iousness, 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.]

"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 characteristic