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William E. (William Ellison) Doughty
1873–1959
A Methodist minister and religious writer, he published practical books and pamphlets that urged readers toward prayer, service, and missionary work. His writing speaks in a direct, encouraging voice shaped by early 20th-century Protestant life in America.
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The Call of the World; or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity
by William E. (William Ellison) Doughty
About the author
Born in Jeffersonville, New York, in 1873, William Ellison Doughty became a Methodist clergyman as well as an author of devotional and missionary writing. Records connected with his books show him publishing under the name William E. Doughty, and bibliographic sources link him with works such as The Call of the World; or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity, The Life of Prayer, If Millions Prayed, and The Rising River.
His books and pamphlets were aimed at ordinary church readers rather than specialists. Again and again, he returned to themes of prayer, Christian duty, and worldwide mission, writing in a plain, motivational style that tried to turn belief into action.
Doughty died in 1959 at the age of 86. Though not widely known today, his work offers a clear glimpse into the religious energy of his era and the kind of practical spiritual literature that circulated through American Protestant circles in the early 1900s.