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.
BILLY SUNDAYThe 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.
More Billy Sunday Quotes
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Christianity means a lot more than church membership.
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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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What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?
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More men fail though lack of purpose than lack of talent.
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The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
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The reason you don’t like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.
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You can’t measure manhood with a tape line around the biceps.
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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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Churches don’t need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.
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Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.
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America didn’t need repeal, she needed repentance!
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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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One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
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I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
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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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