dissent eclipsed, explore this case with daniel walker dean of howard university's law school. and attorney and a member of the u.s. commission on civil rights. watch landmark cases at nine eastern on c-span and c-span.org. for background on these cases order your copy of the landmark cases it's available for a dollars $.95 -- eight 95. >> live this -- earlier this from charlotte, north carolina, the service for billy graham is conducted outside the billy graham library.

reverend graham delivered his ofal message and nearly 500 these stations across the u.s. and canada. live coverage here on c-span. ♪

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charlotte, north carolina on the grounds of the billy graham's library. this is a service of thanksgiving and celebration of william franklin graham junior. a preacher of the gospel of our lord jesus christ. for more than eight decades mr. graham preached the good news of the gospel, in it he spoke the very words of jesus, instead of himself, i am the resurrection and the life. he who believes in me though he ine dead shall live whosoever live it and believe it in me shall never die. i know that my redeemer lives in. destroyed yet be shall i see god i will see for

myself and my eyes will bald not as a stranger -- behold not as a stranger. given and the lord the vine away, blessed name of the lord. the service continues as dr. don scripture andad lead us in prayer. dr. wilson. wilson: dr. -- mr. graham had a deep conviction of the bible. he loved the bible. he governed how he lived and how he died. he believes the bible teaches us the truth about god and cries to

jesus. requested passages he that i read at his funeral eloquently the life and testimony our beloved mr. graham. two andesians chapter verse 4-9. god being rich in mercy because of his great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead , made us alive together with christ.des so that in the ages to come he richeshow us the passing of his grace in kindness, in and through the lord jesus christ.

you have been saved through gift ofd that is the works,t as a result of so that no one may boast. would you join me as we are together. father, we live high in the name of jesus christ. recognizing that you alone are us and youreated purpose for us would be that for through the love of crazed in f christ in jesus, then list the name of the lord jesus

christ our lord and savior we give you our praise in glory. we celebrate the life of your , with use pray of god today and speak to us in our hearts and that we as a people will rise up and be determined to live lives that will be well pleasing in god's sight, just as mr. graham did. we pray these things the wonderful name of the lord jesus christ and for his sake alone. amen. as we continue this wonderful seller russian, join is -- wonderful celebration, please join in. . will ask that we stand

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here and look at my house. my husband and i just had an -- thank youh room for being here. you are here because you love him. you don't love him like i do.

never loved him as long as i have. said you have to genes. but he didn't know my name is jean. my brother billy my sister catherine, my brother melvin and grew up here in this house we , we learned tork to read the scriptures. i was reminded, heaven came down

and took mythe 21st brother from me. one day the lord will come down and take me. i know what he would want me to say today. i am the eldest can i tell , i want to be the one that daddy loved along this.

i read too many articles and sought things on television, the cards at some and have written, and so many adjectives about daddy and they are so wonderful. i wanted to read something and share about the little girl that was born many many years ago on a faraway country. don't think she ever heard of charlotte, north carolina. you know, appearances have talked her -- her parents have taught her to pray even at that early age. charlotte boy here in milking cows every morning and afternoon and he had no idea there was a little girl praying for him in china. mother wrote this little pollen.

i want to share this pollen with -- that maybe you have heard this calpoem. prayed as we are inclined to do. i do not need a handsome man but let him be like you. strongt need one big and or very tall nor need he be a genius. head, may his be clear, .is shoulders straight

, andis face at character let his whole life show a singleness of goal. when he comes as he will come , he is theeyes glow man i pray for long ago. the lord answered every single one of those prayers form mother and that little girl, my brothers and i called mama. that god has now brought them back together again in eternity. when i was a girl growing up mother let us in devotions every day, she read the bible and

prayed. when dad was home he led family devotions come he read the bible but he didn't just read it. he would stop and make a comment or ask a question. to lover taught me reading my bible every day. and my daddy taught me that i was able to think about what i was reading. myn my mother went to heaven daddy started asking me to read him the bible. andirst it was intimidating then it became such a joy. there were times when i would sit in front of my daddy and he would ask me to give him a full 60 minute message. once in a while he would interrupt me and ask a question, but he loved to hear. as he got weaker we went through 60 minutes but the pattern was

the same. house wass in the called together around him. around and igather would read scripture. before i did i would tell him why i had read this together --.age of scripture area we would gather around and i went explain why i had chosen that passage then i would read that to him and him and end by saying daddy, i love you. when we are gathered around daddy come i want to read a passage of scripture and explain to you why i have chosen this passage. heaven's from perspective that my father's death is as significant as his

life. his life was very significant. when you die that was something very strategic from heaven's point of view. i know that before the foundations of the world 2018 with state that god chose to take my father home. i looked up what was significant about that day and i found out february 21, 2018 is when juice -- jews focus on the death of moses. he brought millions of people out of bondage from slavery and got them to the edge of the promised land and brought them to grab it. my father also is a great liberator. he brought millions of people out of bondage is -- and soon to get them to the edge of the

promised land and then he was called home. could it be that he brought , you know what the new testament name for joshua is, it's jesus. this is a shot across the bow from heaven. -- god is saying wake up church, wake up world, jesus is coming. jesus is coming. inn the gospel is preaching service as it is to churches, ministries, when the gospel is preaching the whole world says the will come. four thessalonians chapter the way my mama taught me.

falling asleep as the biblical term for when god's children die. you open them in the face of don't want you to be ignorant concerning those who have fallen asleep. diedu believe that jesus for your sin and i do, god will bring with him those who are asleep. this is god's word, it's not fantasy, this by the word of the letter we who are alive in the coming of the lord can see those who are asleep. for the lord himself joshua, joshua, jesus, with the voice of , that's my daddy, that's my mother.

you and i shall be caught up together to meet the lord, you will always be with the lord. comfort, this is not all there is, the best is yet to come. daddy, in front of all these witnesses i will preach the word. gospel, and ihe will live my life so that five minutes before i see jesus, i will have no regrets. i will glorify the name of the world -- of the word jesus christ. [applause] i have followed her all my life.

>> i want to thank each one of you for being here today from those who[applause] >> i want to thank each of you for being here today. we are blessed and honored you are here. thank you. i have learned as never before, everybody has a billy graham story. even this week, president trump -- has not crossed many years. i have my own billy graham story. i will tell you about one. i have told it many times. it bears repeating. it speaks to the essence of who my father was.

years, my marriage ended in divorce. i was devastated. i floundered. i did a lot wrong. the rug was pulled out from under me. my family thought it would be a good idea for me to move away. near my olderive sister and her family. we dated. my children did not like him. they were almost grown. i knew what was best for my life. my mother called me from seattle. my father called me from tokyo. honey, white of to slow down? you -- do youy do not to? they had never been divorced.

and sinful, i married this man on new year's eve. within 24 hours, i knew i made a terrible mistake. after five weeks, i fled. i was afraid of him. what was i going to do? i wanted to talk to my mother and father. it was a tuesday drive. mind.ons swirled in my but was i going to say to daddy? what was i going to say to mother? what was i going to say to my children? i had been such a failure. what would they say to me? we told you not to do it. you have embarrassed us. let me tell you, you do not want to embarrass your father. you really do not want to embarrass billy graham. [laughter] >> live on the side of a

mountain. i rounded the last been in my father's driveway and my father was waiting for me. as i got out of the car, he wrapped his arms around me and said welcome home. there was no shame. there is no blame. there was no condemnation -- just unconditional love. my father was not god. he showed me what god was like that day. when we come to god with our sin, brokenness, failure, pain, says,ard -- and hurt, god welcome home. thank you. god bless you. [applause] >> i followed her my whole life.

[laughter] >> i was told we have three minutes. upthree minutes to some the life of my father. then three less minutes because my siblings took a little more. faithful.was he was available. he was teachable. i want each one of you to remember that -- faithful, available, teachable -- may we all be that way. usnk -- thank you for giving this honor. [applause]

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above all wells and treasures of the earth. there is no way to measure what you are worth. , made behind a stone. , rejected ande alone. like a rose, trampled on the ground. me took the fall and out of above all. crucified, laid behind a stone. you to die. -- die, rejected and alone. like a rose trampled on the fall andou took the thought of me above all.

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in the middle east, we describe him like this. we say he is a faithful man. he is faithful for the word of god. he has never preached his own opinion or his ideas or philosophy, but he preached the word of god. as we say about him, he is a courageous man. he has never ran away from the word repentance. .e spoke exactly like our lord our lord said the time is fulfilled. "god is at hand. he said repent. we do notlk about -- say he is only a great evangelist, we say he is a great feature. he has used the best message of teaching.

he has taught by example. he has never used a computer or facebook or blackboard, but he spoke by example. be an example for the , and love,n context in faith, and purity. it is exactly what he taught us. he lived a holy life when he spoke about holiness. prayer spoke about the or of.com baldness, he was a humble -- or of humbleness, he was a humble man. one time, i was in amsterdam and mrs. graham said, have you made an appointment with dr. graham? no, i am a little man and he is a great man.

i was afraid to go and see him or make an appointment. she took me to the prayer room and opened the roof slowly. eyes saw a giant -- i saw a andt above god praying crime before he went to preach the gospel. one time, he said to me, do you want to be successful in your ministry? i said, of course. he said, people want to talk about themselves. they love it. they want to talk about themselves. do not talk about yourself. talk about jesus. lift him up. when we list him up -- lift him up -- we do not preach ourselves. we preach christ as the lord and , forlves as slaves for you

the sake of christ. he was a great man. he was a humble man. theade great effects in middle east for great believers. dr. graham, rest in peace. you have a wonderful family. you have wonderful children and grandchildren. i am sure they will take the life of the gospel to all of the world. american people, i think you in the name of jesus -- i thank you in the name of jesus were standing behind this and. i pray -- this man. a great man like billy graham. [applause] mr. graham, on behalf of the

the christians around the world, those of you heard the -- you have heard you reclaim the gospel's message, i joined them to say thank you. salvation tobring our part of the world. hundreds of letters and phone me to bringo condolences to your family and friends. impact on millions of lives, including kings, presidents, vice presidents, and common people around the world. -- the former by mr. of the republic of korea have to -- i am convinced

it amounted to an outpouring of the holy spirit, which will change the lives of each and every participant. message inre of the those who hear the sound of your voice. wins souls. done it all of your life in all of the world. -- you have done it all of your life in all of the world. went to the crusade you had in grand rapids, michigan. after your preaching, she gave her heart to christ and dedicated to become a missionary. she kept that decision until now. night withent every a final -- 1.1 million people

attended. children dedicated their lives to praise the lord. , more thancrusade 20,000 members. the rapid growth of the mega-troth movement in korea has not started. we have more churches and missionaries than any other country in our region because you came to preach the word to our people. , yourime i saw you eyesight and hearing was not good. someone said, daddy, your favorite preacher is here. you said you are getting. i said, dr. graham, i am here to

thank you. let's have one more crusade in korea. [laughter] >> you have been an inspiration and encouragement. your family, a wonderful friend in the ministry. may the lord give you perfect rest in the presence of our heavenly father. you finish the course. you have kept the faith. is a crown of righteousness. god bless you all. thank you. [applause] pianoral playing] -- [ playing] sons -- helled his came to love.

because he lives, i tomorrow because he all here is god. because i know he holds the future. living justworth

because he lives. day, i will crawl -- i will cross the river. final wart life's with pain. gives way todeath victory ♪ >> ♪ i will see the lights of he lives.i know facese he lives, i can tomorrow.

lives, all fear is gone. the holds the future. worth the living, --ves. ♪ se he because he lives. he lives. ♪ [applause] >> shall we pray? almighty god, our heavenly

father, we have come together here. i am joined with millions of your people around the world. to praise you and to worship you. open the gates of heaven, o god and for your holy -- import your holy spirit among us. lifeme to thank you for a that has been so precious. we will always be precious to all of us. have -- for jesus christ, you shed the blood on the cross. you raise him up. he might be our savior. him.d, you followed

your servant, billy graham, maybe the champion of the proclamation of the gospel of jesus christ. oh god of this time, we knew it was you, you who brought the compass to the foot of the cross. servant, oh your god. not me, not me. rejoice at this time. seed gather together, the your servant has planted will multiply. years theworld gospel. we, as sinners, oh god, should repent before the cross. invite christ to our lives, we thank you for the gospel, oh

god. at this time, we pray for the children of dr. graham. we pray for their family and the wonderful ministries. pray forime, we -- as they continue to pull the legacy by serving. erathis day, oh god, a new in the proclamation of the gospel of jesus christ. time, we prays

servant,upon thy franklin graham. he comes to share from his heart. words, theour message, lord. the message your servant has lived his life for. prepare,air -- lord, at this moment, we may respond to your love and forgiveness. name, amen.esus'

first lady,dent, toe president, karen, my family, government leaders, notable guests, my father's pastors, leaders, and and to mysupporters, weher's incredible staff, have come here today to honor a man of god. tells us about the journey of faith my father

traveled his entire life. my father preached on heaven, told millions how to find heaven . he wrote a book on heaven. today, he is in heaven. his journey is complete. i best wonder how remember my father. i cannot remember my father without remembering my mother. she loved my father. he loved her. he of door to her. she was his soulmate in life. when she passed away 11 years ago, it was a big coal in his heart. he missed my mother. her ona big teacher of the foot of his bed on the wall. he looked at the picture of my

mother. franklin, ie said, have missed your mother more today than my life. she was sick in bed and lying on that on her side. he would sit nbeside her. they would just look at each other, i tie -- other, eye to eye, four hours. if i sat in the room, i felt uncomfortable, like i was intruding. [laughter] >> he loved her and she loved him. mother was a part of my father's life at every turn. when i think about my father, i can still hear his voice. a word of encouragement and sometimes, a word of caution.

there were quite a few of those. [laughter] i can recall him laughing. he loved his grandchildren, great grandchildren -- all of his family. we would take walks together along the mountain trails above his home in montreat. the billy graham the world saw on television -- the billy graham the world saw in the big stadiums was the same billy graham we saw at home. there were not two milligrams -- tw billyo graham -- two billy grahams. his testimony of god's great love -- all of us children came to see the world and our father in heaven through my father's eyes.

vision icompelling have ingrained in my memory is my father standing behind this pulpit. stadiums around the country and around the world, his voice booming. -- booming, proclaiming the gospel of the lord, jesus christ. he said sunday, you will read billy graham is dead. .o not believe one word of it he said, i will be more alive than i am now. i would have just changed addresses that is all. i was home, i visited my father. he loved to walk when he could.

i would share him and fear are doing. he would ask questions. we will talk about the bible. he liked to talk about politics, sports -- the last few years, he became quiet. very little at all. i believe his mind was on heaven. am afraidaid i never to die because i know the joy of heaven waiting. if he could speak to you today, he would ask, will you be making this journey to heaven someday? my father's greatest longing has been granted. he is in the presence of god. there are a few things my father would want me to share with you. my father would want you to know he believed the bible to be infallible word of god. he did not understand it all, but he sure believe that all.

the bible was his sole authority. when he preached, he always to the bible to the pulpit with him. for most of his messages, he would hold the bible and his hands and would quote scripture after scripture. the sermons were filled with scripture. when he would quote the scripture, he would always say, the bible says -- why? because it was his authority. my father believed in heaven. he also believed in hell. you see, jesus preached on hell. hell is reserved for the wicked. for those who refuse to repent for their sins and acknowledge god's son, jesus christ, as their lord and savior. the bible said god does not want anyone to perish, but all should call to -- all should come to repentance.

this motivated my father to preach the gospel with urgency. he wanted to warn men and women of the consequences of their sins. one day, we will have to stand before god and give him an account of our lives. there was a judgment coming. the bible tells us man has been separated from god by sin. heartman soul and human -- the bible tells us with all sin, we have come short of god's standards is glory. the penalty of sin is death. butjust physical death, spiritual death for eternity. the best news ever declared was god so loved the world that he gave his own son, who so ever should believe in him, should

not perish, but have everlasting life. this verse was probably in every message might father ever preached -- my father ever preach because -- preached because -- one reads the paper are reads the news, we wonder what hope is there? 200,000 years ago, god broke the darkness of sin and sent his son from health -- from -- jesus came to seek and save for which was lost. for grace, you have been saved. it is the gift of god, not of works. jesus said the truth and the father.o man comes the million city are searching for the way.

where do like a? what do it -- where do i go? what do i do? jesus said, follow me, i am the way. a few days ago, my father followed jesus to have an-- to heaven. he embarked on the journey he was looking forward to the rest of his life -- the journey from earth to heaven. how about you? if this were your funeral, would you be in heaven? are you sure? us to followause him today. jesus said, i am the truth, many asked what is truth? with all of the lies and false information, what is the? jason said, i am the truth -- .esus said, i am the truth

all truth is found in him. he said i found the life. most people spend their wages improving and trying to have a more comfortable life. if we follow him and trust him and believe him to be true, he will give us -- not a better life, he does not promise that, he does not promise us a more comfortable life. he does promise us eternal life. jesus says no one comes to the father except him. the road with its political correctness would want you to believe there are many roads to god. it is not truth. how can jesus make these claims? waycould he say he is the in the truth and the life? jesus was god in the flesh. he is the only one in history to take our sins and pay the debt of sin. my father would want me to share this with you today.

god sent his son to take our sins. he took our sins to the cross. he died in our place. he shed his blood for each and every one of you. when he held on the cross, god poured out the sins of mankind on his son. the sins past, present, and future. he shed his blood for our sins. he paid for our sins. on the third day, god raised his son to life. jesus is not dead. he is a live in is here today. are you trusting him? and everyme into each heart that invites him. if we repent arsons -- repent our sins and the bible says we will be saved. are you saved? are you forgiven? are you trusting jesus as your savior?

are you following him as her lord? if you are not sure, there is no better time than right now then billy graham's funeral to settle this for months and eternity. it is simply by faith and believing. if you are to say a simple say god, i this -- am a sinner. i am sorry for my sins. forgive me. i believe jesus christ is your son. i want to trust him as my savior. i want to follow him as my lord. if you pray a simple prayer like that, god will forgive your sins . you can have the hope of eternal life. father visit to my february 18. on the 21st of february, he was escorted by god's angels to the throne of god.

i can only imagine what it was like for my father to step into heaven. there was the lord, jesus christ to say, well done, good and faithful servant. there is the throne of god, can you imagine? my mother, his mother, father, cheering,lapping, bells ringing, trumpets blowing -- not because it was billy graham. another child of god has come home. another child of god. daddy, i want to see you on this earth again, but i will see you again -- i will not see you on this earth again, but i will see you again. maybe soon, but not yet. to god be to glory. [applause]

>> thank you, franklin. those last words are something we should leave with today. as we sing and wonderful hymn. our rejoicing, jesus, our son. [piano playing] -- playing] to two god bee -- god be to glory praise the lord, praise the

lord, let the earth hear his voice. praise the lord, praise the lord, let the people rejoice. oh, calm to the father -- oh, , throughhe father jesus the son, and give him the glory, great things he hath done. oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood, to every god.ver the promise of the vilest offender who truly jesuses, that moment from a pardon receives. -- praise the lord, praise the lord, let the earth hear his voice.

praise the lord, praise the lord, let the people rejoice. through to the father, jesus the son, and give him the glory, great things he hath done . ath taughtgs us, great things he has on, and great our rejoicing through jesus the son. andpurere and higher greater will be, our wonder, our see.sport when jesus we praise the lord, praise the lord, let the earth hear his voice. praise the lord, praise the lord, but the people rejoice.

come to the father, through jesus the son and give him the glory, great things he hath done . ♪ >> let the church say amen. >> amen. >> let us it one more time for the father. >> amen. >> i had the privilege of praying as dr. graham dedicated a highway. i had the privilege -- i have the privilege now, my great honor, to give this benediction to this great -- this than vindication tois

this great service. [applause] now, maybe grace of god, the sweet communion of the holy , andt, may it rest, rule abide with us henceforth and forever more, in the church said -- >> amen. >> i will ask you to do one thing for me. they asked me to do this last night. i told him i would get it right. help me, please. i will not get to do this again. [laughter] please remain standing until you are told to do the next thing. [laughter] god bless you. [laughter]

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>> i loved your father. >> amen. >> thank you. >> your father was wonderful. >> oh, my goodness. we are honored you are here. thank you. god bless you. thanks for coming. thank you.

[indistinct conversation] >> thank you for coming. >> he was my inspiration. >> thank you for coming. [laughter] thank you. [singing] you.ank [singing]

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hooked on billy. was into elvis and i was hooked on billy. i think i made the better choice. many years later, i would have the opportunity of ink for billy being with20 -- of billy graham for 20 minutes in my study. when i expressed how much he meant to me he said, "that is too bad. nobody should ever follow me. i am an unworthy servants of christ. no one should ever follow me. " the big lesson. in a wheelchair, he was contents with christ. no more television cameras, no more crowd to preach to. billy graham's identity was in

jesus christ and not the fame got it gave him all these years. i never dreamed as a little boy on a farm that i would ever get to hug billy graham's oldest daughter. [laughter] >> every time you come to the code, you get a big -- cove, you get a big hug.

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