En route to England, George Scott Railton stopped at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia and held the first Salvation Army meeting in Canada on March 24, 1881.
He was so engaged in his sermon he missed his boat to England.
He preached in Halifax for the following week in various Halifax churches and a year later the Salvation Army was officially established in Canada.
En route to England, George Scott Railton stopped at the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia and held the first Salvation Army meeting in Canada on March 24, 1881. He was so engaged in his sermon he missed his boat to England. He preached in Halifax for the following week in various Halifax churches and a year later the Salvation Army was officially established in Canada.
History of Halifax (former city)