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I should be there when you tell him.

So come with us.

No.

Ten days of pretending?

I can't.

I might really hate you.

Hey, none of this is my idea.

You're the one who's pushing it.

Laurie--she was your idea!

Why is it whenever I want to talk, you back off?

Carolyn, I've been on the rack for weeks.

Now, I let you put me there, but then I decided to stay.

And I am bloody with being sorry.

There's no connecting with you anymore.

I mean, you put up walls you don't even know about.

Look, Cal has waited all year for this trip.

Don't tell him until the last day.

Please.

Then I'll pick up the pieces.

Mom, what will you do while we're gone?

Oh, probably sleep still noon, eat out a lot.

When we get back,

you'll be there to meet us, okay?

Sure, honey.

I'll bring you a real surprise.

Did you pack the extra socks I put out for you?

What socks?

Cal, the brown paper bag right next to your pack,

clearly marked.

I got lots of socks.

Okay, make sure you use them.

And if your feet get wet, the best thing to do

is to get an extra pair of socks and put them on

until your feet warm up.

Honey, I don't want you getting sick

out in the middle of nowhere.

He'll be okay.

How you doing?

Let's go!

Cal, your mom's waiting.

Hey, partner.

Don't try for any world records, okay?

It'll be great.

You'll smile a lot after you get some rest.

The outlet's at the far end of the lake.

Okay.

You'll find quiet water all the way down to this point.

And from there on, things will speed up a bit.

All right, now, are we gonna have to portage

around that canyon right there?

That all depends on how high the water's running.

You want to take a good look at that stretch

before you tackle it.

And secure your gear.

There's not many restaurants between here and the pickup.

For sure.

Well, see you in ten days at Caribou Lake.

Caribou Lake.

We'll be looking there for you.

Right, Cal?

Let's make it 14 days.

See you then.

We'll be there.

Well, it's too late to turn back now.

It's just you and me, sport.

Yep.

See you, Cliff!

Good.

A little deeper.

Okay, now slow it down.

How far can we get today, Dad?

I don't see any McDonald's.

Out a little further.

Okay.

Work those shallows.

Hey, Dad, I got a strike.

- You got one? - Yeah!

Nice going, son.

Get him into this shallow pool and I'll grab him.

That's it. Pull.

Pull.

Wish Mom could see me catch this fish.

It must have been a four-pounder.

She's been kind of edgy lately.

You're mom's not much for camping.

I know I messed up with my grades.

Two Ds.

Will you tell her I'll do better?

Son, your mother is going through

some bad times right now.

You know, sometimes a new baby affects people.

Do you love Mom?

Well, sure I do.

It's just that sometimes we just don't see eye-to-eye on things.

Can't you guys work it out?

Cal, I, uh...

Son...

maybe you are man enough to really handle this.

Your mother and I have talked ... lots.

And she wants us to get ... a divorce.

You said you loved her.

Who's Laurie?

A friend from the office.

Did you go out with her?

A couple of times.

Why? Is she prettier than Mom?

Cal.

Let's go up and look around.

I don't want to.

I need to stretch my legs.

We could do some panning.

We've got to get your legs in shape for Little League.

Gold quartz comes out of this kind of strata.

- Really? - Yeah.

How'd that be for your collection?

Great.

We might get lucky.

I've been thinking.

I want to find a big gold nugget so I can make a ring for Mom.

She'd like that.

Keep shaking and looking.

The lighter stuff floats off the top.

I'm gonna go try upstream.

Hey, Cal!

Oh, man.

Dad, you won't believe it!

Wait up.

It's a whole town.

An old mining camp.

Cal, give me your gear.

Come on, let's check it out.

Okay.

Hey, Dad. Up on the hill.

Somebody must live there.

Hello, there!

Hey, cabin.

Hello!

Oh, my--

Move!

We better give him some space, son, and move on.

Easy, big fella.

I wonder if somebody left him here.

Maybe it was part wolf.

He didn't look hungry.

I wish I brought my camera so I could take a picture for Mom.

Heavy thoughts, huh?

You want to spill it?

Well, I was just wondering.

Now so am I.

What's the point of having a baby brother or sister

if you're not gonna live with them?

You're not gonna be left out of this, Cal.

We're going to do what's best for you.

Both of us.

Hey, we're supposed to be having fun, okay?

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

Row, row, row your boat

Gently down the stream

Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily

Life is but a dream

Row, row, row your boat

Yahoo!

Whoa, yeah!

Al right.

Whoo!

Whoo-ho-ho!

I can't hold it!

Son!

Stay with the boat.

Hang on!

Dad!

Dad!

Cal!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad, Dad.

Oh, my gosh.

Oh, my gosh.

Now what am I gonna do?

Hello, cabin!

My dad's hurt really bad!

Please help me.

Please!

Help! My dad's hurt really bad!

Please help me!

Help, somebody, please!

Help me!

Please, somebody help me!

Please, my dad's hurt very bad!

Please!

Hello, cabin!

He's sure been asleep a long time.

Best thing.

Head's probably pounding.

What's that?

Rabbit.

You shoot it?

No.

Jake just barked real friendly like

and the critters hopped right up to me.

How long have you lived up here?

You want to talk or eat?

Cal.

Cal.

Dad, Dad.

Well, Lord,

I sure didn't choose the company.

Can't honestly say I like what You're doing.

Too many memories laid to rest

when Edna was still with me.

And the boy being here

reminds me too much of young Ethan.

It's been me and You

and Jake for so long.

I just...

just don't know what you're after,

bringing these folks up here.

Oh, yeah?

Look.

Honey, I don't want you getting sick

out the middle of nowhere.

He'll be okay.

Laurie--she was your idea.

Why? Is she prettier than Mom?

I'm gonna be the perfect wife.

I'm gonna be the perfect wife.

Good morning.

I didn't hear you get up.

They always do it like this in those great old movies.

Laurie--she was your idea.

Cal!

Dad!

Oh, Dad!

Dad!

I'm a little banged up, but okay.

How's your leg?

Oh, maybe wrapping it will help.

Anyway, I'm walking.

Great.

Son, how did you get me up here?

Jonathan helped me.

Jonathan?

Who's Jonathan?

Come on, Jake.

Come on, boy. Come on.

There.

How far is it to the nearest phone?

Ha!

Well, we'll have to locate the boat then.

Find out what we're up against.

You won't be going nowhere,

leastwise for a day or so.

Bet I can find it.

No job for a kid.

You'd be in over your ears in five minutes out there.

This kid saved my life.

I'll find your stuff in the morning.

Now it's Sunday,

my church time.

From Sullivan Arena in the city of Anchorage, Alaska,

as we look forward with anticipation

to these next few days of Crusade Ministry here.

Before Mr. Graham brings the message on today's broadcast,

here's George Beverly Shea to sing for you.

Amazing grace

Hmm.

Hmm.

Oh, Lord.

If you can't keep up, wait here.

Hey, Jonathan.

There's our stuff.

Oh, man.

My sleeping bag.

Potatoes and spinach au gratin.

Fancy.

Hey, Jonathan.

There's the kayak.

- What's wrong? - Shh.

Shh.

Quiet now.

Whoa!

All right, grizz.

You've had your look.

We'll be moving on out of your territory.

Come on, how.

Come on.

Thank you, Lord.

You could have shot him, couldn't you?

I don't think that really

would have made much difference, son.

You did real good back there.

Real good.

Now, you know if you'd have run or screamed,

it may not have turned out the way it did.

Now let's get.

The boy in the picture book, did he used to live here?

Years ago.

The lady, did she die?

A long time now.

Did your boy die too?

No.

Does he come up here and see you much?

I haven't seen him in years.

We took separate ways.

He's got his own world.

Never found much use for all this.

My mom and dad are gonna get a divorce.

That's why he took me on this trip.

Supposed to make me feel better about it, I guess.

But I don't care.

Laurie Matthews?

Next office.

Hi.

Can I help you?

I bet you want personnel.

They're on this floor,

but at the elevator, you take a left.

We're at the right.

It happens a lot.

Laurie Matthews?

Yes?

I was thinking of applying for your job.

I'm a good typist, you know.

A little rusty, maybe, but give me a week.

How are you at carrying babies?

I--I don't understand.

Well, I'm with you on that one.

Mrs. Sanders?

Are you Carolyn Sanders?

You have very good taste in men.

Is it true a fast heartbeat means it's a girl?

That's what people like to think.

Has Cal put his order in for a sister?

Sometimes I think I can feel it move,

especially at night.

What's your preference?

I heard about this woman who had an abortion,

and she was into her fifth month.

How is that possible?

Alaskan law allows for termination of pregnancy

up to 21 weeks if circumstances warrant.

Who decides all that?

The mother, mostly.

When is it safest to do it?

I mean, am I past that?

You tell Daddy, okay?

I don't think I can break any more news this week.

Let me think about that.

You know, hon, it's gonna take more than guts and anger

to get out of this pit.

Ask for help.

We're way past counseling, Mom.

It'd just be empty words.

The promises got lost.

It happens.

It's the kind of world we live in.

I was talking about the Lord.

You left Him on a side road long way back.

Can the Lord make the last month not happen?

Can He blot out Laurie Matthews?

No.

But He can give you hope.

Listen, kiddo.

If you don't get it, all that hurt inside of you,

it's gonna turn to scar tissue.

You're gonna get hard, Carolyn.

You'll be hard till the end of your days.

You won't trust anybody.

Give it to the Lord, honey.

If it was only that easy.

It's not easy.

But it's real.

It's a whole lot better.

Pride.

Pride's a mighty poor substitute for what the Lord can do.

Well, I am in for some heavy praying.

And if you've still got

the good sense you were born with,

you'll start on your knees.

Does Cal know?

He knows.

I saw it in his eyes when he left.

These connections should hold temporarily.

I've got an all-band short wave rig at home somewhere.

Battery-powered.

It would be just the thing for up here.

I'll make sure you get it.

My boy made that old radio when he was 15.

He used to tell me how it would pick up invisible waves

and make them talk.

Well, I never did see them,

but one day he fired it up, and there they were.

That was the day that I knew my boy was smarter than me.

Well, I've got to go through all my stuff anyway.

The fact is, I'll be making a move shortly.

You'd be doing me a favor to take it off my hands.

Yeah, your boy said

there was gonna be some rearranging

going on at your house.

Well, we've been going through a difficult time lately.

You know, that old radio taught me plenty.

You take that "Hour of Decision."

You know, old Billy Graham,

he sure can come up with a lot of stuff to let a man chew on.

It's like those radio waves.

They're always out there, but you got to tune them in.

Seems to me that a now-and-then father

ain't gonna work for a lad like yours.

Time and miles kind of gets in the way.

Better tote some water.

Where you going? Jake!

Where are you going?

Hey, Jake, where'd you go?

I was just looking around.

What is this place?

I come here when I feel the need.

How can you have a church without people?

Is this where you pray?

Yep.

I don't think my dad prays.

Well, maybe he ain't never stared down a bear before.

Hey, Dad!

Hey, Dad.

Look what I found.

Son, that's old. Save it.

Where's Jonathan?

I think he started supper.

Okay.

Jonathan, look what I found.

Huh, I haven't seen one of those in years.

I don't know whether I'll hire you or not.

Pretty scrawny for a miner.

Beans must be your favorite.

Complaining about the grub?

Try another hotel.

And that's what I said to Sweeney.

Old Sweeney.

He ran one crew up there in the north shaft,

and I ran the other.

Oh, we bored and gouged the tunnel clean through

to the heart of Mystery Mountain.

Did you ever find gold?

Oh, they must have taken millions

out of these hills over the years.

But old Sweeney,

he was dang sure he never hit the glory hole.

Kept insisting it was back up on the other side,

someplace near the north shaft.

He used to go up there at night,

scratching around down in that black maze.

And the only light he had was one just like that one.

Old Sweeney, he had a habit of singing

deep down in the bowels of the mine.

Couldn't carry a tune worth spitting at,

but he sure could make that mountain moan.

Sometimes we'd hear him up there at night,

bellowing deep down in the pit.

Sounded like some weird wind howling.

Then one day, old Sweeney turned up missing.

And all his stuff was still in the dormitory,

so we figured he must be abouts.

Then someone thought they'd heard him up in the north shaft

the night before.

We looked all through those tunnels.

The only thing we ever found was his carbide headlamp.

Just like this one.

Maybe old Sweeney even used it once.

What happened to him?

Well, some say he just up and lit out of the country.

And others thought he must have lost his lamp

and got himself twisted up back in those tunnels,

went insane and obsessed.

Some nights...

when the wind whips around...

kind of reminds me of old Sweeney singing.

Something wrong, Larry?

My hand.

Dad!

Dad!

Help me get him up onto the bed.

What's wrong?

Larry, can you hear me?

Dad.

I'm gonna have to go for help.

Hey, now, we faced down that bear together, didn't we?

Yeah.

And we'll manage this.

Okay.

Now, if your dad wakes, you can give him some water.

But make him ask for it real hard.

And don't let him get up for nothing.

- Okay. - Good.

Jake, you stay.

Jesus, I'm a friend of Jonathan's.

Maybe you already know, but my dad is hurt real bad.

Well, I'm really worried.

God, can you please make my dad well?

Jesus, could you check up on Jonathan

and make sure he's okay too?

Hey, Jonathan!

Jonathan!

We'll wait here, son.

I'm never gonna love anyone the way I love you.

Uh, maybe you shouldn't talk now, okay?

We all need you, Carolyn.

Your husband handled surgery very well.

Now, he's had a severe concussion

with some internal bleeding.

Now, we took care of that, and no permanent paralysis.

He's in recovery now.

He should sleep through the night.

I'll look in on him in the morning.

Thank you, Doctor.

Dennis Hobart.

Dennis Hobart, please call--

Hey, sweetheart.

Come on, honey. We got to go.

Don't normally poke my nose

into other people's business, ma'am,

but Cal here, now, he got me to thinking.

You know, I have a boy of my own.

Oh?

Having Cal around

stirred up a lot of memories that--

That I'd packed away.

You know, after my missus passed on,

me and my boy had a terrible falling out.

Oh, the reason seemed important at the time,

but now that I look back on it,

didn't amount to a hill of beans.

And it's occurring to me that I'm the loser.

What did Larry tell you about us?

Mostly that you were a fine woman

and that he'd caused you considerable hurt.

Blame's a funny thing.

Easy to shop for, but it always costs too much.

Jonathan!

Look what I found.

Just like Dad promised.

Hey, that's really something.

Oh, that's a mighty expensive present.

We owe you a great deal, Mister--

Um, sorry, I don't know your family name.

Oh, Jonathan will be fine.

You know, it worked out real good, son,

me being here in town.

With Billy Graham being up here in our neck of the woods,

I've got to get over to that Sullivan Arena.

Hey, that's too far to walk.

We'll take you, Jonathan. Won't we, Mom?

So you pray and come.

During this crusade, God is near.

People have prayed.

People have worked.

This hasn't taken place by accident.

You didn't come here to see a show

or to hear a fella by the name of Billy Graham--

We're looking for seats.

Right down here in that next aisle, sir.

Because people all over the world

know we're here for this crusade.

And they're praying for Alaska.

And somewhere down in Africa, they don't know where Alaska is,

but they know that there's an evangelistic campaign on

in a place called Alaska.

And in answer to their prayers, you are here,

and you're closer to the kingdom of God

than you may ever be again.

Any chance of three seats?

Just a moment.

Come with urgency.

Seek the Lord while He can be found...

I've got three folks here. Can they have your seats?

He's near now.

Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.

He may never come this way again,

as far as you're concerned.

Some of us would have Christ cheap.

But the price will not come down.

The price is the cross

where He died and shed His blood for you.

And if you'd have been the only person in the whole world,

He would have stayed there for you,

because He had the ability to think of you and to see you

when He was on that cross.

You see, that's the way God looks at us.

You and I look at ourselves and look at each other,

and we say, "We're all right."

But when we look through the eyes

of God's holiness and righteousness,

we are sinners.

We are flawed.

So that drives me to the cross.

And I say at the cross, "God, have mercy upon me, a sinner,"

and Christ at that moment provides you

with a righteousness acceptable to God

that you could not earn.

So I'm clothed tonight in the righteousness

of the Lord Jesus Christ.

And I'm going to heaven not by the efforts of Billy Graham,

not by reading the Bible, not by preaching to people.

I'm going to heaven by the grace and the mercy of God,

something I don't deserve.

Because, you see, when He said,

"My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?"

In that terrible moment He was alone,

and God was laying upon Him the sins of us all.

Your sins were laid upon Him.

And the scripture says He was made to be sin for us,

made to be sin for you.

That means He took your sins and became guilty of your sins.

And you're going to walk out of here through that door

or that door or that one or this one in a few minutes,

and you're going to have made a decision, yes or no,

about Christ.

And some of you may say,

"Well, maybe I'll come back another night."

You may not. You don't know.

I hope you do, but you may not.

Or, "I'll put it off, and maybe some other occasion

"when things are straightened out at home a little bit better,

"I've got my life straightened out and got my act together,

maybe I'll come to God."

You'll never get it together.

And that's the reason

you can't come to Christ intellectually alone.

You can't think your way to God alone,

because your mind has been--

I never had a deep sense of myself.

I'm not sure why.

Oh, God, I lost any sense of You

when I moved out on my own.

I've never been able to pray like Mother.

Expecting answers.

But...

let me know that you are here, God,

that you are interested in me...

in us.

Sin has affected your will.

Why is it whenever I want to talk, you back off?

Jesus said, "Ye shall know the truth,

and the truth shall make you free."

Know the truth of Christ tonight.

He can free you

and give you the joy and the peace in your heart.

Come.

That's the great message of the Bible.

That's the great message from the cross.

Come to the cross where the blood was shed for you.

Come to the cross where you can find new life and purpose

and meaning in your life.

Can you ever reject Christ from the cross

with that blood streaming down His side

and His hands and His face where they pulled His beard

and His head where they put the crown of thorns?

And He's doing it for you and dying in your place,

and He's saying from the cross,

"I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you."

And then to reject Him?

There's nobody in the history of the world

that has the answers that He has.

He said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

No man come to the Father but by Me."

Think of it.

Here He is claiming to be the embodiment of all truth,

all scientific truth, all psychological truth,

all sociological truth,

all spiritual truth, all moral truth.

"I am the Truth."

Now, that's some statement.

He must have been a liar or an egomaniac

that deserved psychiatric care, or He was who He claims to be.

He claimed to be the Way, the Truth, and the Life,

and nobody could get

to the kingdom of God except through Him.

And one day, I accepted that by faith as a fact.

And it changed my life.

I talked to my wife today quite a long time.

And I went over a part of this sermon with her,

because she's the best sermonizer that I know.

And she's my best critic and gives me more material.

And she's got stacks and stacks on marriage.

I think she collected it for our own marriage,

thinking that she would need it from time to time.

And she has needed it.

Someone asked her one time,

had she ever thought of divorce?

She said, "No, but I have thought of murder."

And, you know, there's a tremendous satanic attack

against the home today.

And so-called Christian homes are not exempt.

Everywhere I go, I hear of Christian couples

with tensions and problems,

either separated or headed for the divorce court.

Why?

How could this be?

Because they've tragically side-stepped

God's plan for marriage:

one man, one woman, growing in love for a lifetime.

I want what I want.

I want it now.

Me first.

And that choice can wound your life forever.

And one partner fails, and the other feels betrayed.

Then the walls go up.

And when the seasons change and the winds of stress

blow upon such marriages,

the relationship that should hold them together crumbles.

You need Christ, and I know that He can change your life.

And He can make you a new creation.

He's what you're looking for.

He'll satisfy your heart.

He'll forgive the past, whatever it is.

I'm going to ask you tonight to do something

we've seen people on every continent

and most of the countries of the world, 62 countries.

I'm gonna ask you to do what we've seen them do,

what I saw people even in the Soviet Union do.

I'm going to ask you to get up out of your seat

and come and stand in front of this platform and say,

"By coming, I know that I've sinned against God.

"I may be the best church member in town,

"but somehow I feel like a hypocrite.

"I have really--not really received Christ into my heart

"as I should.

" And tonight I want to make sure.

"I want my life changed.

I want the purpose and meaning in my life."

You're a young person here.

You've got your whole life ahead of you.

It may be one day.

It may be a thousand days.

We don't know.

But God has spoken to you tonight.

And you know that you need to make that commitment.

I'm going to ask you to get up out of your seat

and come and stand here.

And by standing here, you are saying silently,

"I open my heart to Christ.

"I am willing to change my way of life.

I receive Him as my Lord, my Master, my Savior."

Just as I am

Without one plea

But that Thy blood

Was shed for me

And that Thou bidet me

Come to Thee

O Lamb of God

I come

I come

Perhaps you are not here tonight as a family.

But change can start right now in your family with you.

You will discover the great power

of Bible reading and prayer.

And it'll spread to other members of your family.

And I'm going to ask you tonight to come and meet Jesus Christ.

You'll never be disappointed in Him.

I'm gonna go down and thank Jesus for helping Dad.

I'm asking you to make sure that Christ lives in your heart.

You get up and come quickly.

He'll forgive all the past.

He'll make you the right kind of husband,

the right kind of wife, the right kind of boy,

the right kind of girl.

I'm asking you to come publicly as He came publicly for you.

If there's a doubt in your heart,

you come and make sure tonight.

A marriage that begins at the foot of the cross

is one in which you say,

"By God's grace, I really love you and accept you

"and forgive you as God has loved

and accepted me and forgiven me."

Oh, there's going to still be problems.

But now you will have the same ground to walk on.

Larry?

I don't even know why I'm here.

You've always said it was hard for me to show what I feel.

You got to pry it out of me.

It's been like...

getting a report card when you're a kid,

finding out that everything you did

just didn't make the grades.

I never wanted my life to be just...

patched-up compromises.

I guess...

what I'm trying to say is,

I'm sorry too.

Something happened tonight.

It gave me hope for us.

You'll be surprised when you hear.

Bye.

Letter writing's never been my strong suit, Jake.

But you can't tell other people to mend their fences

if you don't take care of your own.

You remember Ethan, don't you, Jake?

You and him used to spend your days tailing rabbits.

How should I start?

"Dear son,

"Don't faint dead away,

at least not until you hear me out."

Jesus said that the Spirit of God

moves over the world like the wind,

touching whom He will.

Watching this story,

have you sensed God's Spirit calling you?

What Carolyn experienced that night in Sullivan Arena

the Bible calls being born from above.

She didn't have it all worked out

the instant she came forward.

But she did know that she wanted to change

and asked God to touch her life.

And that's what the Bible calls repentance.

Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life."

I accepted that fact one day by faith.

And it changed my life in ways I never dreamed possible.

None of us deserves salvation.

It is God's free gift to those who believe.

Whatever your situation,

and only you and the Lord know for sure,

the Bible says that He reads all hearts

and that He stands ready to forgive you

and give you peace and eternal life

through His Son.

Let God show you His way.

God bless you.