Leap of Faith Page #7

He's coming through me,

special delivery! Hallelujah!

A fever is on me! A fever is on me!

Do you hear him call?

Fall into the spirit of Jesus Christ!

Prepare to receive your miracle!

Oh, I'm feeling the power tonight!

I'm feeling the power!

Invite him in, sisters!

Somebody has just

been cured of their rheumatism.

Receive a fresh anointing!

Watch out, I'm vibrating!

I'm vibrating, I'm vibrating with Jesus!

I'm feeling the power!

Come on, brother!

Let Jesus in.

He's speaking the language of the Lord!

The language of the Lord! Hallelujah!

Fall into Jesus!

The Angels of Mercy!

I'm boxing for Jesus!

This room is burning up

with the fever of the Lord!

Hallelujah, brother!

Hey, Reverend. Hey, Rev!

Hey, Rev, what about me?

I've no more healing power left in me.

- Rev, what about me?

- That's it!

I'm all done in from the service

to the Lord! Thank you, Jesus!

Dance, brother, dance!

Celebrate the miracles of the Lord!

- Another one!

- What about Boyd?

One more! One more!

So glad you could make it.

I had to cold read 20 people

and I was not brilliant.

One more! One more!

I think you've got a little problem here.

One more! One more!

Take it from me, babe,

you can't have it both ways.

One more! One more!

One more! One more!

One more! One more!

One more! One more!

Hallelujah!

You asked for one more demonstration

of the Lord's kindness, a show of faith.

It's about faith. You gotta have it

or you can't get healed.

If there's any doubt in your hearts,

the Lord cannot deliver.

Even if one of you doubts, like you,

Will. I know you have doubts.

You must believe, because this boy's

chances of walking are in your hands.

Amen!

Brothers and sisters,

I ask you to consider

the fate of an innocent

rests in the heart of a cynic.

You can do it. You can do it.

Release your faith!

Hallelujah! Another miracle!

Have faith in Jesus! Faith in Jesus!

- Amen!

- Hallelujah!

How did you do it, Reverend?

Son of a b*tch!

Are you gonna tell me

what really happened out there?

I've been had. I've been hustled.

What are you talking about?

They got a great act,

the waitress and Tiny Tim!

That story about the trucker,

a drunken trucker.

- Details, the mark of a great con!

- Forget it. Not those two.

They're not like you.

Come on.

Remember me?

I'm Jane, your partner in crime.

Did you see them?

They're going out of their minds.

I had to clear the tent

or they'd have torn it down.

- You should see the money coming in.

- By this time tomorrow...

...we're gonna be on every TV station.

- We can play New Orleans...

- Tell me the truth.

What is this,

an elaborate set-up or what?

What do you think?

Holy sh*t!

Jonas, I gotta hand it to you.

Getting that kid was genius!

Give that kid a haircut,

put him in some fancy clothes on stage!

- That's money in the bank!

- Maybe he can re-enact it.

Do you know what we could bring in

in Dallas in one week?

Seven figures!

Seven figures, man!

Jonas, man, what do you think?

Come on, Jonas.

- Do it!

- You're a genius, man!

Genius!

Jonas, wait!

Listen. We made a lot of money

and until now it's been great.

- But this is different.

- Come on, Jane.

No! That is not one of our shills in there.

I don't know what,

but something happened.

- You're right about that.

- You can't take this away from him.

- You can't make him into a sideshow.

- You think not?

Wow! You really don't give a sh*t

about anybody, do you?

Janey, I never pretended I did.

God, you're right.

You never did.

You still don't care who you hurt.

See how this feels.

Jane!

Janey!

Hey, boss.

Remember me? Jack Newton.

Got a question for you.

Why did you make so many suckers?

You say, "Love never endeth."

Well, I say, "Love never starteth!"

"The meek shall inherit the earth."

The meek just get

the short end of the stick!

You say, "Is anyone pure of heart?"

I say, "Not one!"

Rev?

Hello, Boyd.

Why aren't you out

signing autographs? Or dancing?

I need to ask you a question.

I wanted to know

when you planned to leave town.

Leave? A couple of days, I guess.

Well, I wanted to know

if I could go with you.

- Well...

- I can do things. I'll earn my keep.

You're too old

to be running away with the circus.

No, it's not that.

Look, you made me walk again.

Many people tried that, but they couldn't.

Hold it, kid.

I had nothing to do with you walking.

Sure you did.

I run a show here. A lot of smoke

and noise strictly for the suckers!

I've been pulling scams

since I was your age.

If there's one thing I know,

it's how to spot the genuine article.

That's what you gotta watch out for.

Not the cops.

You can always get around the cops.

But what you can never get around

is the genuine article.

And you, kid, are the genuine article.

- Are you saying you think you're a fake?

- I know I'm a fake.

What difference does it make,

if you get the job done?

Kid, it makes

all the difference in the world.

Boyd?

Everyone's looking for you.

OK.

Well, what do you think?

All right, kid, I'll tell you what.

I'll meet you in front of the diner

at ten in the morning.

So I'll see you then?

I'll be back in a minute.

I want to thank you.

I don't know why my brother's walking,

but I'll be grateful for the rest of my life.

Marva?

Ten in the morning, your brother's

gonna be standing in front of the diner.

- Give him a message for me?

- Yeah.

Tell him that just because

a person didn't show up,

doesn't mean that the person

doesn't care about him.

You read it?

OK, we'll go over it again.

"The Lord is my shepherd,

I shall not want..."

Here you go.

Come back for seconds.

Jane. You OK?

Hi.

Thanks.

Souvenir of someone I once knew.

- Where are you headed?

- Pensacola, Florida.

Never been there.

- Are you in some kind of trouble?

- No, no, no.

No, sir.

Maybe for the first time in my life I'm not.

Well, damn! Would you look at that?

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir!

Praise Jesus!

Come on, baby!

Come on, baby, rain!

Rain!

Thank you, Jesus!

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