Word: grahamism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crusading in San Francisco, Evangelist Billy Graham last week preached to 4,000 inmates of San Quentin prison sprawled on the baseball diamond under a hot sun. Said Billy: "We all sit spiritually right now on death's row unless our sins are forgiven. But we can get a full pardon from Christ." Promptly 647 convicts stepped up to "declare for Christ," making a record percentage for the Graham crusades. "I haven't any more time," pleaded Billy after autographing 25 pledge cards. "Oh, we've got lots of time," cried the signature-seeking cons. Suggested Billy...
Deeply religious, and a conscientious teetotaler, he is a twice-over tither; i.e., he gives 20% of his net earnings to the Baptist Church. During Evangelist Billy Graham's Manhattan crusade last year, Van sang in the Madison Square Garden choir alongside Ethel Waters. He once skipped a $500 concert date so that he could play for a church banquet in Paramus, NJ. Buffalo Philharmonic Conductor Josef Krips recalls the time that Van came into his dressing room before a performance and said, "Maestro, let us pray." Krips, a Roman Catholic, dropped to his knees with the pianist. Said...
...Billy Graham set out this week to narrow the gap between the Golden and the pearly gates. He kicked off his six-week San Francisco evangelistic crusade at the 16,500-seat Cow Palace in a glow of promising statistics. The 1,175 participating ministers have reserved 250,000 seats for the crusade-more than in any city but Glasgow. Instead of the expected 2,500 volunteers for counselor training in the whole Bay area, a whopping 5,100 came...
...Local Protestant sources estimate only 5,000 more church members than Graham did. The Roman Catholic Church claims at least 100,000 Sunday worshippers...
...L.H.D.S. people do much toward brightening the mediocrity. (The costumes by Peggy Decker and Judith Kuznets are especially sumptuous and picturesque.) In the leading role, William Graham makes a dignified and interesting figure out of Gogol's pompous cold. Karen Christiani as the object of his apprehensions is rather more wooden than the role requires, but ingenuous and pretty. Many of Alison Keith's lines ring hollow, but her matchmaker is a lively old rip, and she's funny, so what the hell. John Wolfson is occasionally funny as the friend who actually makes the match, but familiarity lessens...