Summary Of Billy Sunday: Runner For The Lord

The title of this book is Billy Sunday: Runner for the Lord, the author's name is Elaine Cunningham. The publisher is Pensacola Christian College, who published it in 2001, in Pensacola, Florida.
This book is about the extraordinary life and death of Billy Sunday. He was born November 19, 1862, and died November 1935, at the age of 73. Due to his lightning fast speed at the age of 21, he was given the opportunity to play major league baseball. He became a famous baseball player but his most notable accomplishment was his service to Jesus Christ. Somewhere between 1891 and 1892, Billy was called by God to preach. He left the fame and money behind to serve God.
As children, Billy and his brother Ed left home to go to the Soldiers' Orphans' home

Two weeks later, they returned home to live with their mama. She was happy to see them. At this point, Billy and Ed were old enough to work therefore they left home again and began looking for jobs. Billy got a job at a hotel; however, he was fired when he returned late after the holidays. Later, he was hired by Colonel Scott to be his stable boy. Billy lived with the Scotts like they were his family. Before his high school graduation, he left the Scotts to be a part of the fire brigade. When he found out that job did not pay, he found a paying job working for a man who owned a furniture store and a funeral home. He was always busy working and he enjoyed playing baseball in his spare

Billy and Nell married September 5, 1888. Billy signed a contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. During this time God was calling him into ministry, therefore he asked to be released from his contract with the Phillies. Once he was released, a Cincinnati team offered him, even more, money. However, he said no thank you and went to work for the YMCA as secretary of the religious department making less than one-fifth of his baseball pay. Later he began working for an evangelist named J. Wilbur Chapman and converted hundreds of people. A man in Garner, Iowa asked if he would lead their revival. He said yes but went through many struggles. The tent he was preaching in got flattened by snow in a snow storm. This caused him to use temporary tabernacles. Nell agreed to be part of Billy’s ministry team and they found a housekeeper named Nora to take care of their children. They had a revival at a great tabernacle in New York City and on the last night, they were given a love offering of $124,000. Billy gave it all to the Red Cross and some other World War 1