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And he is testing us.

Every, every day, our Lord is testing us.

If he wasn't testing us, how would you account

for the sorry state of our society,

for the crimes

that plague the big cities of this country,

when he could sweep this pestilence from the face of the earth

with one mighty gesture of His hand.

If our Lord wasn't testing us,

how would you account for the proliferation these days

of this obscene rock 'n' roll music,

with its gospel of easy sexuality

and relaxed morality?

If our Lord wasn't testing us, why, he could take all these

pornographic books

and albums,

and turn them into one big fiery cinder like that!

But how would that make us stronger for Him?

One of these days, my Lord is gonna come to me

and ask me for an explanation

for the lives of each and every one of you.

And what am I gonna tell him on that day?

That I was busy?

That I was tired?

That I was bored?

No! I can never let up.

I welcome His test.

I welcome this challenge from my Lord,

so that one day I can deliver all of you unto His hands.

And when that day dawns,

I don't want to have to do any explaining.

I don't want to be missing from your lives.

Praise the Lord in singing

hymn number 397,

"What a Friend We Have in Jesus."

What a friend we have in Jesus.

All our sins and griefs to bear

I will. You have a good week, now.

- We'll see you. - Bye-bye, Elroy.

Mrs. McCormack, your sister has us so excited about you coming.

Thank you.

- Did you meet my wife, Vi? - No.

- How do you do? - How nice to meet you.

- Welcome. - This is my son, Ren.

- Hello, Ren. - Hi.

Would you excuse me for a minute?

Daddy.

Ariel, will you come and meet the McCormacks?

The stunning new gentleman.

This is Mrs. McCormack and her son... Is it Ren?

Ren.

Ren's gonna be new at the high school tomorrow.

- Hi. - Hi.

Daddy, me, Edna, Wendy Jo and Rusty are going for a soda at the Hi-Spot, okay?

- How you doing? - Okay.

- Bye. - See you.

Ariel, remember you have school tomorrow.

I'll be home for supper.

God, is he excellent!

What? The new kid? He's all right.

What are you, blind? He's gorgeous.

- So, have you seen the new high school? - No, I haven't had the chance.

My God, I almost forgot! Cindy Addis had her baby.

My God. What was it?

Who told you?

Yesterday, my mother spoke to her mother.

Is she coming back?

I don't feel a bit sorry for her.

You can't buy a diaphragm through the mail. I'm serious. Right?

Well, did she decide who the father was?

There's no question it was Duane Capps.

No, wait a minute!

I'd been going with Duane Capps. He never had the time.

Well, how long does it take, Wendy Jo?

Ladies and gentlemen, moving up behind us,

you'll notice the incredible Barf-mobile. Crap.

Hey, Chuck.

Come on. Come on.

Hi, girls. Going my way?

You lonely tonight?

You want a race? You got a race.

What, that piece of junk?

Step on it!

I am stepping on it.

Come on.

Come on, no guts?

In back of us, buddy.

- Take this, Rusty. - Hey.

- Come on. - You chicken.

- Hey, Chuck! - Come on, I'll take you all on, girls.

Hey! Come on.

- Come on, Chuck! - Ariel, what are you doing?

- Come on! - Edna, slow down, okay, please?

- Throw it, honey. Throw it. - Are you ready?

Come on. I'll get closer.

Come on, you can do it, honey.

Yeah.

Ariel, will you stop it? Now.

Ariel, get in the car and stop showing off.

It's not funny. You're gonna kill yourself!

Chuck, please be careful!

He's testing us! He's testing us!

Ariel, watch out. There's a truck!

Get in the car now!

Shit.

- Get in the truck, Ariel. - Ariel, get into the car!

Ariel, be careful!

Come on! Get in!

Get in!

Jesus, we should never have let her done that.

My God!

So, have you met any of your teachers?

No, I haven't had a chance.

Reverend, they've only been here eight hours.

Now, I took care of all that last week. Registered him...

Vi, I made you some of those Tollhouse squares I promised.

Lulu, you taste one of these, you'll burn your recipe.

Reverend, we have a little problem.

I heard that the English teacher over at the school

- is planning to teach that book. - "Slaughterhouse-Five."

- Isn't that an awful name? - Yeah, it's a great book.

"Slaughterhouse-Five."

Yeah, it's... It's a classic.

Do you read much?

Maybe in another town, it's a classic.

In any town.

Tom Sawyer is a classic.

- No, that's fine, Ethel. - Ethel, honey, here,

- have some more ham. - No.

You sure Ren doesn't want something?

No, I don't think so. We're both a little tired from the move.

I think I'm gonna take Ren a potato.

Amy, come back and sit down.

I'm sure your cousin's fine.

It's a shock to the system, moving out here from the big city.

- But what if he's starving? - Amy, you are so lame.

Sarah, Amy, eat.

I can't sit still! I'm so excited you're both here!

Ethel, you sure you're not too tired?

No, Ren did most of the driving.

If you ask me, Ren is a total fox.

- Amy. - Where did you hear that?

Ethel, you see how television and those kinds of books

influence children? You see?

What the hell is your problem?

Chuck Cranston, are you crazy? You're sick!

Hey, Ariel, here's your sweater.

Ariel, are you out of your mind? I could kill you!

You almost did, Edna.

That's what you get for sniffing spray starch.

After he graduated, they drained his brain.

Hey, Edna, you getting fries?

If I am, you can't have any.

Wendy Jo. Wendy Jo!

- Yes? - Bring me Edna's fries.

Sure.

Hey, where you going?

What are you doing?

- Smuggled tapes. - Hey, you be careful with that.

Your daddy hears you playing it, he'll bust your butt.

Then he put his hands all over her.

Hey, man, it's the Reverend.

Man, we're all gonna get it.

Your mother didn't think you had any money with you.

- Ren. - Yeah, Mom.

You about ready to go?

Are you gonna wear that tie?

Yeah.

I think you might wanna dress down for now.

I like the tie.

September, when you go off to college, you can dress like David Bowie.

Come on, let's go.

Do you want the assignment or what?

Yeah, right.

Why don't you comb your hair?

Shit, mister, where you going?

Son of a bitch, you're supposed to look.

- I'm sorry. - Hey.

Where'd you learn how to drive anyway? You're supposed to stay on the right side.

Hey, I like that hat, man.

They sell men's clothes where you got that?

Willard, come on.

What's your name?

- Ren. - Yeah?

My name's Willard. Hewitt.

- Good to meet you. - How you doing?

- All right. I'll see you around. - All right.

Willard, I swear, one of these days...

Hey, that tie is fabulous.

I mean it. It's fabulous. Don't let anyone tell you any different.

Ariel.

Right?

Very good.

Girl, you are on.

Chicago, wow, man. Must be wild, like The Naked City.

- Can I have the fish? - I'll tell you, man,

you're gonna bounce off the goddamn walls here.

What do you do there?

I don't know. Same thing you do here. What do you do?

- Lot of this. - Yeah, that too.