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William Ashley Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was an American athlete who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century.

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You can't measure manhood with a tape line around his biceps.

Biceps, Line, Lines, Measure, Tape

Some homes need a hickory switch a good deal more than they do a piano.

Deal, Good, Home, Needs, Piano

The Bible says forgive your debtors; the world says "sue them for their dough. "

Debtors, Dough, Forgiving, Sue, World

The only way to keep a broken vessel full is to keep it always under the tap.

Broken, Keep, Under, Vessel, Way

Sinners cannot find God for the same reason that criminals cannot find a policeman: They aren't looking!

Criminals, Looking, Policemen, Reason, Same

Hypocrites in the Church? Yes, and in the lodge and at the home. Don't hunt through the Church for a hypocrite. Go home and look in the mirror. Hypocrites? Yes. See that you make the number one less.

Home, Hypocrite, Look, Mirror, Mirrors, Yes

What have you given the world it never possessed before you came?

Came, Given, Possessed, World

I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.

Factories, Gospel, Men, Plainly, Want

The reason you don't like the Bible, you old sinner, is because it knows all about you.

Bible, Biblical, Knows, Like, Reason

Listen, if I heard shrieks and cries coming from a house and I ran in there and I found a great big broad shouldered whiskey soaked Joe weasel, dragging his wife about by the hair, and over here, two children are unconscious from his blows and kicks and another one screaming in terror, do you think I would apologize for being there? No! I'd knock 7 kinds of pork out of that old hog.

Big, Blow, Children, Dragging, House, Thinking

It would be a godsend if the Church would suffer persecution today; she hasn't suffered it for hundreds of years. She is growing rich and lagging behind. Going back.

Growing, Inspiration, Lagging, Suffering, Today, Years

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.

Brings, Christian Inspirational, Disciple, House, Knees, Real

When may a revival be expected? When the wickedness of the wicked grieves and distresses the Christian.

Christian, Grieving, Revival, Sports, Wicked

I have more respect for the devil than for some preachers I have met; the devil believes the Bible is the Word of God!

Believe, Believes, Devil, Met, Mets, Respect

If you are a stranger to prayer, you are a stranger to the greatest source of power known to human beings.

Power, Prayer, Source, Stranger

I believe that a long step toward public morality will have been taken when sins are called by their right names.

Believe, Names, Public, Step, Taken

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.

Frighten, Marriage, Praising, Trying, Wife

There is more power in a mother's hand than in a king's scepter.

Hand, Kings, Mom, Mother, Power, Scepter

Whiskey and beer are all right in their place, but their place is in hell.

Beer, Christian, Place, Whiskey

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.

Adversity, Cheer, Enemy, Liars, Misery, Worst

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