Rev. Billy Graham lies in honor in Capitol Rotunda

Graham will lie in honor at the Capitol from Wednesday to Thursday.

Yet, while embraced by members of both parties, Graham was wary of politics.

Graham updated the quote for a new generation, and it appears in a 1999 photo biography titled Billy Graham: God’s Ambassador. Bruce served for 23 years as Graham’s executive assistant.

McConnell said “the Senate – and the nation – are so very grateful for his service”. But Graham was not the first person to say it, and may not ever have spoken the words at all.

“He would have dinner at our grandparents place on Sundays, other people in the family knew him pretty well”, she said, displaying a picture of Graham and her grandparents at the pulpit of the IL church.

The Catholic priest said “these are the things that Billy Graham preached and has made our country what it is”.

Cecily Turner is one of them.

Falwell Jr. noted that Graham “never deviated” from that point, describing him as “single minded” and having “one goal”.

Trump was referring to Graham’s 1957 sermon to a crowd of 100,000 as part of his weekslong New York Crusade meetings. The president said his father, Fred, “was a big fan” of the reverend.

Graham died a week earlier at age 99.

“Around us stand the statues of heroes who led the nation in prayer during the great and hard times, from Washington to Lincoln to Eisenhower to King”.

Graham was a counselor and confidante to almost every American president since Harry Truman, but Graham himself denied he had a role in making policy.

Mr. Trump has said Graham was a “very special man” and will be missed by Christians and people of all religions. “I strongly doubt [there was] any personal contact since”. He had met every President; Trump included, and counselled most.

Members of Congress and Cabinet members attended the private ceremony along with Rev.

“Billy Graham was just faithful”.

Over 7,500 signed a petition in the United Kingdom against his planned speaking event in Blackpool for September, describing him as a “hate preacher” for his conservative views.

On Sunday, a motorcade with Graham’s remains moved through his home state of North Carolina for several hours, allowing resident to catch a glimpse and take pictures.

“That really affected and upset Graham. He learned that it was just too easy to be misled and used as a pawn by people who have more information than pastors do – and different motivations”. Yes, he preached the gospel, the evangelical understanding that a “decision for Christ” spelled the difference between heaven and hell, but he was also drawn to politicians – like a moth to a flame. “The Jewish stranglehold has got to be broken or the country’s going down the drain”. When I interviewed Graham for a PBS documentary in 1992, he insisted that Nixon was one of the “great men” he had known. He said, “I don’t advise them, I pray with them”. “And I have no power, no way to handle them, but I would stand up if under proper circumstances”.

“That is what made Billy Graham America’s pastor”.

Mother passed her faith on to daughter, and Ms. Turner said she passed it down to her five children and four great-grandchildren. “I’m sure he would have loved it”, Roger Rohrbaugh said. “I respect him. That why I’m here today”.