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Churches don't need new members half so much as they need the old bunch made over.

Billy Sunday

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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
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One reason sin flourishes is that it is treated like a cream puff instead of a rattlesnake.
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I want to preach the gospel so plainly that men can come from the factories and not have to bring along a dictionary.
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Conversion is a complete surrender to Jesus. It's a willingness to do what he wants you to do.
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