Daniel McPhail and the revival at Osgoode: A ministry marked by prayer

Under the powerful ministry of Daniel McPhail’s preaching, the church at Osgoode flourished.

When McPhail became the pastor of the church, there were 60 members. A year later, the membership had increased to 76. By the annual assembly of the Ottawa Association in 1846, at which McPhail preached the introductory sermon, the Osgoode church had 99 members. A dozen years later, this had nearly doubled to 192.

On two occasions, between 1854 and 1856 and then again between 1860 and 1862, McPhail baptised some 90 persons. In 1860, five years before McPhail left Osgoode, the membership stood at 245, by far the largest church in the Ottawa Baptist Association.