Gantry returns to Falconer, as a capacity crowd of followers fills her new tabernacle, following Gantry's redemption in the press. Falconer declines Gantry's request to give up her soul-saving ventures, insisting that she and Gantry were brought together by God to do His work. After Falconer appears to cure a follower (Max Showalter) of deafness, a fire that had been smoldering erupts suddenly. Unable or unwilling to see past her own religious zeal as flames engulf her tabernacle, Falconer remains on the premises and dies. The next day, Gantry, saddened by Falconer's death, leads a spiritual with her followers after their prodding. Morgan asks Gantry to continue Falconer's ministry, but Gantry replies, "When I was a child, I understood as a child and spoke as a child. When I became a man, I put away childish things" (). His valise in one hand, Bible in the other, and a smile on his face, Gantry strides away.