Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 19. November 1862 |
Geburtsort | Story County, Iowa, U.S. |
Todesort | Chicago |
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Beschreibung | William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (19. November 1862 - 6. November 1935) war ein amerikanischer Outfielder in der Baseball National League und gilt als der einflussreichste amerikanische Evangelist in den ersten beiden Jahrzehnten des 20. Sunday wurde in Iowa in ärmlichen Verhältnissen geboren und verbrachte einige Jahre im Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home, bevor er Gelegenheitsjobs annahm und für lokale Lauf- und Baseballmannschaften spielte. Seine Schnelligkeit und Beweglichkeit ermöglichten es ihm, acht Jahre lang in der Major League Baseball zu spielen, wo er ein durchschnittlicher Schlagmann und ein guter Feldspieler war, der für sein Base-Running bekannt war. |
Home is the place we love best and grumble the most.
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.
If there is no hell, a good many preachers are obtaining money under false pretenses.
The fellow that has no money is poor. The fellow that has nothing but money is poorer still.
There is nothing in the world of art like the songs mother used to sing.
If you don't do your part, don't blame God.
I have been, and will go on, fighting that damnable, dirty, rotten business with all the power at my command.
God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.
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.
I challenge you to show me where the saloon has ever helped business, education, church, morals or anything we hold dear.
I believe the Bible is the word of God from cover to cover.
