"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
Mrs. Clark and the Pacific Garden Mission--Sunday's Own
Story of his Conversion--Winning the Game of Life 39
CHAPTER V
Playing the New Game
The Individuality of the Man--His Marriage--Mrs. Sunday's
Influence--Work in the Y. M. C. A.--A Father
Disowned--Redeeming a Son--The Gambler--A Living
Testimony--Professional Evangelistic Work 45
CHAPTER VI
A Shut Door--and an Open One
Sunday Thrown Upon His Own Resources by Dr. Chapman's
Return to Philadelphia--Call to Garner, Iowa--"This
is the Lord's Doings" 57
CHAPTER VII
Campaigning for Christ
Splendid Organization of a Sunday Campaign--Church
Co-operation--The Power of Christian Publicity--District
Prayer Meetings--Sunday's Army of Workers--The Sunday
Tabernacle--The Evangelist's Own Compensation--Personnel
of the Sunday Party 61
CHAPTER VIII
"Speech--Seasoned with Salt"
Vivid Language of the Common People--"Rubbing the Fur
the Wrong Way"--"Delivering the Goods"--Shakings
from the Sunday Salt-cellar 69
CHAPTER IX
Battling with Booze
An Effective Foe of the Liquor Business--"Dry" Victories
Following Sunday Campaigns--"De Brewer's Big
Hosses"--The Famous "Booze" Sermon--Interest in
Manhood--Does the Saloon Help Business?--The Parent of
Crimes--The Economic Side--Tragedies Born of
Drink--More Economics--The American Mongoose--The Saloon
a Coward--God's Worst Enemy--What Will a Dollar Buy?--The
Gin Mill--A Chance for Manhood--Personal Liberty--The
Moderate Drinker--What Booze Does to the System 80
CHAPTER X
"Give Attendance to Reading"
Sunday's Reverence for "Book Learning"--No Claim to
Originality--Some Sources of His Sermons--God's
Token of Love--The Sinking Ship--"What If It Had
Been My Boy?"--A Dream of Heaven--The Battle
with Death--"Christ or Nothing"--Calvary--The
World for God--A Word Picture--The Faithful Pilot 121
CHAPTER XI
Acrobatic Preaching
Platform Gymnastics--The Athlete in the Preacher--Sunday's
Sense of Humor Stronger than His Sense of
Pathos--His Voice and Manner--Personal Side of
Sunday 138
CHAPTER XII
"The Old-Time Religion"
Sunday's Power of Positive Conviction--His Ideas of
Theology--The Need of Old-time Revival--The Gospel
According to Sunday--Salvation a Personal Matter--"And
He Arose and Followed Him"--At the Cross-roads--"He
Died for Me" 146
CHAPTER XIII
"Hitting the Sawdust Trail"
Origin of the Phrase, "The Sawdust Trail"--Impressive
Scenes as Converts by the Hundred Stream Forward--Vital
Religion--Mr. Sunday's Hand--All Sorts and Conditions
of People 158
CHAPTER XIV
The Service of Society
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