LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) - Cliff Barrows, 81, worship leader for the Billy Graham crusades for six decades, along with longtime Graham pianist John Innes and organist Don Hustad shared crusade memories during Southern Seminary's ninth annual community hymn sing March 21 in Alumni Memorial Chapel on the Louisville, Ky., campus.

Barrows served as music leader for the hymn sing while Innes played the piano and Hustad the organ, with more than 1,000 people in attendance.

Barrows, who began working with Graham in 1945 during his days with Youth for Christ, recalled a crusade at Olympic Stadium in Berlin in 1954, less than a decade after the fall of Hitler and the Third Reich.

At the conclusion of his sermon, Graham asked all who wanted to trust in Christ for salvation to stand. More than 50,000 Germans rose to their feet. Believing they misunderstood his instructions, Graham asked the crowd to sit down. After setting forth the Gospel and the cost of discipleship more clearly, Graham again asked those seeking Christ to rise. Again 50,000 stood.

A bit frustrated, Graham seated them again and attempted to give clearer instructions and, again, more than 50,000 came to their feet, Barrows said.

"It was incredible," Barrows said. "Billy was convinced that he had not been clear the first two times but it became evident by the third time that they understood the Gospel."

While the 86-year-old Graham has battled Parkinson's disease and other health problems for much of the past decade, Barrows said he is set for yet another crusade later this spring, scheduled for June 24-26 in New York City. It will be the latest in what has become a series of "final crusades" for Graham, Barrows said, laughing.