"Like most things of the Spirit, it came simply,..."

The Cross and the Switch Blade. David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. 2004 edition.

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"And as quietly as that, a new ministry was born.

"Like most things bornof the Spirit, it came simply, humbly, without fanfare.

"Certainly, none of us that night knew what had begun."

This is the way the Rev. David Wilkerson describes the crucial moment that led up to the famous New York "city - wide youth rally, scheduled to be held in St. Nicholas Arena during the second week of July, 1958."