Editorial

Welcome to Issue 6 of Booth’s Drum. We have just received news of the Promotion to Glory of our dear friend and President, Harry Hayes. More information appears below and I am writing his obituary for The Salvationist so that his many friends around the world will be able to pray for Stella and the family. We also send our condolences to the family.

Best wishes are also sent on behalf of the Association to Terry Hazell who is undergoing treatment for a serious condition. We will miss him at our forthcoming Convention. This will take place on Saturday 18th June at the William Booth Memorial Complex, Nottingham. Coffee will be served from 10a.m. Please let me know if you are coming as we have to order the catering. Cost for the day is £10 and a form is attached as is a subscription renewal form.

Other Association news: We are excited to announce that we will be publishing a book within the next twelve months. Although the Association has been instrumental in a number of publications, this will be our first major book. It will be based on the extraordinary life of early Salvationist William Murray who rose from Salvationist soldier to the top echelons of the Army. Members will remember that we were on the verge of publishing the Eliza Shirley story a couple of years ago when the Salvation Army themselves asked if we would let them have the rights to the book and this we were delighted to do. However we did retain the rights to film and radio and the story is in the process of being made into a radio drama.