Wise Blood Page #5

a knife in your back when you wasn't lookin'.

You said a mouthful

when you said that, friend.

Everybody, friends,

I want to introduce myself to you.

My name is OnnieJay Holy...

and I am a preacher.

I don't... - I don't mind you knowing that.

But I don't... -

I don't want you to believe anything.

And I wouldn't ask you

to believe anything...

that you did not feel

right in your own hearts.

Friends, everybody that's born

onto this earth...

is full of sweetness and love.

You know that

when a child gets bigger...

that sweetness just doesn't

show so good, does it?

I mean, troubles come

to perplext him, folks.

I mean, the sweetness nets driven inside.

Then he becomes miserable

and lonesome and... and sick...

and, you know, he starts to say...

"Now, where's my sweetness gone?"

If somebody's sweetness, friends,

they might just despair completely.

Huh? I mean, despair.

Now that... - that's the way it was

with me, friends.

I know what of I speak here.

Before I met the prophet.

Before I found out

he was out here to help me.

I mean, he's out here preaching

the Church of Christ Without Christ.

Now I want you all to listen to him.

I want you to listen to him and to me,

and I want you to join our church.

The holy Church...

of Jesus Christ Without Christ.

That... - That man ain't true.

- I never seen him before tonight.

- I wasn't true, friends.

I wasn't true before I met this prophet here.

I want you to know that. I wasn't true.

I didn't preach the truth. But I'm

gonna give you some reasons right now...

why you can join this church,

why it's best for you.

The first thing is

there's just nothing foreign about it.

- No. Nothing foreign about it.

- No. No, listen.

Blasphemy ain't the way to the truth,

whether you understand it or not.

- Hear the prophet! Hear the prophet!

- This... - This man is a liar.

- I never seen him before tonight.

- I lied before I met this prophet.

I'm gonna give you some more reasons

why you ought to join this church, friends.

Some more reasons are

is this church is right up to date.

Now you hear me. It's up to date.

You belonn to this church, nothin' or nobody

is ever gonna be ahead of you, right?

Nothin' or nobody will be ahead of you.

Nobody's gonna know something

that you don't know.

No, sir! I mean, all the cards right out

on the table, friends. That's a fact.

That's a natural fact. Now, it's gonna cost

each and every one of you here a dollar.

- What's a dollar? A dollar's a few dimes.

- Here's my dollar.

- That's not too much to unlock the little

rose of sweetness inside you. - Listen.

- Just one dollar.

- It don't cost you any money... -

- Hear the prophet!

- to know the truth.

You can't know it from money.

You see?

A dollar's not too much, friends.

You see? The prophet

don't care nothin' about money.

It's not too much to know the truth,

just one dollar.

Uh... - Uh, folks,

I'm gonna have to leave you now.

But we're gonna meet here again

tomorrow night in this very same spot.

Right in this same place. I gotta

catch up with the prophet right now.

Where you goin'?

There must be at least $10 out there.

What's the bin hurry, friend?

Now listen. You and me

have not to get together on this thing.

- You know what you put me in mind of

when I first seen you?

jesus Christ and Abraham Lincoln.

You're... -

- Get out.

- What are you sayin', friend?

Hey. I've been on the radio

for three years.

I'm a real preacher, friend.

You better listen to me now.

- Get out! - Listen. You want to get

anywhere in the religion business...

you've not to keep it sweet.

Listen, friend!

Listen. You got some good ideas.

You got good ideas.

All they need is a little promotion.

That Jesus idea is a good one.

- All we gotta do is promote it.

- Look. Look.

There ain't any such a thing

as any new Jesus.

That wasn't nothin'

but a way of sayin' something, Holy!

My name ain't Holy.

My name is Hoover Shoates.

And you better remember it, friend,

because I'm about to run you out of business.

I mean, I'm gonna be back here

tomorrow night with a new prophet.

I can find prophets for peanuts, friend.

I'll do my own preachin',

you understand me?

You better watch it, 'cause what you need

is a little competition. You understand?

Now, then, you can get out.

Now you can leave me alone.

Hi, Hazel.

I don't care if you hit me.

I'm staying with you.

I'm not goin'.

He ain't blind.

Your daddy ain't blind.

I thought anybody

could have seen that.

He's just a crook.

I seen him. Just now.

Without his glasses. A nd...

And he saw me too.

Listen.

The minute I set eyes on you...

I said to myself...

that's what I gotta have.

just give me some of him.

I said, "Look at those pecan eyes

and no crazy, girl.

"That innocent look don't hide a thing.

"He's just pure filthy...

"right to the nuts, like me.

"The only difference is...

"I like being that way...

and he don't."

Yes, sir.

I like being that way,

and I can teach you how to like it.

Don't you want to learn

how to like it?

Yeah. Yeah, I want to.

Take off your hat,

king of the beasts.

Gonna! Come shake the niant paw!

The royal paw of

the monarch of the junnle.

Gonna! The mighty Gonna!

Before each showing,

the great star himself...

will shake your tiny hand.

Come see Gonga live.

A personal appearance by the frightful beast

before each presentation.

Afree pass to the first 10

brave enough to shake his hand.

At 12:
00, 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 and 8:00.

- Hazel Motes live here?

- He does.

Is he around?

Upstairs.

First door.

My man is sick today and sleepin'...

'cause he didn't sleep none last night.

What do you want?

I done brought him

this here thing he needs.

He knows what it is.

I run a awful risk, but I did what I had to.

You just give it to him.

He'll know what to do with it.

- I'll take care of it.

- For him, not you, hear?

- You just tell him I got it, now it's his

and I'm nlad to get shut of it. - What's in it?

Something he gotta have.

Something that'll save

those that sees it.

And he'll do something with it,

'cause it don't look like no other Jesus.

You just give it to him.

Well, I declare.

You're right cute, ain't ya?

Who's your mama and daddy?

Oh!

Well, let's go give him a jolt.

Call me mama now.

You've broken him, and he was minel

You didn't have to do that.

I might have fixed him.

I knew when I first seen you

you were mean and evil.

I knew you were mean enough

to slam a baby against the wall.

I seen you wouldn't have no fun

nor let anybody help you...

because you didn't want

nothin' but Jesus!

Chattering, Laughing)

- Gonna is comin' here now?

- Yeah.

- The real Gonna?

- Yeah. He's comin'.

- You gonna shake his hand?

- Yeah.

- Can... - Can anybody shake his hand?

- Yeah. You gotta get in line first.

Roaring Gonna, the great star.

Shake the great Gonna's hand

for a free pass.

A free pass to the first 10

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