“When teaching of this description keeps the popular ear and secures the general attention, it is unquestionable proof that the office of the preacher has, in no way, lost its hold on the mind of the people.  The acceptance of a voice so unimpassioned and thoughtful, so independent of all vulgar auxiliaries, so intent upon bringing every theme it touches to the illustration and sanctifying of the living life of the hour, that which alone can be mended, and purified, and sanctified, is a better tribute to the undying office of the preacher than the success of a hundred Spurgeons.  Attention and interest are as eager as ever where there is in reality any instruction to bestow.”

 [LITERARY GAZETTE.]

   “In earnestness of practical appeal, and in eloquent and graceful
    diction, Mr. Robertson has few rivals, and these characteristics
    are sufficient to account for his unusual popularity.”

 [NATIONAL REVIEW.]

   “A volume of very fine Sermons, quite equal to the previous
    series.”

 [BRIGHTON EXAMINER.]

   “There is in the Sermons in this volume the same freshness, vigour
    of thought and felicity of expression, as characterised whatever
    Mr. Robertson said.”

 [ECONOMIST.]

“Mr. Robertson’s Sermons have the great and rare merit of neutralising by a more charitable and affectionate spirit, and by a wider intelligence, all that may appear rigid and doctrinaire in the Church of England.  The result seems to have been his special mission:  it most fully explains the mind of the man....  We recommend the Sermons to the perusal of our readers.  They will find in them thought of so rare and beautiful a description, an earnestness of mind so steadfast in the search of truth, and a charity so pure and all-embracing, that we cannot venture to offer praise, which would be, in this case, almost as presumptuous as criticism.”

 [SATURDAY REVIEW.]

“When Mr. Robertson died, his name was scarcely known beyond the circle of his own private friends, and of those among whom he had laboured in his calling.  Now, every word he wrote is eagerly sought for and affectionately treasured up, and meets with the most reverent and admiring welcome from men of all parties and all shades of opinion....  To those that find in his writings what they themselves want, he is a teacher quite beyond comparison—­his words having a meaning, his thoughts a truth and depth, which they cannot find elsewhere.  And they never look to him in vain....  He fixes himself upon the recollection as a most original and profound thinker, and as a man in whom excellence puts on a new form....  There are many persons, and the number increases every year, to whom Robertson’s writings are the most stable, satisfactory, and exhaustless form of religious teaching which the nineteenth century has given—­the most wise, suggestive, and practical.”

 [BRIGHTON HERALD.]