Charles Henry Mackintosh

CH Mackintosh

Charles Henry Mackintosh (born October 1820 in Glenmalure Barracks , County Wicklow , Ireland , † November 2, 1896 in Cheltenham , Gloucestershire , England ) was a British preacher, author and editor. He belonged to the Brethren movement and was a dispensationalist .

Life

Mackintosh was a son of Duncan Mackintosh, captain of a Highland regiment . The Canadian journalist and politician Charles Herbert Mackintosh was his nephew.

At the age of 18, Charles Henry Mackintosh had a conversion experience reading letters from his sisters and John Nelson Darby's Operations of the Spirit . In 1838 he worked in a trading house in Limerick . The following year he went to Dublin and joined the Brethren movement there.

In 1843 he wrote his first treatise , Peace with God . At the age of 24 he opened a private school in Westport . There he developed a special method for teaching the classical languages. At the time, the Great Famine was raging in Ireland and although the British government tried repeatedly to alleviate the desperate poverty of the Irish, the situation only worsened. During the school holidays, Mackintosh wandered County Mayo preaching to the poor. In these difficult times it was hardly possible to run an expensive boarding school, which is why Mackintosh had to give up this company. In February 1853 he told John Nelson Darby that nothing could make him go on boarding school.

For a while he tried farming. On August 31, 1853, he wrote to Darby:

“I was led to preach a little depending on the circumstances, and gave myself entirely to the work to which I believe He has called me. At the same time, I wished to work with my hands if possible, and for this purpose I bought a small farm. However, the Lord did not suffer my taking on such a task, but called me into a much greater ministry than ever, and praised be his name, He confirmed the ministry very clearly, while at the same time He was more in His grace to me than gave enough to meet all my needs. "

Soon after, he devoted himself entirely to preaching and writing.

Writer and evangelist

He founded the magazine Things New and Old , which he published from 1858 to 1890 together with Charles Stanley (1821–1890), and soon afterwards the magazine Good News for the Little Ones (later Good News for Young and Old and some pages for the Little Ones , 1859-1876).

Mackintosh took a large part in the Irish revival movement 1859-1860 and worked actively with it.

His literary fame is based primarily on the work Notes on the Pentateuch , which begins with a 334-page volume on Genesis and ends with a more than 800-page two-volume commentary on Deuteronomy . These comments are still being reprinted and have been translated into several languages. In German they appeared under the title Thoughts on 1. [etc.] Book of Moses in several editions by HL Heijkoop in Winschoten, most recently in 1973; a complete edition in one volume was published in 2006 by the publishers Christian Written Distribution and Christian Literature Distribution .

Charles Haddon Spurgeon commented on the Notes on Leviticus : “We do not support the Plymouthism that runs through these Notes , but they are often very stimulating. They should be read with caution. "

End of life

Charles Andrew Coates wrote:

“I was one of the last to hear CHM pray. It was very touching to hear the Levite, old and weak, pour out his heart before God, first for the whole congregation, then for the many small communities that are gathering everywhere in the name of the Lord. The Lord's interests were the great concern of his heart. Even if he has not been able to take on public services for a long time, he stuck to this task. "

Mackintosh died shortly after his 75th birthday. For some time now he had become increasingly weak and could no longer preach. He continued to write as long as possible. In the year he died, the 6th edition of the Notes on the Book of Genesis was published. On November 6, 1896, he was buried in Cheltenham at the side of his wife Emma in the part of the cemetery known as the "Plymouth Brethren plot". Opposite him is the grave of one of his spiritual students, the songwriter George West Frazer, who died in January of the same year.

Mackintosh tombstone

On Mackintosh's tombstone is a verse from 1. Peter : “Feed the flock of God.” (Shepherds the flock of God; 1 Pet 5,3  ELB )

literature

• Napoleon Noel: The History of the Brethren . Knapp, Denver 1936.
• F. Roy Coad: A History of the Brethren Movement . Paternoster, Exeter 1968.
• Edwin N. Cross: The Life and Times of Charles Henry Mackintosh: A Biography . Chapter Two, London 2011.

Web links

• Charles Henry Mackintosh at Project Gutenberg .
• Audiobook of Notes on the Book of Genesis at LibriVox .
• German-language biography Mackintosh on website bibelkommentare.de
• Collected Works

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Charles Henry Mackintosh Bio . Stempublishing.com. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
2. ↑ ^{a b} 1874 Mackintosh wrote about his career: “I had not the honor of being among the first of those who planted their feet on the blessed ground occupied by Brethren. I left the Establishment about the year 1839, and took my place at the table in Dublin, where dear John Gifford Bellett was ministering with great acceptance… As a young man I, of course, walked in retirement, having no thought of coming forward in public ministry of any kind… Indeed, I may say that nothing but the most solemn sense of responsibility could ever have induced me to stand up in public. " CH Mackintosh (1820-96) . mybrethren.org. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2012. 
3. ↑ “I was led to preach a little from share of circumstances and gave myself entirely to the work to which, I feel convinced, He has called me. I earnestly desired, at the same time, if possible, to work with my hands and for this purpose, I bought a small farm. However the Lord did not suffer me to take such a thing, but called me into larger service than ever, and blessed be His name, owned the service most manifestly, while at the same time He most graciously passed in upon me far more than enough to meet all my need. "
4. ^ Biography -CH Mackintosh . My Brethren. Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2012. 
5. ↑ John Bjorlie: Stanley, Charles Bio . September 13, 2004.
6. ↑ CHM biography . Bbmhp.org. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 15, 2012. 
7. ^ CH Mackintosh Preacher and Bible Expositor - Christian Biography Resources . Wholesomewords.org. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
8. ^ The Brethren Writers' Hall of Fame . Newble.co.uk. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
9. ^ "We do not endorse the Plymouthism which pervades these notes, but they are frequently suggestive. Should be read cautiously. " CH Spurgeon, Lectures to My Students , Banner of Truth, Edinburgh 2008, p. 729.
10. ↑ “I was one of the last persons to hear CHM pray. It was most touching to hear the aged and feeble Levite pouring out his heart to God, first for the whole assembly, and then for the little companies gathered everywhere to the Lord's Name. The Lord's interests were the great burden of his heart. Though he had been incapacitated for a length of time for any public service he was still keeping the charge. "