Word: grahame
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...voice from the sound-truck may have told you as it passed on the street, when other folks were out getting drunk on New Year's Eve, 6,000 of the faithful turned up at Mechanics Hall to hear Billy Graham speak. The evangelist who had such success in Los Angeles is apparently duplicating it here in Boston, where he has been appearing at Mechanics Hall and the Opera House...
This young man was followed by seven or eight other assistants to Mr. Graham, who had not yet appeared. One speaker told how their representative in China was being threatened by the Communists. He also asked for funds for the "Mid-Century Evangelistic Campaign," warning his listeners not to let their money become "congealed labor...
During the singing of the last hymn, a tall, blond man with angular features and deep-set eyes made himself a little conspicuous by fooling with some wires which seemed to run from him down to the edge of the stage. This man turned out to be Billy Graham who had been connecting his lapel microphone to the amplifying system...
...sermon, the 31-year old Mr. Graham exhibited his powerful voice and dramatic ability. When he said that "Moses would have told them to stone this woman to death," he went through the motions of stoning some invisible body lying on the stage before him. However, his gestures were stereotyped and his repertory small; I found him using many precise declamatory gestures loosely and without specific meaning...
...defeat notwithstanding, Priddy plans to stick with the Melrose lineup, with one exception--Bill Kierstead will replace Hugh Graham at right defense...