Billy Sunday - Billy Sunday, the man and his message, with his own words which have won thousands for Christ

'BILLY' SUNDAY

THE MANAND HIS MESSAGE

WITH HISOWN WORDS WHICH HAVE WON THOUSANDS FOR CHRIST

BY

WILLIAMT. ELLIS, LL.D.

My friend, Dr. William T. Ellis, the author of this book, knows me and my work well.

His estimate of me, and his interpre tation of my work, are, of course, en tirely his own.

The chapters contributed by me are substantially the message I have spoken wherever I have preached.

Because he is the mostconspicuous Christian leader in America today; because hehas done an entirely unique and far-reaching work of evangelism; and becausehis words have a message for all men, I have written, at the request of thepublishers, this narrative concerning Rev. William A. Sunday, D.D.

The final appraisal of the man an d his ministry cannot, of course, be made while he isalive, "Never judge unfinished work." This book has endeavored todeal candidly, though sympathetically, with its subject. Mr. Sunday has notseen either the manuscript or proofs. He has, however, autho rized the use of the messages which he is accustomed todeliver in his meetings, and which comprise more than half the contents of thevolume.

The author's hope is that thoseof us who are just plain "folks" will find the book interesting andhelpful. He h as no doubt that professional Christianworkers will get many suggestions from the story of Mr. Sunday's methods.

I would acknowledge theassistance of Miss Helen Cramp and the Rev. Ernest Bawden in collating andpreparing for publication Mr, Sunday's utte rances.

W illiam T. E llis.

swarthmore. pa.

God'sMan Sent in God's TimeSunday's ConvertsRe ligion and the Common PeopleA Great City Shaken by theGospelPopular Interest in Vital Religion Sunday a Distinctively American Type

Sunday'sSympathy with Every-day FolkEarly LifeThe Soldiers' OrphanageTheOld FarmEarning a Living. The School of ExperienceFirst Baseball Ventures

Fame asa Baseball PlayerEagerness to "Take aChance" Record Run on the Day Following his Conversion The Parting ofthe Ways

Mrs.Clark and the Pacific Garden MissionSunday's Own Story of hisConversionWinning the Game of Life

TheIndividuality of the ManHis MarriageMrs. Sun day'sInfluenceWork in the , M. C. A A Father DisownedRedeeming aSonThe GamblerA Living TestimonyProfessional Evangelistic Work

SundayThrown Upon His Own Resources by Dr. Chap man'sReturn to Philadelphia Call to Garner, Iowa "This i s the Lord's Doings"

SplendidOrganization of a Sunday CampaignChurc h Co operationThe Power of Christian PublicityDistrict PrayerMeetingsSunday's Army of WorkersThe Sunday TabernacleThe Evangelist's OwnCompensa t ionPersonnel ofthe Sunday Party

VividLanguage of the Common People"Rubbing the Fur the WrongWay""Delivering the Goods"Shak ingsfrom the Sunday Salt-cellar

AnEffective Foe of the Liquor Business"Dry"Victories Following Sunday Campaigns"De Brewer's Big Hosses"TheFamous "Booze" SermonInterest in ManhoodDoes the Saloon HelpBusiness?The Parent of CrimesThe Economic SideTragedies Born of DrinkMoreEconomicsThe American Mongoose The Saloon aCowardGod's Worst EnemyWhat Will a Dollar Buy?-The Gin MillA Chance for Man hoodPersonal Liberty The Moderate Drinker What BoozeDoes to the System

Sunday 's Reverencefor "Book Learning" No Claim to OriginalitySome Sources of His Sermons God 's Token of LoveThe SinkingShip"What If It Had Been My Boy?"A Dream of HeavenThe Battle withDeath "Christ or Nothing" C alvary The World for GodA Word PictureTheFaithful Pilot

PlatformGymnasticsThe Athlete in the PreacherSun day 's Sense ofHumor Stronger than His Sense of Pathos His Voice and Manner Personal Sideof Sunday

Sunday'sPower of Positive ConvictionHis Ideas of Theol ogyTheNeed of Old-time RevivalThe Gospel Ac cording toSundaySalvation a Personal Matter"And He Arose and Followed Him" At the Cross-roads "He Diedfor Me"

Originof the Phrase, "The Sawdust Trail"Impressive Scenes as Converts bythe Hundred Stream Forward Vital ReligionMr. Sunday 's Hand All Sorts and Con ditions of People

Socialand Et hical Results of Sunday's PreachingThe PotentForce of the GospelReligion in Every-day Life Testimony of Rev. Joseph H.Odell, D.D.Testimony of Rev. Maitland Alexander, D.D.The "Garage BibleClass"Making Religion a Subject of Ordinary Con versationL asting ResultsA Life Story

Sunday'sSense of the Reality of the DevilExcoriation of the Devil"Devil"Passages from Sermons

Storm ofCriticism a TributePreaching "Christ Crucified Recognition from Secretary BryanPilgrimage ofPhiladelphia Clergymen Heaven 'sMessengerPlain Speech from Sunday Himself

Clean -mindednessof the ManA Plain Talk toMen-Christian Character CommonSense NoExcuse f or Swearing FamilySkeletons Nursing Bad Habits The Leprosy ofSin"But the Lord Looketh on the Heart"The Joy of Religion A Plain Talk to WomenHospitalityMaternity Out of FashionThe Girl WhoFlirtsThe Task of Womanhood

Sunday'sHonor of WomanhoodThe Sermon on "Mother" A Mother's WatchfulnessAMother's Bravery Good Mothers Needed God'sHall of FameA Moth er's SongA Mother's LoveAMother's Responsi bilityMothers of Great Men

T he Old-Fashioned Loyalty of the Evangelist to theBible-Some of His Utterances on the Bible

No Gloom in a SundayRevivalThe Value of a Laugh The Value of MusicThe Tabernacle MusicThe Cam paign ChoirsA Revival of Song

TheEvangelist's Arraignment of the Sins of TodayHis Treatment of the Church andSociety

Unconventionalityof the Prayers Specimen Prayers "Teach Us to Pray"Learning of Christ Pride Hinders PrayerPraying in SecretPrayingin Humility Men of Prayer

The Seaof FacesLaboratory Tests "The Need of Revivals"What a RevivalDoesRevival Demands SacrificePersecution a Godsend

UniquePlans for Reaching the Masses of thePeopleVisit ing Delegations Parade at Closeof Campaign "Spiritual Power" Derelicts in theChurch The Meaning of PowerChurch NeedsGreat Awakening- Lost Power

SomeNotable Instances of theLasting Results of Sunday Revivals"Gospel Teams"Sermon on "Sharp -Shoot ers"TheValue of Personal Work "MyFather 's Business"Feeding the SpiritualLife The Dignity of PersonalWorkFive Classes of People

AstoundingNumber of Conversions Statistics of Cam paigns inVarious Cities Sunday's "Consecration" SermonGod's MerciesTheLiving SacrificeA Glass of Champagne Denying One 's Self Thinking for GodWhat God As ks

Visit toUniversity of Pennsylvania"WhatShall I Do With Jesus?""Real Manhood""Hot-cakes Off theGriddle"Comment of OldPenn Opinions of Students Comment of Religious Press

"TheHoly Spirit -- No UniversalSalvation-Happiest Nation on EarthAmbassadors of GodHolySpirit a PersonThe Last Dispensation"Little Things" The Fame of aChristian

Conquestsby the Sermon on "T he Unpardonable Sin"What It IsResisting the Truth "Too Late" Representative of theTrinityDeath-bed Confessions A Forgiving GodPower of Revivals

"WhatShall the End Be?"Men Believe in God At the CrossThe Judgmen t of GodGlad Tidings to All The Atonement of ChristGod'sWordEternity and SpaceGod's Infinite LovePreparing for Eternity A Leap inthe Dark"The End Thereof"

"Heaven""I,Too, Must Die" No Substitute for Re ligionMoral ity Not EnoughThe Way of Salvation-Rewards of MeritAPlace of Noble People"A Place for You" TheMissing

"Atonement"Suffering for the GuiltyJesus' Atoning BloodNo Argument AgainstSin"There is Sin" "How Long, God?"

I want to be a giant for God. Billy Sunday

HEAVEN often plays jokes on earth's worldly-wise. After theconsensus of experience and sagacity has settled upon a certain course andtype, lo, all the profundity of the s ages is blownaway as a speck ofdust and we have, say, a shockingly unconventional John the Baptist, who doesnot follow the prescribed rules in dress, training, methods or message. Johnthe Baptist was God's laugh at the rabbis and the Pharisees.