GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1771
(Bass drum beaten loudly) “Booth led boldly with his big bass drum—
(Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?)
The Saints smiled gravely and they said: ‘He’s come.’
(Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?)”
(the beginning of “General William Booth Enters into Heaven” by Vachel Lindsay, 1879-1931)
HALCYON DAYS
The top five songs on the 26th Silver Dollar Survey on WLS radio, Chica…