Back in the 50's there was a well known radio host
/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named Stuart
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."

One day, along came a young preacher holding a tent
revival. Hamblin had him on his radio show presumably
to poke fun at him.

In order to gather more material for his show, 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
Hamblin 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 2AM demanding that the
preacher pray for him!

But 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 Stuart in and
they talked until about 5 AM at which point Stuart
dropped to his knees and with tears, cried out
to God.

But that is not the end of the story. Stuart quit
drinking, quit chasing women, quit everything that
was 'fun.' Soon he 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 Clooney.

As he continued to struggle, a long time friend
named John took him aside and told him, "All your
troubles started when you 'got religion,' Was it
worth it all?" Stuart answered simply, "Yes."

Then his friend asked, "You liked your booze so much,
don't you ever miss it?" And his answer was, "No."
John then said, "I don't understand how you could
give it up so easily." And Stuart'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."

And as they say, "The rest is history." The song
Stuart 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 Stuart Hamblen?
...That was Billy Graham.