Elmer Gantry Chapter 3 Part 3

In which Elmer Gantry, accompanied by his devoted mother, attends a fervent evangelical meeting where the impassioned oratory and heartfelt hymns sweep him into a spontaneous public conversion before a cheering crowd. Torn between the ecstatic commitment demanded by the gathering and the quiet scepticism of his old friend Jim Lefferts, Elmer wrestles privately with doubt and the uneasy promise of his newfound role.