01x02 - Glory Road

[bunniefuu]

Careful you don't
scratch that.
It's genuine rosewood.

Yes, ma'am.

I wish I could drive you
to Laramie, Miss Essie.
It's a long way.

Oh, thank you,
but I'll be all right.

The good Lord knows
I'm never alone.

Now then, if you'll
hand me up my strength.

Yes, ma'am.

There we are.

Here you go.

Hey!
That's my saddle.

Didn't hurt it none.

- ESSIE: Bless you.
- MAN 1: Bye, Miss Essie.

ESSIE: Bye.

Hey, uh,
hear your piano player
got hisself shot up.

- You heard right.
- Well, I'm in a bad fix.

All I got in the world
is this here saddle.

My horse got shot
out from under me,

and I've been praying
for a ride to Laramie.

Prayer is
a powerful friend.

Yeah, it is.

Here you are in need of a piano
player, and I play the piano.

Providence,
pure providence.

I keep telling folks
to open their hearts

and let
the good things happen.

My name is Roany.
Roany Bishop.

Well now, climb aboard,
Roany Bishop.

Thank you, thank you.

You got folks
in Laramie?

No, ma'am.

But I got a friend lives near
there, at the relay station.

Sherman Ranch.

Real good friend.

I can't hardly
wait to see him.

Seen Jess?

He went in for
a cup of coffee.

Where's Andy?

Trailed after
him, I guess.

Coffee?

You know, if I took out
for very cup Jess drinks,

- he'd be owin' me at
the end of the month.
- Right you are.

Oh, well.

Give you a hand.

[ barks ]

All right, Jojo.
Just for that, outside.

Go outside.

Hey, Jess, look at this.

"See the light
with Essie Bright."

- What's it mean?
- Search me.

What's the matter?

Andy, if that man asks for
me, you tell him I'm not here.

- Understand?
- Why?

Go on now, before he
gets to Slim or Jonesy.

- But, Jess...
- Andy, just tell him
I don't live here anymore.

That I moved on.
Now go on now.

You act like you're
afraid of him.

Do like I tell ya.

- Hey, this here
the Sherman Ranch?
- That's right.

Bet your water
barrel's empty, mister.

- Might be.
- Jonesy, why don't
you fill it up?

Looks too high
for me to reach.

All right. But take
the gentleman inside.
He might want some coffee.

Bet you'd rather have
some nice, cold water.

Does Jess Harper live here?

No.
Moved on.

He moved on?

Well, I heard he just
rooted down for good.

Are you sure
he don't live here?

Used to live here.
But like I said,
he moved on.

- Where?
- I don't know.

He didn't leave word
where he was headin'?

No. He didn't.

Oh. He's comin'
back, ain't he?

He didn't say.

Oh, that...

I come all this way.

Now he ain't here.

I counted on him
bein' here!

Eh, they got enough water
there to wash their sins away.

You sure you can
do it with water?

- Ma'am.
- Essie.
Essie Bright.

Name's Jones.
They call me Jonesy.

Oh, that's easy
enough to remember.

- A good name.
- Thank you.

And a good name is rather to
be chosen than great riches.

I suppose so.

But I don't recollect
havin' the chance to choose.

Ah, that's from the
Book of Proverbs.

I'm a preacher lady, Jonesy.

And that's my work,
spreading the light.

I see.

Oh, uh, about water
washing sins away,
that was just...

That was just talk, I know.
But wouldn't it be
dandy if it was true?

Sure would.

Well, you got
plenty of water.

Anything else
I can tend to?

Let's see how
this is ridin'.

Oh, just enough slack,
I figure.

Well, looky here.
A piano.

Genuine rosewood.

You don't say.

Used to be my grandma's,
back in Harrisburg.

Oh, I can still see it
sittin' in the parlor

near that red plush settee.

Sure is pretty.

And I bet it's got
a tone to match.

You play the piano?

Oh, sort of.
A long time ago.

Well now, I'm just
going as far as Laramie.

I'll be preaching
there a while.

You can play it all you want
whenever you get to town.

Well, thank you, ma'am.

And I hope it's soon, Jonesy,
you'd be mighty welcome.

Roany?

Roany? Come along!
Time to go.

Time to hit that Glory Road.

Dear me.

You would think Laramie
was Zion, wouldn't ya?

Oh, thank you.
Thank you.

Now, don't forget, Jonesy.

Any time you're in Laramie,
you can play the piano
all you want.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.
Bye-bye.

- Yah!
- Bye.

All right.
I'm waiting to hear about it.

About what?

About how Jess used to
live here, only he moved on.

Oh, that?

Why did you lie to him, Andy?

Maybe you didn't
hear me right.

I heard you right.

Now you tell me why
you lied to him.

It was only
a little lie, Slim.

There's no
such thing and you know it.

I've never laid
leather to you, Andy,

but if you don't start
talking straight.

I only did what I
thought was right.

I did it for Jess.
He told me to say it!

Now, you don't lie
for anyone.

Remember that.
Not for anyone.

[ door opens ]

I want to talk to you.

Go ahead.

Inside.

You got any lies to tell after
this, you tell them yourself.

I'll make a note.

Jess.

Who was that man?
Why didn't you
want to see him?

That's my business.

Getting Andy to lie for
you makes it mine too.

Not to me it doesn't.

I'm waitin', Jess.

Well, you'll wait a long time.

When a man comes
asking for you,

and you won't face
up to him,

I've got a right
to know about it.

Well?

He saved my life once.

Well, why did you duck him?

Because I wanted to.

You got anything against
a straight answer?

You got all the answers
you're gettin' from me.

Oh, hi.

I didn't get no further than
that first bend in the road,

my brake rod broke.

Well, I think I
can fix it for you.

Oh, I'd sure appreciate
it if you could.

Hey, hey, it's a nice
place you got....

Jess!

That boy told me you
don't live here no more!

I don't, Roany.
I just came back to pick
up some things I left.

Oh, I'm
glad to see you, boy.

It's been a long time.

How you been?

Oh, fine.
Fine, fine.

Oh, I came a long
way to see you.

I want you to come
to Laramie with me.

Roany, I was planning on...

Yeah. We better get
going now.

Miss Essie's out there
waiting alone in the wagon.

Well?Come on.


As soon as I get my gear.

Slim says
you're really going.

Well, that makes
Slim right as usual.

But he can't tell me why.
You tell me, Jess.

- Why?
- It's simple, Andy.

I said I'd try
ranching for a while.

Well, I tried it for
a while, and I don't like it.

Now you're lyin',
aren't you, Jess?

That oughta do it.

Let's go see.

You all set?

Just about.

Well, let's go.

Come on, time to hit
the Glory Road.

You're going
with him, huh?

Because you want to, or
because he told you to?

You're afraid of him,
aren't you, Jess?

You think what you like.

[ playing
"Camptown Races" ]

Bravo, Jonesy!
Bravo.

Oh. Uh, I don't know what
come over me, Miss Essie.

One minute I'm standing here,
admiring your beautiful piano,

and the next minute
I'm playin' it.

Things that are
meant to be will be.

Play it again, please.

Well, you don't mind?

[ resumes playing
"Camptown Races" ]

Wonderful!
Can you play hymns?

Uh, hymns?

I don't rightly know.
I've never tried.

You you you want him
to try now, Miss Essie?

Oh, no.
You already have the job.

I'm not looking for
another piano player.

Well, he plays
better than me.

Oh, that's Jess.

He showed up unexpected.

He's riding on into
Laramie with us.

Oh, now isn't that nice?
We ready to go?

- Yeah, we will be
in a minute.
- Good.

- Hey, Jess?
- Hm?

Miss Essie likes
the way Jonesy plays the piano.

Could he come on
into Laramie with us?

Well, how would
he get back?

Oh, I could get a ride.

And I reckon Slim could do
without me for a day or two.

How 'bout it, Slim?

It's all
right with me, Jonesy.

- Good.
- Oh, your
brake rod's fixed.

Oh, much obliged.

I'd better
be getting back.
Stage is coming in soon.

Have a good
time, Jonesy.

Thanks.

- I'm Essie Bright.
- Jess Harper, ma'am.

Roany tells me
you're coming in with us.

I'm glad.

Him too, if it's
all right with you, Miss Essie.

Well, now, you know it is.
My, my, my.

All these men around me,

better keep my mind
on the Scriptures.

Haw!

Well, right on time.

Yeah.

No one can handle
a four-up like Frankie.

Look at him go, Andy.

Think he'll ever
come back, Slim?

You mean Jess?

I don't know, Andy.

Now, this is the way
Pa had it planned,

us two running
the place together.

We'll get along.

Jess has got a right
to go if he wants.

I guess so.

Whoa.

- Whoa.
- Hiya, Frankie.

How are ya, Andy?

Hello.

Say, how long we
going to be here?

Oh, just long enough to
hitch up a fresh team.

Good.
Well, take your time.

It'll give us a chance
to rest our weary bones.

♪ There's one wide river ♪

♪ There's one wide river
to cross ♪

♪ There's one wide river,
and that wide river is Jordan ♪

♪ There's one wide river,
and one wide river to cross ♪

♪ There's one wide river ♪

♪ There's one wide
river, it's Jordan ♪

♪ There's one wide river ♪

Stagecoach coming.
We gotta pull over.

- What?
- Stagecoach.

Well, "See the light
with Essie Bright."

Hallelujah, sister!

[ shouting unintelligibly ]

- Hallelujah!
- Hallelujah!

Roany, please,
not so fast.

Roany!
Stop, you'll k*ll all of us!

Stop it!

Give me those reins!

Roany!

Get over, you fool!

Haw!

Get over!
Pull over!

Jess,
let go of those horses!

Let go of those horses.
Let go of those reins!

- Stop it, Roany!
Stop it!
- Let go of me!

Oh, I'm sorry, Miss Essie.
I didn't mean to do that.

They were mockin' ya.
They were mockin' ya.

I know.

But it's all right now.
It's all right.

I'm sorry, Jess.

I'll get Jonesy.

You're not serious,
are you, ma'am?

Holding a church meeting
in this here saloon?

Well, sure, I'm serious.

When God hears you
praising his name,

He's not going to
ask you standing
with one foot on a bar rail.

Well, I suppose not,
but, miss, this saloon

has never been closed down
once since the day it opened.
And you're asking me to--

I'm asking you for one hour
Sunday morning, that's all.

And it's not going to
cost you near what what

one lucky streak at the
tables might set you back.

You sure aren't...

"Blessed are they
which do hunger

and thirst after
righteousness.

For they shall be filled."

Well, what do you say?

Well, I don't rightly...

I'm gonna let you help me
carry in Miss Essie's piano

- in from the wagon.
- Yeah.

That's what
I'm going to do.

Well now, bless you!
Bless you!

Would you mind moving these
tables and chairs aside

so we can bring that
piano right on through?

- Yes, ma'am.
- Thank you.

- Jess?
- Huh?

Did I get Slim
right when he said

this Roany saved your life?

Doesn't seem like the
lifesaving kind to me.

Well, if you're layin' four
days on a Kansas prairie

with a busted leg, and
Roany's the first to come by,

he seems like
a lifesaving kind.

How'd you get in that fix?

My horse shied at a rattler.
Threw me.

I'd have died for sure if
Roany hadn't wandered by.

And you didn't
know him before?

I hadn't seen him since.

Except for one night
a couple months later.

He landed in jail
for half killin'

a saloon girl in Wichita.

Worked her over
with brass knuckles.

- You know why
he did it?
- No.

- She laughed at him.
- Whew.

I guess I'm on my way back
to the ranch right now.

I don't laugh much, but I do
crack a smile now and then.

Trouble is, Jonesy,
he wants you to stay,
and if you left...

He wouldn't like it, huh?

Just don't cross him.

You didn't want
him around Andy.

That's the reason you
pulled out, isn't it?

Come on, let's
give them a hand.

MAN 2: Here we are.

Careful you don't
scratch that bar.

MAN 2: Where do
you want it, ma'am?

Right there on the
sidebar will be fine.

All right, boys.
Lift her up.

Don't hurt
yourselves.

Now then, this seem like the
right place for it, Roany?

Well, I think
whatever you say, Miss Essie.

Well, there's one way
to find out what's best.

You play it right where it
is, and if it's not right
we'll just move it.

Oh, I ain't a mind
to play right now.

I thought you
might want to practice.

Jonesy's the one
who needs to practice.

Jonesy, Miss Essie
wants you to practice.

Well, I've been
playing right along.
Come on, Jonesy.

Let's see if that bumpy
ride hurt the tone any.

Sounds better than ever.
Shall we try a hymn?

A hymn?
I don't know any.

You play a hymn
for Miss Essie.

Well, you sing and
I'll follow along.

Fine.

♪ Rock of ages ♪

That's it.

♪ Rock of ages,
cleft for me ♪

Try it again.

♪ Rock of ages,
cleft for me ♪

That's fine!

♪ Let me hide
myself in thee ♪

Want to try that again?

No, I thought
that it was good.

♪ Let me hide myself
in thee ♪

He better play
good for Miss Essie.

Don't worry.
He will.

Come on, there's a saloon
across the street.

- I'll buy you a drink.
- What's wrong with here?

Kind of goes against
my grain, drinkin' while
there's a hymn playin'.

You know, I wouldn't like it
if he didn't play good for her.

Come on.

[ singing continues ]

- You wanna do that again?
- It don't matter.

♪ Be of sin,
the double cure ♪

You know, my whole life, nobody
ever took to me like she did.

She just called
down from the wagon seat,

and she says, climb
aboard, Roany Bishop.

And, you know, we've
been together days now,

and never once did
she make light of me.

She never laughed at me.

Sounds like you made
a friend, all right.

Yeah, yeah.

That makes two I got.

Miss Essie and you.

And the best thing is,
you two like each other.

You do like her, don't ya?

Sure.
She's a fine woman.

Yeah.

You know, wherever
she goes, I'm goin'.

Well, she needs somebody to
look after her, you know?

You're, uh...

You're gonna play the
piano for her, huh?

What's wrong with that?

Nothin'.
Just didn't know you
knew how to play.

Is there something funny
about me playing the piano?

No, Roany.
I just didn't know.

Well, there's lots of things
you don't know about me!

I can play!
I can play good!

Come on, let's let's
have another drink.

Well, I don't think she
holds much with drinkin'.

Where you stayin'?

Stayin'?

Where you beddin' down?

I'll be at the
hotel for tonight.

I'm planning on moving
on pretty quick.

You ain't forgot
you owe me somethin'.

You got somethin' in mind?

No, no.

I'll let you
know when I do.

I guess you'd be glad to do
almost anything for me,
wouldn't ya?

I said I was
planning on moving on.

Not just yet, Jess.

Hey, we ought to
have another drink.
Come on.

Two more!

♪ Old Noah, he
built himself an ark ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ He built it
out of hickory bark ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ There's one wide river, and
that wide river is Jordan ♪

♪ There's one wide river ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ The animals went in
one by one ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ And Japheth with a big
bass drum ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ There's one wide river, and
that wide river is Jordan ♪

♪ There's one wide river ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ The animals went in
two by two ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ The elephant
and kangaroo ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ There's one wide river ♪

♪ And that wide river
is Jordan ♪

♪ There's one... ♪

Well, go on!

Go on, sing!

You were singing
when I came in.

Why can't you sing now?
Come on!

Well, of course, they'll
go on singing, Roany.

Of course they will.

All right, boys, one
more chorus to cross.

♪ Old Noah, he
built himself an ark ♪

♪ There's one wide river
to cross ♪

♪ He built it out of
hickory bark ♪

♪ There's one wide
river to cross ♪

♪ There's one wide river, and
that wide river is Jordan ♪

♪ There's one wide river,
and that wide river is Jordan ♪

I don't like them
looking at me like that!

I think that they
noticed that you
were the only one not singin'.

Well, I don't like 'em
lookin' at me, q*eer like.

Now they meant you no harm.
I know they didn't.

Where have you been?
I've been looking
all over for you.

Oh, I took the the wagon
out back in the clearing,
back of the saloon.

Oh, bless you.

He plays good, don't he?

Oh, real good.

But I'm waitin'
to hear you play.

I wanna play for ya.

Well, fine.
Now, you can play
for me right now.

- Oh, no!
- Jonesy?

No, no!
Not now.

All these people here.

Well, later tonight, when
they've all gone home,

then you'll play just
for me, won't you?

Yeah, later tonight.

[ piano and singing
continue ]

I know
how hard that pain is.

I declare, I just
never saw such a thing.

No, it don't
hardly hurt now.

Well, it hurts me just
thinking about it.

The idea that one of my
horses stomped on you.

I declare, I just don't how
I'll ever make it up to you.

There. Now I just pray
that's going to be all right.

Well, you've been you've been
very nice to me, I thank you.

Oh, God love you, Roany.

I'd never want to
be anything else.

Now you tell me which
one of my horses done it.

Oh, no.
Don't go blaming him.

Like as not, I give
him a little fright.

You know, I know
a lot about animals,

and they do awful things
just out of fright.

Some people think
that they're mean,

and they act q*eer-like.

But they're just
scared, that's all.

You... you... if you
gentle them,

and let 'em know you got
a good feeling for 'em,

then they won't be scared.

And then they
won't act mean.

Oh, Roany.

God loves everything
he creates.

Oh, I like animals.

You know, I keep thinking
someday I'll find

a little place
where I belong.

A little spread, you know?

I'm going to have
some animals.

I'm going to have
a lot of animals.

- Now, that'd be nice.
- Yeah, wouldn't it?

Essie, did you ever think
of rooting down?

Sure, I have.

Folks like us that keep
moving around a lot
think about it all the time.

Well, Laramie's a nice place.
Oh, I like it here.

So do I.

[ sigh ]

But I belong wherever
the good Lord wants me.

Maybe He wants you here.
They need a preacher.

That's right, they do.

You'd think about it?

All right, I will.

Now you do like I say.

You go over to the hotel,
and get yourself a nice room,

and see that you get
a good night's rest.

You want that, Miss Essie?

That's the way it'll be.

Good night, Roany.
Rest you well.

Good night.

[ piano playing ]

♪ Marry me, marry me ♪

♪ Way out in Laramie, where
the wild sycamores grow ♪

Oh, sorry.

[ plays "Rock of Ages" ]

Oh, Jonesy.
You could play the other one.

This isn't a church
until Sunday.

Thanks.

♪ Marry me, marry me ♪

♪ Way out in Laramie, where
the wild sycamores grow ♪

♪ We'll raise us a young'un
to tend to my tack ♪

♪ And a girl
to help you sew ♪

♪ Say that you love me
some night when above me ♪

♪ A Wyoming moon is aglow ♪

♪ I'm no Casanova, don't
sing much in tune ♪

♪ But darling,
I love to spoon ♪

♪ So marry me
in Laramie soon ♪

Oh, that's real pretty!

Heh. See, the piano
has a pretty tone.

Jonesy, may I
ask you a favor?

Well, I sure owe you one,
uh, after lettin' me play.

Well, could you stay
until the Sunday services?

Roany hurt his hand and
won't be able to play.

Well, what do you know.

Uh, I'm sorry about his hand,
but I'd be happy to oblige ya.

Oh, thank you.

I have a book of hymn
music in the wagon.

Uh, maybe you'd like
to practice some?

Well, the notes
won't help me any,

but if you'll sing 'em,
I've got a pretty good ear.

Well, fine.

What'll you have?

Give me a whiskey.

♪ Dum, dum,
dadum, dum, dada, da ♪

♪ Dum, dum, dadum, dum, dada ♪

♪ Dum, dadum, dumda
dumda dum, dum, dum ♪

♪ Dum dadum, dadum,
dum, dum, dada ♪

That's a nice one.

That's one of my favorites.
Evening, Jess.

Evening, Miss Essie.

I was
looking for Roany.

Oh, he went over
to the hotel to get a room.

Oh. I was just
wondering where he was.

Well, sit down.

And don't worry about splinters,
Roany sanded that all down.

Thank you.

Mm.

What's that
wonderful fragrance?

Is that honeysuckle?

I've been around
horses so long,

I can't smell beyond oats.

Ah, I had a latticework covered
with honeysuckle

back home
in Nebraska.

Used to sit by it
at night with Cass.

Just sit like this, and
take in the night, and...

Cass?

My husband.

Your husband?

I didn't know
you were married.

I was.

For two years.

Two wonderful years.

Then I lost him.

Either one of you married?

No, ma'am.

I can highly recommend it.

Oh, and don't call me ma'am.
It makes me feel so old.

Just plain Essie
is good enough.

Was he a preacher,
your husband?

Oh, far from it.

So was I in those days.

You know where I met him?

- No.
- [ laughs ]

In my own saloon!
You hear that?

In my own saloon
in Abilene.

I took one look at
Cass Bright, and sold out

that same night to
a whiskey drummer.

I never knew which man
was more surprised.

That's quite a move,

from selling whiskey
to Bible preachin'.

Oh, it wasn't just
one move, Jonesy.

I found God
when I lost Cass.

And when God took
me in, I figured

He'd make friends with
most anyone at all.

And I've been on
the go ever since.

Well, maybe you oughta
stay here in Laramie.

They could use
a steady preacher.

Funny, that's the
second time tonight

I've been asked to stay.

Maybe it's a call.

A thing like that, you
don't settle by yourself.

You need God's help.

If He asks you to
light, you light.

Root down,
like Roany calls it.

He's the one asked
me to stay before.

- Roany?
- Mm-hmm.

He likes it here.

He's lookin' for
a little ranch.

I think settlin' down
would be good for him.

Well, I guess it would
be good for most folks.

But me?

Well, I guess the good
Lord wants me moving along,

just spreadin' His word.

Well, if He wants
you to stay here,

I could manage to get in every
Sunday to play the hymns.

Well, I'll remember that.

And thank you, Jonesy.

Well, good night.

- Good night.
- Good night, Jess.

Good night, Essie.

Well, I better practice.

Want a little libation?

I'll see you later, Jonesy.

- Hey, Jess!
Jess, wake up!
- Huh?

Come on.
It's me, Roany.

Wake up.
I want to talk to ya.

- Can't it wait till mornin'?
- No, it can't wait at all!

All right, Roany.
What is it?

Jess?

I want you to go out and
find me a little ranch.

For me and Miss Essie.

For you and Miss Essie?

- You act like
you didn't know.
- I don't.

I heard her talking to
you, about rootin' down.

Oh, she didn't tell you
she meant with me, huh?

No, she didn't.

You don't believe me.

Sure, Roany.

I was just thinkin'.

You just think about
finding us a good spread.

I can pay for it.

I can put down on
it, I got the money.

I can get $200
for my saddle.

Can you go out and find
me a place tomorrow?

Don't you think you oughta
talk it over with Miss Essie?

No! I wanted to
surprise her.

Don't you say a word.

You just find us
a good place.

Sure, Roany.

Jess.

Make it a nice place.

Don't forget, you owe me.

Drop them in the box, men.
And no holdouts.

Now, we don't want to face
the Lord at gunpoint, do we?

You'll find 'em at
the sheriff's office

when the service is over.

No holdouts there.

Aye, the Lord smiles on a pure
heart and an empty holster.

What a good morning.

Now, if you'll all
turn to page 24,

we'll sing "Little Brown
Church in the Vale." Jonesy?

♪ There's a church
in the valley by the wildwood ♪

♪ No lovelier place
in the dale ♪

♪ No spot is so dear
to my childhood ♪

♪ As the little brown
church in the vale ♪

♪ Oh, come to the church
in the wildwood ♪

♪ Oh, come to the church
in the vale ♪

♪ No spot is so dear
to my childhood ♪

♪ As the little brown
church in the vale ♪

Oh, my.

You sure don't know
what to expect, do you?

You're bound to be
asking yourself,

now what's this lady
preacher got on her mind?

That's a fact, isn't it?

And you're wondering what
kind of brazen woman will call

a meetin' in a saloon
in the name of God.

And I can
settle that for you.

I just don't think there's
a place that He won't go

if folks make
Him feel welcome.

Just like He says in
Matthew, "Where two or three

are gathered
together in my name,

there am I in the
midst of them."

Oh, He's here, all right.

And like He says
in Ecclesiastes,

"Be not righteous
over much."

Just like He's in the
fields and the corral.

Why, I declare He's just
wherever you need Him to be.

I know, 'cause
I've been at just about

most every kind of place
there is.

So we're not gonna bother
about where we are.

We're just gonna open
our hearts to God's love.

And that's what I want to
talk to you about today.

God's love.

The wonder
and the glory of it.

Just you mind that
passage in the gospel,

according to Saint John.

"This is my commandment,
that ye love one another

as I have loved you."

Love one another.

Like these folks here.
You man and wife?

Ah, that's a special
kind of love.

And God blesses
it, you know that.

For sure.

And, in fact, it's all
a part of His love.

But all of us don't
find that kind of love.

The love a man holds for
a woman and a woman for a man.

Some of us,
when we do find it,

aren't blessed
to have it long.

But that doesn't mean
that we're without love,

or that we're alone.

The strongest love there is
is God's love.

And if you ask Him for
it, He'll give it to you.

The only love I hold in
my heart is the love of God.

That's why I can
love you all.

Not just one of
you, but all of you.

And that's what keeps me movin'
from Army post, to settlement,

to Indian reservation.

I know that God wants
Essie Bright

to go about lovin'
everybody in His name.

And that's why I'll never
stop, never root down!

Until the good Lord taps me
on the shoulder and says,

"Come on home to
your rest, Essie."

Now if you'll all
just turn to page 44.

"Lead, Kindly Light."

Jonesy?

"Lead, Kindly Light."

♪ Lead, kindly Light,
amid th' encircling gloom ♪

No, that ain't so.
Essie, that ain't so.

Roany, what's the matter?

You said you were gonna
root down here with me.

You brought
your promise to me.

I never said any such thing.

Essie, you did.

You did,
I heard you tell Jess.

Let me go on with the service,
and we'll talk about it later.

No! We'll talk about it now!
This service is over!

Go on!
Get out, get out!

Go on!
Go on, get out!

The service is over!
Go on!

ESSIE: Why,
it's no such thing.

Jonesy, you play.

♪ Lead, kindly Light ♪

Stop it!

We don't need any more
piano players!

- Roany!
- [ g*nsh*t ]

You're comin' with me.

- Leave her alone!
- Get off.

I'll handle this.

You put that g*n away
and stop making
people fear you!

You simply lied to me.
I gotta do something about you!

- Roany!
- Get away.

Don't you try
to stop me, Jess.

You fired your two shots.
The g*n's no good to ya anymore.

It is.

You don't want to
hurt Miss Essie.

I ain't hurt her.

You wouldn't hurt
anything you loved.

You're wrong.

I wouldn't hurt
anything that loved me.

I don't like to do this,
Jess, but you're making me.

I'm gonna k*ll you.

Roany.

Roany, please God,
put down that g*n.

You get outta my way.
I'm gonna k*ll you too.

Do like
he says, Miss Essie.

No, Roany!

[ c*ck g*n ]

Go on.

Go on.
Go ahead, sh**t.

Roany!

Roany!

Don't feel bad about me.

It's just as well.

Finish the hymn?

♪ Lead, kindly Light ♪

♪ Amid th' encircling gloom ♪

♪ Lead Thou me on ♪

♪ The night is dark,
and I am far from home ♪

Poor Roany.

There is a place for you.

"There the wicked
cease from troubling.

There the weary be at rest."

I wonder when that boy
is gonna stop mopin'.
It's been almost a week now.

Yeah, the least Jess
coulda done is sent
us word of where he went to.

Stages comin' in every day, he
could have sent us a message.

Well, I guess
he's not gonna.

And Andy better
get used to it.

[ piano playing ]

Jess!

[LAUGHING] Hi, partner!

- How you doin'?
- It can't be!

Nobody could have
fixed that, ever.

Well, the blacksmith in
Laramie used to sell 'em
before he came West.

Boy, he's a genius.

Slim said a long time ago you
oughta have a piano, Jonesy.

Sure.

I guess you can figure
it's from the four of us.

- Four?
- Well, us three
and Miss Essie.

Oh, good for her.

- Go on, play
somethin', Jonesy.
- Sure.

Good to have
you home, Jess.

♪ Marry me, marry me,
way out in Laramie ♪

♪ Where the wild
sycamores grow ♪

♪ We'll raise us a young'un
to tend to my tack ♪

♪ And a girl
to help you sew ♪

♪ Say that you love me,
some night where above me ♪

♪ The Wyoming moon
is aglow ♪

♪ I'm no Casanova, don't
sing much in tune ♪

♪ But darling,
I like to spoon ♪

♪ So marry me,
Laramie, soon ♪