What happens
The Golden Gate Quartet sings a program of spirituals drawn from the Bible and from the experiences of humanity. The songs include a walk along the pilgrim journey, a vision of John of the Bible looking over a beautiful city with twelve gates, and a call to go down into Jordan toward the promised land where all is peace. The transcript covers only part of the program, so the recording's full running order and its air date are not stated here. The quartet closes by wishing listeners well and asking that God keep them strong in spirit and in health.
A promised land and a heavenly city of twelve gates, as described in the spirituals.
Characters: Golden Gate Quartet, John
Listen for: Repeated refrains such as 'Let's go down in Jordan' and the counting of the angels at the gates of the city.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.