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If good preaching could save the world, it would have been done long ago.

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Billy Sunday
Age: 72 †
Born: 1862
Born: November 19
Died: 1935
Died: November 6
Baseball Player
Evangelist
Ames
Iowa
William Ashley Sunday
Good
Would
World
Preaching
Save
Done
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It is not what you have on you, but what you have in you.
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The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. It promises prosperity and sends adversity. It promises happiness and sends misery.... It is God's worst enemy and the devil's best friend.
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I tell you that the curse of God Almighty is on the saloon.
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