14 Top Quotes By Billy Sunday, The Famous American Athlete And Evangelist
William Ashley Sunday, better known as Billy Sunday, was an American baseball player and athlete, who went on to become one of the most famous 20th century evangelists in the country. Sunday grew up in an orphan home but his prowess as an athlete and baseball player, saw him play in at the highest level. However, after he converted to Christianity, he quit baseball and over a period of time and became famous for his ability to deliver sermons in a particularly frenzied fashion to his audience. Soon, Sunday became a huge draw across the United States and drew huge crowds wherever he went including the largest cities in the country. He was active during the late 19th century and early 20th century, when media was not that big and that is what makes Sunday’s popularity an even bigger achievement. During his career he not only became famous among the masses but was embraced by the cream of American society and in the process, became wealthy. Sunday did not only speak about the spiritual side of things and spoke on a range of things starting from the virtues of conservative Christianity to advocacy for prohibition. His thoughts are sayings are quite popular among the masses and here are a collection of his quotes.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.
Better die an old maid, sister, than marry the wrong man.
The law tells me how crooked I am. Grace comes along and straightens me out.
The reason you don't like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.
You can't measure manhood with a tape line around his biceps.
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.
One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.
The Bible will always be full of things you cannot understand, as long as you will not live according to those you can understand.
Give your face to God, and He will put his shine on it.
Temptation is the devil looking through the keyhole. Yielding is opening the door and inviting him in.
Yank some of the groans out of your prayers and shove in some shouts.
They tell me that I rub the fur the wrong way. I don't; let the cat turn around.
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.
