Billy Sunday

Plot

Over 100 million heard Billy Sunday preach, and one million are said to have '"hit the sawdust trail" -- the term used to describe those coming forward to enquire further in the huge wooden tabernacle Billy had erected for his citywide campaign. William Ashley "Billy" Sunday was born in 1862. In early life he was a professional baseball player. Sunday developed a preaching style, which combined humor with plain speaking. Strongly fundamentalist in theology, he opposed evolution, gambling and the liquor business. This book tells the story of the man and his works; and in most of it the man will speak his own messages. But for explanation of his power it can only be said, There was a man sent from God, whose name was -- Billy Sunday.