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!
BILLY SUNDAYWhen the word of God says one thing and scholarship says another, scholarship can go to hell.
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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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 believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
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Let’s quit fiddling with religion and do something to bring the world to Christ.
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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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Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
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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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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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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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When is a revival needed? When carelessness and unconcern keep the people asleep.
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I believe there is no doctrine more dangerous to the Church today than to convey the impression that a revival is something peculiar in itself and cannot be judged by the same rules of causes and effect as other things.
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The mother of Moses did more for the world than all the kinds that Egypt ever had. Oh, you wait until you reach the mountains of eternity, then read the mothers’ names in God’s Hall of Fame.
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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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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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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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