"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
You can't stand before God in the Judgment and say, "Jesus, were you
down there in the tabernacle? In my home? In my lodge? Did you want to
save me?" Behold! Behold! A greater than the governor is here. Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, and he waits to be gracious.
"What shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?"
CHAPTER XXXI
Our Long Home
Don't let God hang a "For Rent" sign on the mansion that has been
prepared for you in heaven.--BILLY SUNDAY.
Vivid, literal and comforting, is Sunday's portrayal of the Christian's
long home. He is one of the few preachers who depict heaven so that
it ministers to earth. Countless thousands of Christians have been
comforted by his realistic pictures of "the land that is fairer than
day."
"HEAVEN"
What do I want most of all? A man in Chicago said to me one day, "If I
could have all I wanted of any one thing I would take money." He would
be a fool, and so would you if you would make a similar choice. There's
lots of things money can't do. Money can't buy life; money can't buy
health. Andrew Carnegie says, "Anyone who can assure men ten years of
life can name his price."
If you should meet with an accident which would require a surgical
operation or your life would be despaired of, there is not a man here
but would gladly part with all the money he has if that would give him
the assurance that he could live twelve months longer.
If you had all the money in the world you couldn't go to the graveyard
and put those loved ones back in your arms and have them sit once more
in the family circle and hear their voices and listen to their prattle.
[Illustration: "HA! HA! OLD SKEPTIC, I'VE GOT YOU BEAT."]
A steamer tied up at her wharf, having just returned from an
expedition, and as the people walked down the plank their friends met
them to congratulate them on their success or encourage them through
their defeat. Down came a man I used to know in Fargo, S. D. Friends
rushed up and said, "Why, we hear that you were very fortunate."
"Yes, wife and I left here six months ago with hardly anything. Now we
have $350,000 in gold dust in the hold of the ship."
Then somebody looked around and said, "Mr. L----, where is your little
boy?"
The tears rolled down his cheeks and he said, "We left him buried on
the banks of the Yukon beneath the snow and ice, and we would gladly
part with all the gold, if we only had our boy."
But all the wealth of the Klondike could not open the grave and put
that child back in their arms. Money can't buy the peace of God that
passeth understanding. Money can't take the sin out of your life.
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