The Story Behind the Song It is No Secret by Stuart Hamblin-Truth! Fiction!

Back in the 50's there was a well known radio host/comedian/song writer in
Hollywood named Stuart Hamblen 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
holdinga tent revival. Hamblen 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 Hamblen 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 2 am 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 5am 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 coupleof "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 friendnamed 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....