:52:01
Electric bills, insurance bills, hotel bills.
:52:04
The church committees always
expect a contribution from me,
:52:08
and they always get it. And when I leave
town five weeks later, you get the benefit.
:52:13
You have the flock,
and I have to start all over again.
:52:19
No, gentlemen, you don't want a revival.
:52:23
And I'm afraid you don't want me, either.
:52:36
I think these gentlemen would like
a little privacy to kick things around.
:52:39
- Thank you, Mr Gantry.
- Excuse me.
:52:42
I'm not ashamed to admit
our churches are half-empty.
:52:45
- The ball parks are full.
- So are the races.
:52:48
Let's vote.
:52:49
Vote to do what? Marry the Church
to a three-ring circus?
:52:53
To barkers who say
they're messengers of God?
:52:55
Who reduce frightened farmers to howling
dogs? All very entertaining, I'm sure.
:53:00
We are in competition
with the entertainment business.
:53:03
- I'm not.
- Then you ought to be. Huh?
:53:07
How about your bingo games?
:53:09
And how about your baseball games
and square dances?
:53:12
Now, ain't that entertainment?
What's the difference?
:53:15
It's up to us to make a success out of
Christianity, keep the churches full.
:53:19
What has religion
to do with filling churches?
:53:22
Once there were only
13 Christians in the entire worid.
:53:26
Was Christianity a failure?
Did God go out of business?
:53:29
Kee-rect! Christianity is a going concern,
a successful international enterprise.
:53:35
If you boys don't get
young people back into church,
:53:38
if you don't keep the train on the tracks,
:53:41
your church boards are gonna
find somebody else who will.
:53:44
Isn't that clear, Reverend Garrison?
:53:53
Speaking for myself,
not my congregation or its church board,
:53:57
religion is not a business.
And revivalism is not religion.