Category: Writings by John Thomas Mawson

  • What is Meant by the Lord’s Table?, by John Thomas Mawson,

    In response to our invitation we have received letters regarding the paper entitled, “What is Meant by the Lord’s Table?” which appeared in our June issue. The question that has raised most enquiry is, “Is it possible to put a person away from the Lord’s Table?” And about this we…

  • What Do You Think of it?, by John Thomas Mawson,

    Princess Alice, the greatly beloved daughter of Queen Victoria, and great aunt to our King, was married to the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt. She had nursed her husband and daughters, the youngest of whom had died, through the then greatly dreaded diphtheria, when her only son was stricken. Though worn…

  • What Grace Does for Us, by John Thomas Mawson,

    We knew a man who was brought to know the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour in his old age. His gratitude for the grace that had saved him was very deep, and it was always a pleasure to talk with him. He was on his eighty-second birthday, to partake,…

  • We look for Christ, by John Thomas Mawson,

    There can be no improvement in a world that rejected Christ and continues to refuse Him His rights. Dispelled already are the delusions of those flatterers of humanity who for years have cried, “Peace, peace,” when there was no peace; and equally vain are the hopes of those who are…

  • “Well-pleasing to Him”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    Report of an address given at a gathering of young Christians at Leeds on Oct 22nd 1932 on 2 Corinthians 5 That may not appear to be a very suitable Scripture to read and speak from at a gathering of young Christians. What with the dissolution of this tabernacle, our body,…

  • “We Know”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    “Change and decay in all around I see.” We shrink from changes as a rule, especially if we have passed out of the hopeful days of youth. Yet if changes come that are not of our own seeking we need not fear them at all. The greatest change that we…

  • “We Have Sinned”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    Notes of an address on 1 Samuel 7 at Sutton, 1939 “Then Samuel took a stone, and set it up between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto has the Lord helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12). This bit of divinely-given history of the people of Israel may…

  • “Watchman, what of the Night?”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    THE MORNING COMETH! Yes, those whose trust is in God and whose hope is Christ may lift up their heads and rejoice, for as surely as the Word has spoken of the morning, so surely shall it come, IT COMETH. The music of its advancing feet already vibrates in the hearts…

  • Waiting, Watching, Working, by John Thomas Mawson,

    “Like to men that WAIT for their Lord.” “Blessed are those servants, whom the Lord when He comes shall find WATCHING.“ “Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He comes, shall find so doing [WORKING].” (Luke 12) To be waiting indicates readiness. To be watching shows expectation. To be working is…

  • Unwearied Love, by John Thomas Mawson,

    “Jesus therefore, being wearied with His journey, sat thus on the well” (John 4:6). He had been driven out from Judea by the hatred of the proud traditional religionists, there was neither, room nor rest for Him in their dead ceremonies, and could He find rest in the false pretentions…

  • Unspeakable Things, by John Thomas Mawson,

    God’s Unspeakable Gift “God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son” (John 3:16).“Thanks be to God for His unspeakable gift” (2 Corinthians 9:15). Paul knew how to use acceptable words, wise preacher that he was, and when occasion required, he could pile superlative upon superlative, as when…

  • Unity not Uniformity, by John Thomas Mawson,

    There are millions of believers on the earth all of whom are indwelt by the Holy Ghost, and being indwelt by Him they are formed into one body: “For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body.” It is this that accounts for the fact that in the…

  • Unity, by John Thomas Mawson,

    The discussion of questions generally results in the formation of parties and sects; the ministry of Christ unifies His saints, for it binds their hearts together and makes them glow with a common object. Questions will arise as long as the church is here below, for the devil will not…

  • Unity and Praise, by John Thomas Mawson,

    That which shall be established and publicly manifested by the power of the Lord in His coming earthly kingdom should be characteristic of those who own His Lordship now. Salvation “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that brings good tidings, that publisheth peace; that brings good…

  • Unchanging Love, by John Thomas Mawson,

    At the close of another year we recall the old story of a Christian farmer who erected a weather vane upon the gable of his house, upon which was the text, “God is love.” He was asked if he meant to convey the idea that God’s love was as changeable…

  • Two “Alls”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 11:23). Here is a rule without an exception. With one sweeping statement God levels all to a common platform. The religious and the irreligious, the noble and those of meaner birth, profligate and psalm-singing professor, prince and pauper,…

  • “To the Son of Faith”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    Hebrews 1 There seems to be a beautiful order in the quotations from the Old Testament that are given in Hebrews 1 concerning our Lord Jesus Christ. They are well-set gems, as we should expect them to be as we consider Him who is their theme. Verse 5 gives us two, and…

  • “Together”, by John Thomas Mawson,

    “Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133). To whom is it good and pleasant? To the brethren themselves surely, and to all who can admire what is comely, but most of all to the Father of them all. A true…

  • To Every Man His Work, by John Thomas Mawson,

    1 Chronicles 23 “Now the Levites were numbered … man by man, 38, 000.” The “dole” was not known in King David’s realm, or if it was it did not operate for the Levites, for the simple reason that none among them were unemployed. There were 38,000 of them fit…

  • Tobiah, The Enemy, by John Thomas Mawson,

    We are not surprised that Nehemiah was sorely grieved when he returned to Jerusalem after a long absence and found that Eliashib the priest had prepared a great chamber in the house of God for Tobiah the Ammonite and installed him there. In that chamber had previously been stored the…