The Heart Is a Rebel Page #4

And when you say

"I'm willing"

he gives you the strength

and the power to turn!

And you start

in a new direction.

That's what repentance means.

Secondly, by faith, you must

receive Christ into your heart.

By faith, I said!

You may never understand it

intellectually.

You don't have to.

Jesus, tonight, is willing

to touch your life,

change your life,

if you're willing

to surrender your will,

and your personality

and your life in total to him.

I'm going to ask you

to do it tonight.

Young men, young women,

fathers, mothers,

people of all walks

of life,

I'm going to ask you

to get up out of your seat,

if there's a doubt

in your life

that you're ready

to meet God.

I'm asking you to get up

out of your seat

and come and stand

quietly here

and say tonight,

I give my life to the savior.

I'm going to trust him

from this moment on.

I'm going to follow him

and serve him.

While our heads are bowed,

and people are already

coming from everywhere,

you come.

Don't you let distance

back here

keep you from Christ.

You come.

Way back in that back balcony,

back in there, you come.

This is your moment

with Christ.

You may never have an hour

like this again.

Now is the accepted time,

today is the day of salvation.

You come, right now, quickly,

from everywhere.

Hundreds of you,

while the choir sings softly,

just as I am,

without one plea,

o lamb of God, I come,

you come right now.

Just as I am

without one plea

That's it, quickly,

from everywhere.

Get up out of your seats

and come on!

But that thy blood

was shed for me

and that thou bidst me,

come to thee

and that thou bidst me,

come to thee

o lamb of God,

I come

I come

just as I am

and waiting not

to rid my soul

of one dark blot

to rid my soul

of one dark blot

to thee whose blood

can cleanse each spot

to thee whose blood

can cleanse each spot

o lamb of God,

I come

I come

(Hal)

Hi, honey!

How'd it go?

It was wonderful, hal!

Gladys do us proud?

Oh, yes.

I wish you could've

been there.

Hal, couldn't you stop

for a couple of minutes?

I want to tell you

about it.

Honey, do you mind?

I'm onto something here

and I kinda like to stay

right with it.

You want some

fresh coffee?

No, thanks.

Must've had about

ten cups already.

Well, I guess I'll

go in to bed then...

Good night.

I'll be along

in a while.

[Phone rings]

Foster speaking.

Oh, put her on.

Hello, darling.

Where were you when I called

twenty minutes ago?

Oh...Well, actually yes.

The 15th floor

went for my ideas,

they've given me

the green light

to write the whole

pioneer campaign!

Now, honey,

one of the executives

from pioneer's home office

is in town with his wife

and I thought it would be

very strategic

if we could invite them out

to the apartment for cocktails.

[No audio]

Well, honey, I, uh...

I've invited them tonight.

[No audio]

Well, I know

it's short notice...

But look,

it's a wonderful way

to get to one of

pioneer's top men!

[No audio]

I know that,

but can't you get Gladys

to give you a hand?

Well, let's see...

There's the client,

Mr. Carlson and his wife,

I had to ask Greg

and his wife,

and I'll get bill to come,

for laughs!

Yeah, of course,

Alice, too.

Well, that'll be only

eight of us, okay?

Oh, thanks, darling.

It'll pay off,

I'm sure of it.

(Man)

You're so right, hal,

I've never known it to fail.

Ah...

Hors d'oeuvres,

Mr. Carlson?

Why, yes, thank you.

Greg?

Yes, thank you!

Is this lovely person

the source of

your inspiration, foster?

"Behind every

successful man," right, hal?

Ten short years.

[Laughter]

Ah, seriously though,

I have one of the most

beautiful wives in the country,

and I only hope

she stays there.

[Laughter]

You know, I went driving

with her the other day.

She held out her arm,

gave all three signals

and went straight up!

[Laughter]

I'm sorry, Joan,

I've been glaring at him

all evening but...

Clearly a case

of overexposure,

she knows my material.

Mrs. Carlson?

Oh, my dear, I've

already had...Three.

Oh, but they're so small!

Well, if you insist.

[Chuckling]

Well, uh,

isn't that a matter

for the motivation

research department?

They're already at work on it.

Kay?

Thank you.

Do you get into New York

very often, Mrs. Carlson?

Oh, no, Alfred lets me

tag along once or twice a year

but I'd rather not

come too often.

You see, this way I look forward

to the trip

as something special.

New York is so Cosmopolitan.

Alfred says

I always act just

like a tourist.

But we live in the suburbs

and I've always thought

of our community

as being very much

"average America."

Alfred always winces

when he hears me say that,

but I'm really rather

proud of the idea.

I don't see anything wrong

with being a part of

"average America,"

do you?

Now you take

for example one of

the big TV shows.

Will you excuse me

a moment?

Who give it a good

trendex?

We do!

"Average America."

And you advertising people

work day and night

trying to get us to

do this and buy that,

why?

Because we're important,

that's why!

And when you get

right down to it,

we average Americans

run everything!

Oh...

Excuse me.

How's everything goin',

honey?

Well, we're holding our own

so far, glady.

I don't know how to thank you

for giving up your evening

to help us like this.

That's what friends

are for, sugar!

But what bothers me is,

how folks can

fool themselves

into calling tidbits

like this food.

They're just teasin'

their stomachs!

[Chuckling]

There's nobody funnier

than people, glady.

You know that.

Some people, sugar.

'Cause me and Davy's

playin' it safe

and gonna fortify ourselves

with some nice hot chocolate.

Oh, glady,

you're priceless.

Well, someone has done

an outstanding publicity job.

The whole town seems to be

aware of the crusade.

Only this afternoon

I ran into a woman

who was passing out tickets

in Times Square!

That's a well organized

campaign, all right.

Real saturation.

But I don't really see

how they can inject

any kind of religious element

in such a, well, a spectacle.

I read somewhere

they're using two or three

thousand voices

in just the chorus.

Well, you can't help

admiring the man.

He has a fool-proof product

and he knows how to sell it.

(Hal)

Well, how can he miss?

The script is a natural.

A chapter and verse recital

of the world in torment,

the age of the h-bomb,

the moral flaws

of mankind.

(Alice)

I don't know.

At times I've felt as though

my life lacked something.

Maybe it's religion.

But about this crusade, Alice.

Surely it can't expect

the confidence

of intelligent people.

Well, I'm afraid that most

of his followers

are the unstable sort.

You mark my words!

In six months' time,

everyone will wonder what

all the shouting was about.

Well, I think we ought to

have an opinion

from our charming hostess.

Mrs. foster,

what do you think

of this crusade business?

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