Category: Writings by C. H. Mackintosh.
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THE SUFFICIENCY AND AUTHORITY OF THE SCRIPTURES. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
We agree with you in saying, “I recognize the voice of Jesus alone in His Word.” Where else could we hear it? It is upon that blessed Word we are cast for everything. It is the solid foundation on which faith reposes. We want nothing else to give us full…
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“GAIN TO ME”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ” (Philippians 3:7). What a marvelous change! Saul had many sources of gain. He had gathered many honors around his name. He had made progress in Judaism beyond many of his equals. He had achieved a legal righteousness…
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DAVID’S THREE ATTITUDES. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
In the course of David’s most eventful and deeply instructive history, we find him presented by the pen of inspiration in three remarkable attitudes — lying as a penitent; sitting as a worshiper; standing as a servant. We also hear his utterances in these attitudes. The seeing and the hearing…
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HEADSHIP AND LORDSHIP. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It is deeply interesting and most profitable to mark the varied lines of truth laid down in the Word of God and to note how all these lines stand inseparably linked with the Person of our Lord Jesus Christ. He is the divine Center of all truth. It is as…
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“NEVERTHELESS”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
The word which forms the heading of this paper occurs in Ephesians 5:33. It is a very important word, indicating what we are all so prone to forget, that there are two sides to every question, and in particular to the great question before the apostle’s mind in this passage. He…
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REASON AND REVELATION. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
Feeling as we do the deep solemnity of the present time and the danger which besets the Christian’s path on every side, we press upon our readers the immense importance of the Word of God and implicit subjection to its holy authority in all things. We do not exactly feel…
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A MOTTO FOR THE NEW YEAR. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
Dear reader, we want you to accept a little motto for the year on which you have just entered. We think you will find it a precious motto for every year during which your Lord may see fit to leave you on this earth. It consists of two short but…
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“HE FROM WITHIN”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Luke 11:7) The Word of God judges the human heart with perfect accuracy and discloses all its most secret springs of thought and action. Indeed, this is one special way in which we may know that it is the Word of God. The poor Samaritan woman could say, “Come, see…
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THE TWO MITES. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Mark 12:41-44) “And Jesus sat over against the treasury and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.” How little did these people know…
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THE GRAPES OF ESHCOL. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Numbers 13) The grand principle of the divine life is faith — simple, earnest, wholehearted faith that just takes and enjoys all that God has given, faith that puts the soul in possession of eternal realities and maintains it therein habitually. This is true in reference to the people of…
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The Brazen Sea. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(2 Chronicles 4) “And Solomon made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. And under it was the similitude of oxen which did compass it round about;…
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THE PRIEST’S PLACE AND PORTION. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Read Leviticus 6:14-18) These verses show us three things in connection with “the law of the meat offering” — the priest, his place and his portion. 1. The priest. All the sons of Aaron were priests. They became such by birth. They were born into this highly-privileged position. They did not reach…
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DAVID’S LAST WORDS. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(2 Samuel 23) There is something deeply touching and most consolatory in the last words of “The sweet Psalmist of Israel.” It is good and profitable to listen to the “last words” of any saint of God or servant of Christ. It is well to hearken to the mellow words…
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“THE WELL OF BETHLEHEM”. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
2 Samuel 23. “And David longed and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!” Such was the breathing of David’s heart, a desire which met with a speedy and hearty response from three members of that…
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DEVOTEDNESS: WHAT IS IT?. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Read Genesis 22:1-12) It has often been said, “There are two sides to every question.” This saying is true and very important. It demands special attention in approaching the subject which stands at the head of this paper. The history of the professing Church affords many proofs of the fact that…
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CHRISTIAN LIFE: WHAT IS IT?. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
The question which we propose to consider in the following pages is one of the most interesting and important that could possibly engage our attention. It is this: What is the life which, as Christians, we possess? What is its source? What are its characteristics? What is its issue? These…
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THE GRACE OF GOD. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
(Read Titus 2:11-14) This lovely and familiar passage of Holy Scripture occurs in the midst of a number of exhortations adapted to various classes of people in reference to their conduct and character. Aged men, aged women, young men, young women and servants are to be exhorted as to their proper…
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SUPERSTITION AND INFIDELITY. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
It is a common saying that “extremes meet,” and certainly its truth is forcibly illustrated in the two things named at the head of this article, Superstition and Infidelity — things which, though so unlike, meet in one point, namely, positive opposition to the plain Word of God. They both…
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A LETTER TO A FRIEND ON THE STUDY OF THE BOOK OF PSALMS. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
Dear Friend. You desire a little light on the Book of Psalms and especially to know how they are divided. We can do little more in our brief space than give you a mere hint or two. In the first place it is important in approaching the study of this…
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THE BOOK AND THE SOUL. Short Papers By C. H. Mackintosh
In the formation of the character of a successful minister of the Word of God, two ingredients are essential — an accurate acquaintance with the Bible and a due sense of the value of the soul and of its necessities. The combination of these two qualities is of the utmost…
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