The War Cry

The War Cry

:"For other uses, see War cry""The War Cry" is the official news publication of the Salvation Army.

History

The first edition of "The War Cry" was printed on December 27, 1879 in London, England. [ [http://www1.salvationarmy.org/heritage.nsf/36c107e27b0ba7a98025692e0032abaa/eacd2a5716f7d69580256962003cd90c!OpenDocument History of the War Cry] ] In 1880, US Salvation Army Commissioner George Scott Railton published the "Salvation News", a small newsletter. He published the first American edition of "The War Cry" in January 1881 in St. Louis, Missouri. Between 1920 and 1970, each U.S. territory published its own individual version of The War Cry. In 1970, the Salvation Army's US National Headquarters started publishing a nationwide version of T"he War Cry". [ [http://www.usc.salvationarmy.org/usc/ The War Cry in the United States] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.salvationist.ca/2007/how-i-met-the-salvation-army/ The War Cry page] of The Salvation Army in Canada
* [http://www.salvationarmy.org.au/warcry/ The War Cry page] of The Salvation Army in Australia
* [http://www1.salvationarmy.org.uk/warcry The War Cry page] of The Salvation Army in the UK and Ireland
* [http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn%5Cwww_usn.nsf/vw-sublinks/2D866025AC265E728525720500507F8E?openDocument The War Cry page] of The Salvation Army in the USA


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