Elijah the Tishbite _Miscellaneous Writings of_ C. H. MACKINTOSH _Volume V_ LOIZEAUX BROTHERS _New York_ FIRST EDITION 1898 TENTH PRINTING 1960 LOIZEAUX BROTHERS, INC., PUBLISHERS _A Nonprofit Organization, Devoted to the Lord's Work and to the Spread of His Truth_ 19 WEST 21ST STREET, NEW YORK 10, N. Y. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS Pages GOD'S FULNESS FOR AN EMPTY VESSEL 1-10 DIVINE TITLES 11-18 A HELP OR A HINDRANCE: WHICH? 19-27 THE DISCIPLINE OF THE ASSEMBLY 28-35 THE CHRISTIAN'S MISSION: AND HOW TO FULFIL IT 36-44 EPAPHRAS; OR, THE SERVICE OF PRAYER 45-51 "READY" 52-60 HOLY BRETHREN 61-80 JEHOVAH'S DEMAND AND SATAN'S OBJECTIONS 81-104 "THYSELF AND THE DOCTRINE" 105-110 THE THREE CROSSES 111-146 OUR STANDARD AND OUR HOPE 147-152 LIFE-WORKS 153-158 "THERE IS ONE BODY" 159-165 ONE-SIDED THEOLOGY 166-173 A LETTER TO A FRIEND ON ETERNAL PUNISHMENT 174-178 "PUBLICLY AND FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE" 179-184 ISRAEL AND THE NATIONS 185-190 LANDMARKS AND STUMBLINGBLOCKS 191-200 GRACE AND GOVERNMENT 201-211 SAUL OF TARSUS 212-218 THE TRUE WORKMAN 219-250 DIVERSITY AND UNITY 251-256 LIVING BY FAITH 257-261 LIFE AND TIMES OF ELIJAH 5-150 GOD'S FULNESS FOR AN EMPTY VESSEL (Read 1 Samuel 4 and 7.) The two chapters given above furnish a most impressive illustration of a principle which runs all through the inspired volume, namely, that the moment man takes his right place, God can meet him in perfect grace--free, sovereign, unqualified grace: the fulness of God waits on an empty vessel. This great principle shines everywhere from Genesis to Revelation. The word "principle" hardly expresses what is meant; it is too cold. We would speak of it as a grand, living, divine fact, which shines with heavenly lustre in the gospel of the grace of God and in the history of God's people collectively and individually, both in the Old and New Testament times.