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Gale's ''American Decades'' says that by 1920 he was the best-known evangelist in America. He was also financially successful. It was his practice to keep the proceeds of the last day of his campaign. In 1914, the last day of his eight-week campaign in Philadelphia yielded $35,000<ref>"Billy Sunday Gets $35,000. Revivalist's Share of Pittsburgh Receipts a Free-Will Offering." ''The New York Times,'' February 23, 1914, p. 16</ref> (equivalent to over $600,000 in 2006 dollars<ref>[http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ The Inflation Calculator]</ref>. In 1920 Dun and Bradstreet estimated his worth at $1.4 million ($16 million today).

Gale's ''American Decades'' says that by 1920 he was the best-known evangelist in America. He was also financially successful. It was his practice to keep the proceeds of the last day of his campaign. In 1914, the last day of his eight-week campaign in Philadelphia yielded $35,000<ref>"Billy Sunday Gets $35,000. Revivalist's Share of Pittsburgh Receipts a Free-Will Offering." ''The New York Times,'' February 23, 1914, p. 16</ref> (equivalent to over $600,000 in 2006 dollars<ref>[http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ The Inflation Calculator]</ref>. In 1920 Dun and Bradstreet estimated his worth at $1.4 million ($16 million today).

Sunday fascinated the liberal intelligentsia of the time, who often made him target of their mockery. [[Sinclair Lewis]]' novel [[Babbitt]] includes a character named Mike Monday, "the

Sunday fascinated the liberal intelligentsia of the time, who often made him target of their mockery. [[Sinclair Lewis]]' novel [[Babbitt]] includes a character named Mike Monday, "the distinguished evangelist, the best-known Protestant pontiff in America.... As a prize-fighter he gained nothing but his crooked nose, his celebrated vocabulary, and his stage-presence. The service of the Lord had been more profitable." In his novel, a visit by Monday is opposed by "certain Episcopalian and Congregationalist ministers," whom Monday calls "a bunch of gospel-pushers with dish-water instead of blood, a gang of squealers that need more dust on the knees of their pants and more hair on their skinny old chests." Later, Lewis was to write [[Elmer Gantry]], a novel about an evangelical preacher with resemblances to Sunday.

distinguished evangelist, the best-known Protestant pontiff in America.... As a prize-fighter he gained nothing but his crooked nose, his celebrated vocabulary, and his stage-presence. The service of the Lord had been more profitable."

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