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John Spreeman may not have been the very first of the pioneers to come to Quebec but he was the first such to arrive from New Testament assemblies in Ontario which, for many years, had so loyally supported the work in francophone Quebec. Born in 1901 and converted at the age of fourteen, he early on manifested a desire to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Concerned for the spiritual plight of French Canadians, he applied himself to learn the French language. At the same time, he became involved in the activities of his local assembly, [[Pape Avenue Gospel Hall ]] in Toronto which would eventually become [[Victoria Park Gospel Hall]]. This assembly was the outgrowth of the labours of Scottish brethren such as [[Donald Munroe ]] and others who had evangelized and planted assemblies in southern and central Ontario beginning in the late 1800s.
On the very last day of December 1926, Mr. Spreeman, virtually unknown, arrived in Montreal, commended to the work by the above-named assembly. He was welcomed with open arms by brethren at [[Ogilvy Gospel Hall]], where he found himself surrounded by a significantly large number of believers who continued to be an encouragement for him throughout his many years of labour in the province.