The Billy Sunday Story

For the first generation of the twentieth century, the name of Billy Sunday was synonymous with mass evangelism for most Americans. His tabernacles with their trademark sawdust trails meant revival had come to town and sin was being exposed and railed against. Estimates of converts from his meetings range as high as a million. As a young major-league baseball player, Billy Sunday was saved at the famous Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. He was a premier base-stealing threat on the champion team, but God called him from stealing bases to "stealing" hearts, from winning championships to winning souls. A main feature of Billy Sunday's preaching was condemnation of sin, as seen in this well-known quote: "Listen, I'm against sin. I'll kick it as long as I've got a foot, I'll fight it as long as I've got a fist, I've butt it as long as I've got a head, and I'll bite it as long as I've got a tooth. And when I'm old, fistless, footless, and toothless, I'll gum it till I go home to glory and i