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And a photo of a 1963 Crusade of his, held at the Coliseum in Los Angeles that I attended as a teenager.
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AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)MineralMan
(146,189 posts)It just looks like the 1930s. Guys in hats and everything. Even then, they were behind the times.
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)was to Nazi rallies in Germany.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)has that "emerging dictator" look, too. I remember another time in that venue. It was the "North-South Shriners' Football Game" in 1962. The half-time show was a massed bands thing. The band from my high school was one of the participating bands. Of course, we didn't see the game, but we played some music on the field, with about 50 other Southern California high school marching bands. Cool beans. I was on TV in my white drum major's uniform. Of course I didn't get to see that, either, since there were no VCRs back then. Oh, well...
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)It felt a little more 1930's vintage Moscow, and little less 1930's vintage Berlin.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)MineralMan
(146,189 posts)The crowd? That I was in attendance? That I'm still alive after all those years?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Like a scene from a college football stadium.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)Most of those in attendance were bused in from churches all over the area, just like my group of teenagers was. It's an excellent turnout, to be sure. Graham was more or less at the peak of his popularity at the time. Even though the sound system was poor, you could still hear him preach, and hear George Beverly Shea raise his big baritone voice in song. It was a well-designed and executed show.
We stuck around to watch the beginnings of the altar call, but left as people were streaming down to "get saved," so we could get home at a reasonable hour. Oddly, most of the people heading down there were already Christians. I guess it's good to get saved as many times as possible. Insurance or something.
There were very few non-believers in that stadium. Everyone knew the words to all of the hymns and songs, already. Looking around in the audience, it was clear that everyone I saw was already convinced.
As I said in the earlier, linked post, we all went because it was an outing and a bus trip out of our small town. We went to be entertained, and we were entertained. Perhaps not in the way that was intended, but never mind. It was an outing, approved of by parents and other adults, of course. And, it was entertaining.
I don't remember thinking of it as "amazing," though. We also went on buses to Disneyland, which had way more people in attendance, and was even more entertaining. That Crusade was in Los Angeles. It's easy to draw a big crowd in L.A. Dodger games, football games, all sorts of attractions one could attend.
This one was a Crusade. Lots of singing and praying, along with some exhortation by a man who was good at it. A good time was had by all. And, it was an outing. Did I say that?
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)I do not remember reading that it was an outing. Or I already forgot. I too have been at religious services from other religious congregations. I played in a musical group for a Baptist Church a few times. Great music and an excellent choir.
PS
I have used the word choir previously here, but the above excerpt referred to a church choir singing religious songs.
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)Any chance that after he lies in state here, we can fly him to Moscow and put him in a glass case to wait for Prince Charming's kiss like Lenin is doing?
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)in the usual way. His time is over. He is no more.
Pope George Ringo II
(1,896 posts)It would be a shame to see his perfect record end now.
MineralMan
(146,189 posts)He annoyed others, and fleeced the rest.