Billy Graham bows out

Marking a milestone moment for American religion and world evangelicalism, the Reverend Billy Graham preached what could be his last revival sermon.

Toying with the situation, Graham told around 90,000 people gathered in the New York City borough of Queens that he hoped "to come back again some day".

His sermon appealing for decisions to follow Jesus emphasised that nobody knows the hour of death.

Noting his own advanced age and state of health, he said, "I know it won't be long."