Billy Sunday

thumb|right|Billy Sunday William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (November 19, 1862 – November 6, 1935) was an American athlete who, after being a popular outfielder in baseball's National League during the 1880s, became the most celebrated and influential American evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century. Quotes Going to church on Sunday does not make you a Christian any more than going into a garage makes you an automobile! in Press, Radio, Television, Periodicals, Public Relations, and Advertising, As Seen through Institutes and Special Occasions of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism (1967) edited by John Eldridge Drewry. Going to church don’t make anybody a Christian Any more than taking a wheelbarrow into a garage make it an automobile. in: Roger Biles, The human tradition in urban America (2002), p. 128. I have no interest in a God who does not smite. in: Gerald McLoughlin, Billy Sunday Was His Real Name University of Chicago Press, (1955), p. 179. The saloon is a liar. It promises good cheer and sends sorrow. in: Billy Sunday Quotes / www.famousquotes.com External links Category:Baseball players from the United States Category:Christian leaders Category:Presbyterians from the United States Category:1862 births Category:1935 deaths Category:People from Iowa Category:Christian fundamentalists