Graham cautioned his audience that "the 21st century could become the most bloody and tragic century of the human race."

To avoid that, he urged students to "add a moral dimension as we approach the dawn of the new millenium. In the midst of the exciting things you are doing at Harvard, I pray you will not starve your soul."

Though the essence of his speech was sobering, Graham still peppered it with humorous anecdotes, like a comment on how much shorter the average student's hair had gotten since his last trip to Cambridge in 1982.

Graham also discussed the source of his inspiration in his speech. When a preacher visited his North Carolina farming village, Graham became inspired, at the age of sixteen, to "open [his] heart to Jesus Christ and experience a revolution, becoming a new person."

He urged students to embrace Christianity in a similar fashion, saying "The whole of your life can be touched by faith. The Lord will come into your life if you let him."

Students described Graham's address, which elicited two more standing ovations when it ended, as inspirational.

Ana Maria Patino '03 spent Saturday night on the steps of Memorial Church, in order to get a good seat for Graham's sermon there Sunday morning. She returned to see Graham for a second time at the IOP.