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
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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.
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I am the sworn, eternal and uncompromising enemy of the liquor traffic.
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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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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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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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If you have no joy in your religion, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.
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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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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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I pity anyone who can’t laugh. There must be something wrong with their religion or their lives. The devil can’t laugh.
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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
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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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Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.
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Wealth is not the standard of worth. Some people put cash before character.
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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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And if you think that anybody is going to frighten me, you don’t know me yet.
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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 am a temperance Republican down to my toes.
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I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.
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The devil says I’m out, but the Lord says I’m safe.
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The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
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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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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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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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If you are strangers to prayer you are strangers to power.
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