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The Message is Jesus announced the leader of the band at last Sunday's Jesus People rally in Toronto and the musicians struck up: Put your hand of the(...)
The Message is Jesus announced the leader of the band at last Sunday's Jesus People rally in Toronto and the musicians struck up: Put your hand of the(...)

The Message is Jesus announced the leader of the band at last Sunday's Jesus People rally in Toronto and the musicians struck up: Put your hand of the(...)

Date5/2/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: The Message is Jesus announced the leader of the band at last Sunday's Jesus People rally in Toronto and the musicians struck up: Put your hand of the Man from Galilee. The Jesus Movement is spreading over North America and has claimed many adherents among California's drug-oriented youth. Believers accept the Bible literally.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0013220F
      Enthusiastic Crowd of young people sing and clap at Toronto's first mass rally for Jesus People held in Queen's Park last Sunday. The Jesus Movement i(...)
      Enthusiastic Crowd of young people sing and clap at Toronto's first mass rally for Jesus People held in Queen's Park last Sunday. The Jesus Movement i(...)
      Norris, Dave
      5/5/1971
      Summer Symphony Orchestra is conducted by George Crum while musicians succumb to Sunday's heat and play in shirtsleeves at CNE Bandshell. Parks department, musicians, Toronto Daily Star sponsor show
      Summer Symphony Orchestra is conducted by George Crum while musicians succumb to Sunday's heat and play in shirtsleeves at CNE Bandshell. Parks department, musicians, Toronto Daily Star sponsor show
      Philp, Barry
      7/20/1964
      A girl sings at jesus people rally, Movement is catching on among young people
      A girl sings at jesus people rally, Movement is catching on among young people
      Norris, Dave
      5/5/1971
      There's a little-known group of Toronto musicians who earn up to $50,000 a year by frantically recording jingles, playing in bands and backing up reco(...)
      There's a little-known group of Toronto musicians who earn up to $50,000 a year by frantically recording jingles, playing in bands and backing up reco(...)
      Loek, Dick
      4/24/1972
      A Jesus people convert with hands outstretched returns to shore on the Toronto Islands after being baptized in the harbor waters in September, 1971. T(...)
      A Jesus people convert with hands outstretched returns to shore on the Toronto Islands after being baptized in the harbor waters in September, 1971. T(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/14/1971
      At Camp Kirjatharba on Round Lake near Pembroke, the leader of the Jesus People's conference, Robert Vellick, 39, (right) discusses with visitors the (...)
      At Camp Kirjatharba on Round Lake near Pembroke, the leader of the Jesus People's conference, Robert Vellick, 39, (right) discusses with visitors the (...)
      Harpur, Tom
      8/25/1971
      Balloons floated up as Liberal Leader Robert Nixon, to the tune of the title song from Jesus Christ Superstar, greeted 300 supporters yesterday in dow(...)
      Balloons floated up as Liberal Leader Robert Nixon, to the tune of the title song from Jesus Christ Superstar, greeted 300 supporters yesterday in dow(...)
      Lennon, Frank
      9/16/1975
      Brantford brought a salute from a band of 20 Indian musicians from the Six Nations and a parade of over 100 automobiles down the main street
      Brantford brought a salute from a band of 20 Indian musicians from the Six Nations and a parade of over 100 automobiles down the main street
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/6/1949
      Jesus loves me : a Band of Hope story
      Jesus loves me : a Band of Hope story
      Orphans' Printing Press
      1860
      ''Peace in believing'' exemplified in the case of the late Mary Anne Sophia Whitehed, who fell asleep in Jesus on Sunday the 7th March, 1847, in the 2(...)
      ''Peace in believing'' exemplified in the case of the late Mary Anne Sophia Whitehed, who fell asleep in Jesus on Sunday the 7th March, 1847, in the 2(...)
      Diocesan Press
      1847
      Alvin McGrath, general-secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance of Canada, received only two worried phone calls the day the province announced it might permit horse racing and betting on Sundays
      Alvin McGrath, general-secretary of the Lord's Day Alliance of Canada, received only two worried phone calls the day the province announced it might permit horse racing and betting on Sundays
      Spremo, Boris
      3/28/1968
      Hands, feet and forehead of Sister Susan Kuruvilla show stigmata - wounds like those suffered by Jesus
      Hands, feet and forehead of Sister Susan Kuruvilla show stigmata - wounds like those suffered by Jesus
      Combs, Erin
      11/22/1977