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> Thought you would like to see this.
> Vinny
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> Subject: WAY DOWN YONDER IN NEW ORLEANS....
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>> What a way to go...
>>
>>
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=54475>
>>
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