The most viral quotation from the late preacher—at one point shared every 15 seconds on Twitter—addresses Graham’s own view of his death:
Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is
dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more alive than I am
now. I will just have changed my address. I will have gone into the
presence of God.
It’s a stirring remark that captures the heart of the
evangelist’s life and message—his focus on the gospel and his confidence
in eternity. Listen and watch the video below on how this was revealed to a sister in Christ several years before Mr. Graham's death. You are going to be amazed!
Mr. Kessler is the author of a new book on the FBI, The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI, available from Amazon.com.
In 1993, Anthony Summers, in his book Official and Confidential: The Secret Life of J. Edgar Hoover,
claimed that Hoover did not pursue organized crime because the Mafia
had blackmail material on him. In support of that, Summers quoted Susan
L. Rosenstiel, a former wife of Lewis S. Rosenstiel, chairman of
Schenley Industries Inc., as saying that in 1958, she was at a party at
the Plaza Hotel where Hoover engaged in cross-dressing in front of her
then-husband and Roy Cohn, former counsel to Senator Joe McCarthy. "He
[Hoover] was wearing a fluffy black dress, very fluffy, with flounces
and lace stockings and high heels, and a black curly wig," Summers
quoted Susan as saying."He had makeup on and false eyelashes."[1] Susan
claimed Cohn introduced Hoover to her as"Mary." Hoover allegedly
responded,"Good evening." She said she saw Hoover go into a bedroom and
take off his skirt. There,"young blond boys" worked on him in bed.
Later, as Hoover and Cohn watched, Lewis Rosenstiel had sex with the
young boys. A year later, Susan claimed, she again saw Hoover at
the Plaza. This time, the director was wearing a red dress. Around his
neck was a black feather boa. He was holding a Bible, and he asked one
of the blond boys to read a passage as another boy played with him. It
was episodes such as these, Summers declared, that the Mafia held over
Hoover's head."Mafia bosses obtained information about Hoover's sex life
and used it for decades to keep the FBI at bay," the jacket of the book
says."Without this, the Mafia as we know it might never have gained its
hold on America."
