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| Preface | 5 |
| Contents | 7 |
| CHAPTER I One of God's Tools | |
| God's Man Sent in God's Time—Sunday's Converts—Religion and the Common People—A Great City Shaken by the Gospel—Popular Interest in Vital Religion—Sunday a Distinctively American Type | 15 |
| CHAPTER II Up from the Soil | |
| Sunday's Sympathy with Every-day Folk—Early Life—The Soldiers' Orphanage—The Old Farm—Earning a Living—The School of Experience—First Baseball Ventures | 22 |
| CHAPTER III A Base-Ball "Star" | |
| Fame as a Baseball Player—Eagerness to "Take a Chance"—Record Run on the Day Following his Conversion—The Parting of the Ways | 33 |
| CHAPTER IV A Curbstone Recruit | |
| Mrs. Clark and the Pacific Garden Mission—Sunday's Own Story of his Conversion—Winning the Game of Life | 39 |
| CHAPTER V Playing the New Game | |
| The Individuality of the Man—His Marriage—Mrs. Sunday's Influence—Work in the Y. M. C. A.—A Father Disowned—Redeeming a Son—The Gambler—A Living Testimony—Professional Evangelistic Work | 45 |
| CHAPTER VI A Shut Door—and an Open One | |
| Sunday Thrown Upon His Own Resources by Dr. Chapman's Return to Philadelphia—Call to Garner, Iowa—"This is the Lord's Doings" | 57 |
| CHAPTER VII Campaigning for Christ | |
| Splendid Organization of a Sunday Campaign—Church Co-operation—The Power of Christian Publicity—District Prayer Meetings—Sunday's Army of Workers—The Sunday Tabernacle—The Evangelist's Own Compensation—Personnel of the Sunday Party | 61 |
| CHAPTER VIII "Speech—Seasoned with Salt" | |
| Vivid Language of the Common People—"Rubbing the Fur the Wrong Way"—"Delivering the Goods"—Shakings from the Sunday Salt-cellar | 69 |
| CHAPTER IX Battling with Booze | |
| An Effective Foe of the Liquor Business—"Dry" Victories Following Sunday Campaigns—"De Brewer's Big Hosses"—The Famous "Booze" Sermon—Interest in Manhood—Does the Saloon Help Business?—The Parent of Crimes—The Economic Side—Tragedies Born of Drink—More Economics—The American Mongoose—The Saloon a Coward—God's Worst Enemy—What Will a Dollar Buy?—The Gin Mill—A Chance for Manhood—Personal Liberty—The Moderate Drinker—What Booze Does to the System | 80 |
| CHAPTER X "Give Attendance to Reading" | |
| Sunday's Reverence for "Book Learning"—No Claim to Originality—Some Sources of His Sermons—God's Token of Love—The Sinking Ship—"What If It Had Been My Boy?"—A Dream of Heaven—The Battle with Death—"Christ or Nothing"—Calvary—The World for God—A Word Picture—The Faithful Pilot | 121 |
| CHAPTER XI Acrobatic Preaching | |
| Platform Gymnastics—The Athlete in the Preacher—Sunday's Sense of Humor Stronger than His Sense of Pathos—His Voice and Manner—Personal Side of Sunday | 138 |
| CHAPTER XII "The Old-Time Religion" | |
| Sunday's Power of Positive Conviction—His Ideas of Theology—The Need of Old-time Revival—The Gospel According to Sunday—Salvation a Personal Matter—"And He Arose and Followed Him"—At the Cross-roads—"He Died for Me" | 146 |
| CHAPTER XIII "Hitting the Sawdust Trail" | |
| Origin of the Phrase, "The Sawdust Trail"—Impressive Scenes as Converts by the Hundred Stream Forward—Vital Religion—Mr. Sunday's Hand—All Sorts and Conditions of People | 158 |
| CHAPTER XIV The Service of Society | |
| Social and Ethical Results of Sunday's Preaching—The Potent Force of the Gospel—Religion in Every-day Life—Testimony of Rev. Joseph H. Odell, D.D.—Testimony of Rev. Maitland Alexander, D.D.—The "Garage Bible Class"—Making Religion a Subject of Ordinary Conversation—Lasting Results—A Life Story | 167 |
| CHAPTER XV Giving the Devil His Due | |
| Sunday's Sense of the Reality of the Devil—Excoriation of the Devil—"Devil" Passages from Sermons | 182 |
| CHAPTER XVI Critics and Criticism | |
| Storm of Criticism a Tribute—Preaching "Christ Crucified"—Recognition from Secretary Bryan—Pilgrimage of Philadelphia Clergymen—Heaven's Messenger—Plain Speech from Sunday Himself | 188 |
| CHAPTER XVII A Clean Man on Social Sins | |
| Clean-mindedness of the Man—A Plain Talk to Men—Christian Character—Common Sense—No Excuse for Swearing—Family Skeletons—Nursing Bad Habits—The Leprosy of Sin—"But the Lord Looketh on the Heart"—The Joy of Religion—A Plain Talk to Women—Hospitality—Maternity Out of Fashion—The Girl Who Flirts—The Task of Womanhood | 202 |
| CHAPTER XVIII "Help Those Women" | |
| Sunday's Honor of Womanhood—The Sermon on "Mother"—A Mother's Watchfulness—A Mother's Bravery—Good Mothers Needed—God's Hall of Fame—A Mother's Song—A Mother's Love—A Mother's Responsibility—Mothers of Great Men | 231 |
| CHAPTER XIX Standing on the Rock | |
| The Old-Fashioned Loyalty of the Evangelist to the Bible—Some of His Utterances on the Bible | 249 |
| CHAPTER XX Making a Joyful Noise | |
| No Gloom in a Sunday Revival—The Value of a Laugh—The Value of Music—The Tabernacle Music—The Campaign Choirs—A Revival of Song | 261 |
| CHAPTER XXI The Prophet and His Own Time | |
| The Evangelist's Arraignment of the Sins of Today—His Treatment of the Church and Society | 267 |
| CHAPTER XXII Those Billy Sunday Prayers | |
| Unconventionality of the Prayers—Specimen Prayers—"Teach Us to Pray"—Learning of Christ—Pride Hinders Prayer—Praying in Secret—Praying in Humility—Men of Prayer | 271 |
| CHAPTER XXIII The Revival on Trial | |
| The Sea of Faces—Laboratory Tests—"The Need of Revivals"—What a Revival Does—Revival Demands Sacrifice—Persecution a Godsend | 288 |
| CHAPTER XXIV An Army With Banners | |
| Unique Plans for Reaching the Masses of the People—Visiting Delegations—Parade at Close of Campaign—"Spiritual Power"—Derelicts in the Church—The Meaning of Power—Church Needs Great Awakening—Lost Power | 299 |
| CHAPTER XXV A Life Enlistment | |
| Some Notable Instances of the Lasting Results of Sunday Revivals—"Gospel Teams"—Sermon on "Sharp-Shooters"—The Value of Personal Work—"My Father's Business"—Feeding the Spiritual Life—The Dignity of Personal Work—Five Classes of People | 311 |
| CHAPTER XXVI "A Good Soldier of Jesus Christ" | |
| Astounding Number of Conversions—Statistics of Campaigns in Various Cities—Sunday's "Consecration" Sermon—God's Mercies—The Living Sacrifice—A Glass of Champagne—Denying One's Self—Thinking for God—What God Asks | 326 |
| CHAPTER XXVII A Wonderful Day at a Great University | |
| Visit to University of Pennsylvania—"What Shall I Do With Jesus?"—"Real Manhood"—"Hot-cakes Off the Griddle"—Comment of Old Penn—Opinions of Students—Comment of Religious Press | 343 |
| CHAPTER XXVIII The Christian's Daily Helper | |
| "The Holy Spirit"—No Universal Salvation—Happiest Nation on Earth—Ambassadors of God—Holy Spirit a Person—The Last Dispensation—"Little Things"—The Fame of a Christian | 359 |
| CHAPTER XXIX A Victorious Sermon | |
| Conquests by the Sermon on "The Unpardonable Sin"—What It Is—Resisting the Truth—"Too Late"—Representative of the Trinity—Death-bed Confessions—A Forgiving God—Power of Revivals | 370 |
| CHAPTER XXX Eternity! Eternity! | |
| "What Shall the End Be?"—Men Believe in God—At the Cross—The Judgment of God—Glad Tidings to All—The Atonement of Christ—God's Word—Eternity and Space—God's Infinite Love—Preparing for Eternity—A Leap in the Dark—"The End Thereof" | 383 |
| CHAPTER XXXI Our Long Home | |
| "Heaven"—"I, Too, Must Die"—No Substitute for Religion—Morality Not Enough—The Way of Salvation—Rewards of Merit—A Place of Noble People—"A Place for You"—The Missing | 404 |
| CHAPTER XXXII Glorying in the Cross | |
| "Atonement"—Suffering for the Guilty—Jesus' Atoning Blood—No Argument Against Sin—"There is Sin"—"How Long, O God?" | 424 |