History: Billy Graham in New Orleans

Wednesday 8 July 2009

Billy Graham in New Orleans

Billy Graham in New Orleans

Billy Graham in New Orleans
>
> In what might prove to be the crowning achievement of
> an illustrious career in ministry, the 87-year-old
> evangelist, Billy Graham shocked the
> 16,300 in attendance at the Celebration of Hope
> crusade in New Orleans Arena on Sunday Night. Touted
> in advance as possibly his last evangelistic crusade,
> Graham invited the packed house of evangelical
> Christians and the hundreds of new converts to join
> him on the one mile walk from the arena to New Orleans ' infamous
> Bourbon Street
>
> "While we have seen God do tremendous things here the
> past couple of evenings. Yes, it is true that a great
> healing and a great many
> salvations have occurred within the confines of this
> auditorium. Still yet, there lies a great mountain in
> this city which needs to be conquered."
>
> Then taking from the Biblical Book of Joshua Chapter
> 14 he read, "I am this day, eighty-five years old. As
> yet I am as strong this Day as on the
> day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then,
> so now is my strength for war, both for going out and
> for coming in. Now therefore, give me this mountain of
> which the Lord spoke in that day," his voice suddenly
> sounding more forceful than during his 22 minute sermon.
>
> "I last preached in the City of New Orleans in 1954
> and I felt then that there was some unfinished
> business. Tonight, in what very well might
> be my last evangelistic service, I aim to finish that
> business and lead as many of you that would follow me
> to the multitude of lost souls that fill
> Bourbon Street tonight. That is my mountain!
>
> That is where we shall see the harvest!" said Graham
> as the stadium erupted in cheers that lasted the next several minutes.
>
> Utilizing a waiting mobility scooter, the elder Graham
> joined his son and heir to the ministry, Franklin
> across the Arena floor and through the
> opened doors leading towards the French Quarter. In a
> show of solidarity and determination reminiscent of
> civil rights marches of the 1960's,
> nearly the entire capacity crowd joined in the 20
> minute trek while singing, "When the Saints Go Marching In".
>
> As the march crossed Canal Street and headed northward
> towards Bourbon Street , many onlookers stood in
> stunned silence as the massive crowd of people began
> singing in unison the Christian hymn, Amazing Grace.
>
> Upon entering the west end of Bourbon Street , Billy
> Graham was soon recognized by partiers.
>
> Soon those joining in the march began to approach
> those partying on Bourbon Street with the Gospel
> message that they had heard preached just a half hour
> before. Graham himself joined with a group of local
> street evangelist in ministering to a man who had
> survived Hurricane Katrina in the lower 9th Ward.
>
> Within 30 minutes the entirety of Bourbon Street was
> packed with Christians and the once blaring music of
> nightclubs and strip joints had been
> replaced by weeping and worship as people poured out
> their drinks and sought prayer from the Christians who
> were now reaching out to them.
>
> "I have never seen anything like this in my life,"
> said a 20 years New Orleans Police Department veteran,
> Tom Phillips. "This is unbelievable! We
> thought a riot was going to break out, but this looks
> more like a revival than a riot!"
>
> Two hours later, a glowing Graham sat back down on his
> scooter and smiled. "Now I know how the Apostle Paul
> must have felt at the end of his ministry. Do the work
> of an evangelist; make full proof of thy ministry. For
> I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my
> departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I
> have finished my course, I have kept the faith."
>
> Hours later hundreds of Christians remained on the
> street ministering to the many people eagerly waiting
> to receive prayer and ministry. New Orleans will never
> be the same. And the press remained
> mute on this "news item"
>
> Did anyone see it on TV/hear it on radio/read it in
> the paper?
>
> Why are we not surprised? Can't have THAT just prior
> to a major election, now, can we? Well, just on a
> whim, spread the news, anyway. It cost
> our elder brother, Billy Graham, more than any of us
> know to make that effort. The least we can do is publicize it.
>
> JESUS IS LORD!!

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