Bill W — AA Meeting (Unknown)

RS-G079 · CLASSIC ERA · AA · UNKNOWN

S1T1C Bill W

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SpeakerS1T1C Bill W
EventAA Meeting
LocationUnknown
YearUnknown
EraClassic Era
FellowshipAA
Duration47:05
RS NumberRS-G079
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Well, following is a, one of, I think one of the original recordings I made under adverse conditions and everything, didn't know much about what I was doing. It was the 19th anniversary of Founders Day at Akron, Ohio. And this was in the early fifties, you'd have to figure it out exactly. You'll notice that I did make a small, short introduction here. My voice sounded the same then, I guess, as it does now. And the recording is Bill Wilson at Akron, Ohio, and I would guess about 1953 or 54, I believe. The quality's poor, but it is another one of your old-time collection, Bill. This is a recording of Bill Wilson at Founders Day in Akron, Ohio, on the 19th anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. Dear and precious friends, from the four corners of our AA world, I bring the greetings and love of every member of our society. We are gathered here today, as Ethel so well said, in gratitude, in gratitude for our living and loving God, who threw new light in upon our dark world, and has permitted so many of us to issue from our caves. We are gathered here to commemorate the striking of a spark, a spark that was to light a candle, a candle which at first flickered swiftly and at times nearly went out, but which was then passed from hand to hand until it has reached nearly every distant shore of the world. I suppose an occasion of this sort would best be served by coming to me now. Perhaps we would like to think again together about the change of providential events that led to the striking of this spark over in Henrietta Sarbeling's living room 19 years ago. We then might witness together, and many of you indeed can relive the experience when a spark lit the candle, and we can remember together with gratitude and joy the flying blind period of our pioneering time. And when we have dwelled on this at good length, because this is the thing that concerns us most, we might get on the magic carpet, so to speak, and travel worldwide and see how the candle has gone from hand to hand, and then we might presume to lift the veil that obscures our future and wonder what destiny God may have in store for us. Relative to the events…

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