Thought you would like to see this.
Vinny
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Subject: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS....


> What a way to go...
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> God Bless Billy Graham
> Subject: WAY DOWN YONDER 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 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/heard on radio/read in the paper?
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> <http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=54475>
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