Billy Sunday’s childhood had not been an. Easy one. His father died of pneumonia while fighting in the Civil War when Billy had been a 5 weeks old baby. Ten others in the family died before he was 10 years old. His mother was so destitute that she eventually sent the children to the Soldier’s Orphanage to get sustenance. Billy was close to his brother and a sports enthusiast and that helped him through the difficult years. His fame as a baseball player started with the White Stockings in 1883. He was converted at the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago and a strong desire to preach gained momentum. It was the YMCA that encouraged him to leave baseball to preach in their pulpits thereby losing almost his sentire income. He next went out with two evangelists to conduct a series of services in Garner Iowa. God blessed his preaching in such a way that invitations poured in. He started preaching in the Midwest and later in the larger cities including Boston and New York. Much of the organization for these campaigns were done by his capable wife, Helen Amelia. There are many aspects of Billy Sunday that make him unique and incomparable. His actions in the pulpit, his one line word punches, his illustrations, his stand against the vices prevalent in those times and ours and his pithy remarks endeared, challenged and drew audiences then and still inspire us in all that has been preserved in written text.