1839–1885

Born: May 13, 1839, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.

Died: August 22, 1885, Portree, Scotland, of an accident.

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Biography

Mackay was the husband of Mary Loughton Livingstone (married 1868, Kingston upon Hull).

He graduated from the University of Edinburgh and initially worked as a doctor.

However, he was ordained, and in 1868 became pastor of the Prospect Street Presbyterian Church in Hull. Yorkshire; they were living in Sculcoates, Yorkshire, as of 1881.

Seventeen of his hymns appeared in W. Reid’s Praise Book in 1872.

Publications

Grace and Truth Under Twelve Different Aspects (Edinburgh, Scotland: James Taylor, 1874)
Abundant Grace: Selected Addresses
The British Evangelist
The Seeking Saviour and Other Bible Themes (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1886)

Sources

Lyrics

Help Needed

Burial place
Source of Mackay’s conversion testimony (where he describes finding his old discarded Bible under the pillow of a dead patient). We’d like to include the testimony here, if we can verify its accuracy and cite the original source.

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