2021 February Auction Featuring Steve Jones Collection - Ends February 14th
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/14/2021
'Billy Graham On The King's Course' Gleneagles Associated Press Photo
Article about Mr Graham's crusade:
When the red-top Sunday papers feature religion, it is generally for the wrong reasons. But that was not the case 60 years ago today - Sunday 23 May 1954. "Britain's biggest religious meeting of all time" screamed the News of the World in Gothic type on its front page. "Billy Graham - Amazing Finale" echoed The People, adding: "Drama at Wembley: 10,000 converts surge forward in the rain."
And they were right. The previous evening, Wembley Stadium was filled to overflowing with 120,000 people, some of them spilling out on to the grass. Indeed, so great was the number who wanted to be there that an extra afternoon rally was arranged at White City, attracting a further 65,000 - me among them.
The two meetings were the culmination of the 12-week Greater London Crusade, during which, every night, thousands filled the 11,400-seat Harringay Arena, in north London, to hear the American evangelist.
When all the numbers were counted, it was estimated that attendances exceeded 1.5 million, and 38,000 people - nearly two-thirds of them under 18 - responded to the invitation to come forward at the close of the message.
In the next 35 years, he came back for seven crusades. In all, attendances exceeded nine million, and 320,000 responded to the closing appeal. 5" x 8"
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