"Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message: With his own words which have won thousands for ChristEllis, William T. (William Thomas)
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"Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message: With his own words which have won thousands for Christ
Ellis, William T. (William Thomas)
Baseball players -- United States -- Biography; Evangelists -- United States -- Biography; Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935
The great men of the ages are on the side of the Bible. A good many
infidels talk as though the great minds of the world were arrayed
against Christianity and the Bible. Great statesmen, inventors,
painters, poets, artists, musicians, have lifted up their hearts in
prayer. Watt, the inventor of the steam engine, was a Christian;
Fulton, the inventor of the steamboat, was a Christian; Cyrus
McCormick, who first invented the self-binder, was a Christian; Morse,
who invented the telegraph, and the first message that ever flashed
over the wire was from Deuteronomy--'What hath God wrought'. Edison,
although a doubter in some things, said that there was evidence enough
in chemistry to prove the existence of a God, if there was no evidence
besides that. George Washington was a Christian. Abraham Lincoln was
a Christian, and with Bishop Simpson knelt on his knees in the White
House, praying God to give victory to the Army of the Blue. John Hay,
the brightest Secretary of State that ever managed the affairs of
state, in my judgment, was a Christian. William Jennings Bryan, a man
as clean as a hound's tooth; Garfield, McKinley, Grover Cleveland,
Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson--all Christians.
The poets drew their inspiration from the Bible. Dante's "Inferno,"
Milton's "Paradise Lost," two of the greatest works ever written,
were inspired by the Word of God. Lord Byron, although a profligate,
drew his inspiration from the Word of God. Shakespeare's works abound
with quotations from the Bible. John G. Whittier, Longfellow, Michael
Angelo, who painted "The Last Judgment," Raphael, who painted the
"Madonna of the Chair," Da Vinci, who painted "The Last Supper,"
all dipped their brushes in the light of heaven and painted for
eternity. The great men of the world of all ages, of science, art, or
statesmanship, have all believed in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.
Twenty-seven years ago, with the Holy Spirit for my guide, I entered
this wonderful temple that we call Christianity. I entered through the
portico of Genesis and walked down through the Old Testament's art
gallery, where I saw the portraits of Joseph, Jacob, Daniel, Moses,
Isaiah, Solomon and David hanging on the wall; I entered the music room
of the Psalms and the Spirit of God struck the keyboard of my nature
until it seemed to me that every reed and pipe in God's great organ of
nature responded to the harp of David, and the charm of King Solomon in
his moods.
I walked into the business house of Proverbs.
I walked into the observatory of the prophets and there saw
photographs of various sizes, some pointing to far-off stars or
events--all concentrated upon one great Star which was to rise as an
atonement for sin.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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