A Letter To A Brother In Christ – January 8th, 1869
My dear Mr. Copcutt,
You speak in your letter of a sermon by the late Mr. M’Kenzie. He was indeed a very gracious godly man, and was for several years co-editor with me in conducting The Gospel Standard. He died in the year 1849, comparatively a young man, was much esteemed by the church of God as a minister of truth, and was taken away, as appeared to us, just in the midst of his usefulness, making a very good end, and leaving behind him a cherished memory.
Mr. Tiptaft was indeed a most remarkable man, and my memoir gives but a very imperfect account of the life of self-denial, separation from the world, devotedness to the work of the ministry, nobility and liberality of mind, which he displayed ever since I first knew him. It is remarkable how the Lord owned and blessed his ministry. No man in my day was so much owned, both to the calling of sinners, and the consolation of saints. He was not highly gifted as a minister in the ordinary sense of the term; but what he spoke was with authority and power, as what he knew for himself by divine teaching and spiritual experience; and it was so backed and confirmed by the power of his life and his upright godly walk. He was thus a striking instance that it was not by might, or by power, that is of the creature, but by the Spirit of the Lord of Hosts, that all real work is done. What is effected by mere eloquence only touches the flesh and passes away; but what God does in the soul by the power of His grace is saving and permanent.
I would like you to see some of the back volumes of The Gospel Standard, published now many years ago, as there are many papers, letters, obituaries, etc. in them which are very edifying.
Yours very sincerely,
J. C. P.
Jesus is LORD! 
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