If you were alive in the 1920s the chance of you knowing who Billy Sunday was is very high. Billy Sunday played Major League Baseball for 8 years. Sunday's personality, outlook, and athleticism made him popular with the fans, as well as with his teammates. Sunday got recruited because of his speed and his energetic outfield play. Billy could run the bases in 14 seconds, and often was top in the League for stolen bases. He was captain of Pittsburgh Alleghenys for the 1888 season and gained a large fan base there. After switching teams and not feeling completely happy with his baseball career, Sunday requested to leave the MLB and be released from his contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Remembering an encounter he had while in Chicago
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He soon started to expand his jobs and get a big following. Sunday asked God if he should become a full time minister and go into his own business, the Lord replied with sending him many different opportunities to share God’s word. One of Billy Sunday's biggest campaigns was in New York City’s tabernacle in 1917, where 2 million saw him preach. All throughout his preaching years, Sunday had two major themes. The first one was the denunciation of sin & the second was the power of God to save men from sin through Jesus Christ as a personal savior. Sunday was a strong supporter of Prohibition, and his preaching likely helped in the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919. The whole focus of Sunday’s life was God. There is so much success in that alone. Billy had so so much compassion for his Lord and to anoint others to the wonderful savior he knew. He preached over 20,000 times to more than 100 million people with more than 1 million accepting Christ as their savior. Billy Sunday and his old time religion achieved many goals and changed many people's lives for the better. Sunday never retired, he kept being a beacon of Christ's light all the way to his grave and most importantly, he always gave credit to the Lord for the success
He soon started to expand his jobs and get a big following. Sunday asked God if he should become a full time minister and go into his own business, the Lord replied with sending him many different opportunities to share God’s word. One of Billy Sunday's biggest campaigns was in New York City’s tabernacle in 1917, where 2 million saw him preach. All throughout his preaching years, Sunday had two major themes. The first one was the denunciation of sin & the second was the power of God to save men from sin through Jesus Christ as a personal savior. Sunday was a strong supporter of Prohibition, and his preaching likely helped in the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919. The whole focus of Sunday’s life was God. There is so much success in that alone. Billy had so so much compassion for his Lord and to anoint others to the wonderful savior he knew. He preached over 20,000 times to more than 100 million people with more than 1 million accepting Christ as their savior. Billy Sunday and his old time religion achieved many goals and changed many people's lives for the better. Sunday never retired, he kept being a beacon of Christ's light all the way to his grave and most importantly, he always gave credit to the Lord for the success