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Graham winds up 6 decades of revival meetings
Bill Clinton takes the stage, calls evangelist a man I love
NEW YORK - In his farewell American revival meeting, the Rev. Billy Graham has left it to others to note the emotion of the moment.
Speaker after speaker has called the crusade in a city park historic and thanked the ailing evangelist for allowing them to be a part of it. Among the well-wishers was President Clinton who clasped Grahams hand onstage Saturday night and called him a man I love.
The world-renowned preacher, meanwhile, has appeared upbeat and has made no direct reference to saying goodbye.
Grahams son and successor, the Rev. Franklin Graham, who has been by his fathers side throughout the three-day event, has predicted that the mood will change Sunday. Thats when the elder Graham is expected to give his last crusade sermon in the United States.
Graham, 86, is suffering from fluid on the brain, prostate cancer and Parkinsons disease. He uses a walker due to a pelvic fracture and is largely confined to his home in Montreat, N.C. He had said previously that this weekends rally at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens will be the last in America, Im sure.
Organizers estimated 80,000 people came to the event Saturday night about 20,000 more than the opening night Friday despite sweltering heat.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8349103/
Bill Clinton takes the stage, calls evangelist a man I love
NEW YORK - In his farewell American revival meeting, the Rev. Billy Graham has left it to others to note the emotion of the moment.
Speaker after speaker has called the crusade in a city park historic and thanked the ailing evangelist for allowing them to be a part of it. Among the well-wishers was President Clinton who clasped Grahams hand onstage Saturday night and called him a man I love.
The world-renowned preacher, meanwhile, has appeared upbeat and has made no direct reference to saying goodbye.
Grahams son and successor, the Rev. Franklin Graham, who has been by his fathers side throughout the three-day event, has predicted that the mood will change Sunday. Thats when the elder Graham is expected to give his last crusade sermon in the United States.
Graham, 86, is suffering from fluid on the brain, prostate cancer and Parkinsons disease. He uses a walker due to a pelvic fracture and is largely confined to his home in Montreat, N.C. He had said previously that this weekends rally at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens will be the last in America, Im sure.
Organizers estimated 80,000 people came to the event Saturday night about 20,000 more than the opening night Friday despite sweltering heat.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8349103/
