and crooked, in his brave battling for right, even when wrong seems crowned with success, in his honest simplicity and singleness of purpose, in the high and holy tone—­as if, amid the discord of earth, he heard clear, though far off, the perfect harmony of heaven; in the fiery earnestness of his love for Christ, the devotion of his whole being to the goodness and truth revealed in him.”

 [CHURCH OF ENGLAND MONTHLY REVIEW.]

“It is hardly too much to say, that had the Church of England produced no other fruit in the present century, this work alone would be amply sufficient to acquit her of the charge of barrenness....  The reputation of Mr. Robertson’s Sermons is now so wide-spread, that any commendation of ours may seem superfluous.  We will therefore simply, in conclusion, recommend such of our readers as have not yet made their acquaintance, to read them carefully and thoughtfully, and they will find in them more deeply suggestive matter than in almost any book published in the present century.”

 [MORNING POST.]

   “They are distinguished by masterly exposition of Scriptural
    truths and the true spirit of Christian charity.”

 [BRITISH QUARTERLY.]

“These Sermons are full of thought and beauty, and admirable illustrations of the ease with which a gifted and disciplined mind can make the obscure transparent, the difficult plain.  There is not a Sermon that does not furnish evidence of originality without extravagance, of discrimination without tediousness, and of piety without cant or conventionalism.”

 [ECLECTIC REVIEW.]

“We hail with unaffected delight the appearance of these volumes.  The Sermons are altogether out of the common style.  They are strong, free, and beautiful utterances of a gifted and cultivated mind.  Occasionally, the expression of theological sentiment fails fully to represent our own thought, and we sometimes detect tendencies with which we cannot sympathize:  but, taken as a whole, the discourses are fine specimens of a high order of preaching.”

 [GUARDIAN.]

“Very beautiful in feeling, and occasionally striking and forcible in conception to a remarkable degree....  Even in the imperfect shape in which their deceased author left them, they are very remarkable compositions.”

 [CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER.]

   “We should be glad if all preachers more united with ourselves,
    preached such Sermons as these.”

 [WESTMINSTER REVIEW.]

   “To those who affectionately remember the author, they will
    recall, though imperfectly, his living eloquence and his living
    truthfulness.”

 [GLOBE.]

“Mr. Robertson, of Brighton, is a name familiar to most of us, and honoured by all to whom it is familiar.  A true servant of Christ, a bold and heart-stirring preacher of the Gospel, his teaching was unlike the teaching of most clergymen, for it was beautified and intensified by genius.  New truth, new light, streamed from each well-worn text when he handled it.”

 [BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE.]