Against Sin

I was reading this article called The Bible Under Attack! The author ended with a great quote:

I'm reminded of the early-twentieth-century evangelist, Billy Sunday, who drew tens of thousands to his meetings where ever he preached. In 1914, in his ten-week campaign in New York City, the New York Times covered his meetings right there on the front page-right next to the World War I developments. He's famous for the following quote:

"Listen, I'm against sin. I'll kick it as long as I've got a foot, I'll fight it as long as I've got a fist, I'll butt it as long as I've got a head, and I'll bite it as long as I've got a tooth. And when I'm old, fistless, footless and toothless, I'll gum it till I go home to glory and it goes home to perdition."

I've never heard of Billy Sunday, be he seems like my kind of Christian. From Wikipedia:

William Ashley "Billy" Sunday (1862-1935) 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 evangelist during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Sunday held widely reported campaigns in America's largest cities, and he attracted the largest crowds of any evangelist before the advent of electronic sound systems. He also made a great deal of money and was welcomed into the homes of the wealthy and influential. Sunday was a strong supporter of Prohibition, and his preaching almost certainly played a significant role in the adoption of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1919.

Despite questions about his income, no scandal ever touched Sunday.

And here's a Web site: Billy Sunday On-Line.