The statement did not say where he died or cite ... “I lay the cross against a tree and said, ‘Lord, I will never try to take your glory and portray myself as a religious leader.’ ...
In essays and videos, he shared details of his adventures, his struggles — such as run-ins with authorities and once losing his cross to thieves — as well as encounters with religious leaders ...
Arthur Blessitt, a onetime street preacher in Los Angeles who set off on a cross-country trek on Christmas Day in 1969 hauling a 12-foot cross to begin what became a more than 43,000-mile ...