Rest of the Story - Paul Harvey
Back in the 50's there was a well known radio
host/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named Russ Hamblin who was noted for his drinking, womanizing,
partying, etc. One of his bigger hits at the time was ''I won't
go hunting with you Jake, but I'll go chasing women''.
A young preacher came to town holding a tent revival.
Hamblin had him on his radio show, presumably to poke
fun at him. And to gather more material, Hamblin showed
up at one of the revival meetings. Early in the service the
preacher announced, ''There is one man in this audience
who is a big fake.''
There were probably others who thought the same thing,
but Humbling was convinced that he was the one the
preacher was talking about (some would call that
conviction), but he was having none of that. Still the words
continued to haunt him until a couple of nights later he
showed up drunk at the preacher's hotel door around 2 am,
demanding that the preacher pray for him. The preacher
refused, saying, ''This is between you and God and I'm not
going to get in the middle of it.'' But he did invite Ruses in
and they talked to about 5 am at which point Ruses
dropped to his knees and with tears, cried out to God.
But that is not the end of the story. Ruses quit drinking,
quit chasing, quit everything that was ''fun''. And began to
lose favor with the Hollywood crowd. He was ultimately
fired by the radio station when he refused to accept a beer
company as a sponsor. Hard times were upon him.
He tried writing a couple of ''Christian'' songs but the only
one that had much success was ''This Old House'', written
for his friend Rosemary Colony.
As he continued to struggle, an old friend named John took
him aside and told him all your troubles started when you
''got religion'' and asked if it was worth it all. Ruses
answered simply, ''Yes''. Then his friend said, ''You liked
your booze so much. Don't you ever miss it?'' And the
answer was, ''No''.
John then said, ''I don't understand how you could give it up
so easily.'' And Russ's response was, ''It's no big secret. All
things are possible with God.'' To this John said, ''That's a
catchy phrase. You should write a song about it.''
As they say, the rest is history. The song Russ wrote was
''It Is No Secret'' - ''It is no secret, what God can do. What
He's done for others, He'll do for you. With arms wide
open, He'll welcome you. It is no secret, what God can do.''
By the way, the friend was John Wayne, and the young
preacher who refused to pray for Russ Hamblin was Billy
Graham. And now you know ''the rest of the story.''
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With God all things are possible. What ever the difficulties in
your life He will walk with you through them. Hold steady,
keeping the faith. Be ready to later give God the glory for
the thing that He did for you at the time that you needed a
miracle. Don't keep it a secret.
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Harvey and June Schneider,
Servant Soldier Ministries,
Daphne, Alabama
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