Religion: The Innocent British

Billy Graham wound up his six-week crusade in Glasgow last week, and the city he had picked as "the most sinful in Great Britain" was leavened by 16,236 "decisions for Christ" (pledges that may lead to conversion). More than 670,000 Glaswegians came to hear him in Kelvin Hall, and for the last nine days his voice was piped to some 700 churches, schoolhouses and town halls. Among these remote listeners, 13,422 more made decisions. Said an Irish newspaper: "Billy Graham has taken Ireland by storm and he hasn't even set foot in the country."

One listener he did not take by...

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