Charles Henry Mackintosh (generally known as C.H.M.) was born in October 1820, at Glenmalure Barricks, County Wicklow, Ireland. Mackintosh was converted at the age of eighteen through the letters of a dear sister, and the reading of J. N. Darby’s works.

When he was twenty-four years of age, he opened a private school at Westport, but it was not long before he concluded he must give himself entirely to the ministry of God’s Word. Soon thereafter he established a periodical, which he continued to edit for twenty-one years, Things New and Old.

Mackintosh died on November 2, 1896, and was buried in Cheltenham Cemetery, awaiting the resurrection morn. He left behind a rich legacy of rich Scriptural writings.

Now that more than one hundred years have passed since his death, it is difficult to come upon much factual detail concerning his own personal life. But what we do know is that he was a man of mild spirit, deep devotion, and abiding love. His gracious spirit was always known to have avoided conflict as far as possible.