refused to recognize the distinction so drawn.  He said that the whole life of a Christian was sacred—­that common every-day doings, whether of a trade, or of a profession, or the minuter details of a woman’s household life, were the arenas in which trial and temptation arose; and that therefore it became the Christian minister’s duty to enter into this family working life with his people, and help them to understand its meaning, its trials, and its compensations.’  It is enough to add that the lectures now given to the public are written in this spirit.”

 [CRITIC.]

“Such discourses as these before us, so different from the shallow rhapsodies or tedious hair-splitting which are now so much in vogue, may well make us regret that Mr. Robertson can never be heard again in the pulpit.  This single volume would in itself establish a reputation for its writer.”

 [BRIGHTON HERALD.]

“...  Were there no name on the title-page, the spirit which, shines forth in these lectures could but be recognized as that of the earnest, true-hearted man, the deep thinker, the sympathizer with all kinds of human trouble, the aspirant for all things holy, and one who joined to these rare gifts, the faculty of speaking to his fellow-men in such a manner as to fix their attention and win their love....  In whatever spirit the volume is read—­of doubt, of criticism, or of full belief in the truths it teaches—­it can but do good; it can but leave behind the conviction that here was a genuine, true-hearted man, gifted with the highest intellect, inspired by the most disinterested motives and the purest love for his fellow-men, and that the fountain at which he warmed his heart and kindled his eloquence was that which flows from Christ.”

 [BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW.]

“This volume will be a welcome gift to many an intelligent and devout mind.  There are few of our modern questions, theological or ecclesiastical, that do not come up for discussion in the course of these Epistles to the Christians at Corinth.”

 [MORNING HERALD.]

“No one can read these lectures without being charmed by their singular freshness and originality of thought, their earnest, simple eloquence, and their manly piety.  There is no mawkish sentiment, no lukewarm, semi-religious twaddle, smacking of the Record; no proclamation of party views or party opinions, but a broad, healthy, living, and fervent exposition of one of the most difficult books in the Bible.  Every page is full of personal earnestness and depth of feeling; but every page is also free from the slightest trace of vanity and egotism.  The words come home to the reader’s heart as the utterance of a sincere man who felt every sentence which flowed from his lips.”

 [PRESS.]