Art grows up with restrictions and lots of Bible verse memorization. He attends Bible college in Chicago but rebels and is expelled. He joins the army and goes to radio communication school. He meets a girl and they plan to marry when the war is over. He serves in China, drinks too much because of Japanese bombing and meets a missionary who urges him to go back to his faith. When the war ends, Art stops by his sister’s Bible college where the gospel brings conviction. He goes back home where a cousin’s sermon brings him to God. The first part ends as he begs the Bible college to accept him so he won’t yield to temptation.