Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Chapter VIII: "[Billy] Sunday is not a shepherd, but a soldier; not a husbandman of a vineyard, but a quarryman. The role he fills more nearly approximates that of the Baptist, or one of the Old Testament prophets, than any other Bible character. The word of the Lord that has come to him is not 'Comfort ye! comfort ye!' but 'Arouse ye! arouse ye!' and 'Repent! repent!' "Evangelist Sunday's mission is not conventional, nor may it be judged by conventional standards. He is not a pastor; probably he would be a failure in the pastorate. Neither would any sensible person expect pastors to resemble Billy Sunday; for that, too, would be a calamity."
