Billy Sunday
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"William Ashley "Billy" Sunday" 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 evangelism/evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Born into poverty in Iowa, Sunday spent some years at the Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home before working at odd jobs and playing for local running and baseball teams. His speed and agility provided him the opportunity to play baseball in the Major League Baseball/major leagues for eight years, where he was an average hitter and a good fielder known for his base-running.

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They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good.

Try praising your wife, even if it does frighten her at first.