23 Facts About James Caughey

James Caughey was a Methodist minister and evangelist who was active in the United States, England and Canada.

James Caughey was born of Scottish parents in the north of Ireland on 9 April 1810.

James Caughey's family immigrated to Troy, New York in the early 1820s.

In 1830, Caughey was employed there in a large flour mill.

James Caughey was converted to Methodism at a revival in Troy in 1830, and in 1832 was accepted as a probationary preacher by the American Methodist Episcopal Church.

In 1835, James Caughey made a three month evangelist campaign in Montreal.

James Caughey experienced a personal baptism of the Spirit in July 1839.

James Caughey moved to Quebec City in October 1840 and served as a minister there for three months, and then as a minister in Montreal.

James Caughey left Montreal in March 1841 and traveled via Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia, from where he sailed to England in late July 1841.

James Caughey preached in Britain with much success from 1841 to 1847.

James Caughey mainly preached among Methodists in the midlands and north of England, and came to be called the "King of Revivalist Preachers".

James Caughey aroused controversy, since his highly emotional evangelistic style clashed with the middle-class respectability of many members of the English Methodist church.

James Caughey left England reluctantly in 1847 at the urging of the church leadership.

James Caughey visited Toronto in late November 1851, and stayed there for almost eight months, preaching seven sermons a week.

Until 1856, James Caughey continued to spend each winter in the Canadas.

James Caughey preached his last sermon at the church on 13 March 1853.

James Caughey had similar success in Hamilton in March 1853.

James Caughey returned to Britain in 1857 for two years, with much success, and made further visits in 1860 and in the mid 1860s.

James Caughey died in Highland Park on 30 January 1891 at the age of 80.

James Caughey therefore thought that justification and sanctification, in which a person's sins were forgiven and they became pure in God's sight, could be obtained instantly from a seeker who requested them from God in faith.

James Caughey had an imposing figure and face, a forceful personality, a quick wit and great eloquence.

James Caughey influenced young men such as Albert Carman and Nathanael Burwash to become ministers, and thus had lasting influence on the Methodist church in Canada.

However, James Caughey is best known for his revival activity in Britain in the 1840s.