"Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. With his own words which have won thousands for ChristBy William T. Ellis
Length15h 22m
About this audiobook
William T. Ellis's "Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message is both biography and evangelical document, presenting the famed revivalist as a phenomenon of modern American religion. The book traces Sunday's rise from professional baseball player to pulpit celebrity, reproducing his vivid sermons and situating his plainspoken, theatrical preaching within the Progressive Era's mass culture, moral reform movements, and Protestant revival tradition. Its style is energetic, admiring, and reportorial, combining anecdote, character study, and homiletic exposition. Ellis, a prominent journalist and Presbyterian layman, was especially equipped to interpret Sunday for a broad reading public. His career in religious journalism and his interest in world Christianity shaped his attention to personality, public influence, and practical faith. Writing as an informed sympathizer rather than a detached critic, Ellis sought to explain not merely Sunday's methods, but the spiritual urgency and democratic appeal that made him a national figure. This book is recommended to readers interested in American evangelicalism, religious celebrity, Progressive Era reform, and the rhetoric of revival. It offers valuable insight into how early twentieth-century Protestantism adapted to publicity, spectacle, and popular speech while retaining a fervent moral message.
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Audiobook details
GenreBiography and Memoir
Length15 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 1, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2"Billy" Sunday, the Man and His Message
3CHAPTER I One of God's Tools
4CHAPTER II Up from the Soil
5CHAPTER III A Base-Ball "Star"
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6CHAPTER IV A Curbstone Recruit
7CHAPTER V Playing the New Game
8CHAPTER VI A Shut Door—and an Open One
9CHAPTER VII Campaigning for Christ
10CHAPTER VIII "Speech—Seasoned with Salt"
11CHAPTER IX Battling with "Booze"
12CHAPTER X "Give Attendance to Reading"
13CHAPTER XI Acrobatic Preaching
14CHAPTER XII "The Old-Time Religion"
15CHAPTER XIII "Hitting the Sawdust Trail"
16CHAPTER XIV The Service of Society
17CHAPTER XV Giving the Devil His Due
18CHAPTER XVI Critics and Criticism
19CHAPTER XVII A Clean Man on Social Sins
20CHAPTER XVIII "Help Those Women"
21CHAPTER XIX Standing on the Rock
22CHAPTER XX Making a Joyful Noise
23CHAPTER XXI The Prophet and His Own Time
24CHAPTER XXII Those Billy Sunday Prayers
25CHAPTER XXIII The Revival on Trial
26CHAPTER XXIV An Army with Banners
27CHAPTER XXV A Life Enlistment
28CHAPTER XXVI "A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ"
29CHAPTER XXVII A Wonderful Day at a Great University
30CHAPTER XXVIII The Christian's Daily Helper
31CHAPTER XXIX A Victorious Sermon
32CHAPTER XXX Eternity! Eternity!
33CHAPTER XXXI Our Long Home
34CHAPTER XXXII Glorying in the Cross
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