BIO:Mordecai Ham 1878-1959 Baptist evangelist. There were more than

33,000 conversions during the first year of the ministry of Mordecai
Ham. As a result of his ministry, more than 300,000 new converts joined
Baptist churches in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky,
and the Carolinas in a space of 30 years. The au- thor of the amendment
for Prohibition stated that Billy Sun- day and Mordecai Ham nearly put
the saloons out of business. A close observer wrote concerning him, "He
exalts Christ and fights sin with all his might. There is no middle
ground in his campaigns. It is impossible to evaluate his ministry. Un-
der his preaching I have seen murderers saved, drunkards con- verted,
homes reunited, and men and women dedicate their lives for special
service." Billy Graham was saved under Mordecai Ham's preach- ing, in a
revival in Charlotte, North Carolina, in November, 1934.

   ARTIST'S NOTE: Fruit is the main theme of Mordecai Ham's life. The
purple is indicative of the passage on the vine, and fruit-bearing
found in the 15th chapter of the Gospel of John.

   Ruckman '65
