l) to tell himself of Mr.
Robertson's work in South Africa. We quote from an article published by
him in the _Home and Foreign Mission Record_:--

'Of the work of the Rev. J. Robertson in the field, it is
unnecessary to write, as the newspaper correspondents have referred
so often to his bravery and splendid services. One correspondent
writes to me: "It is no exaggeration to say that the whole of
Methuen's army, and especially the Highland Brigade, deem his
bravery worthy of the V.C. Everywhere, in train or camp, officers'
mess or soldiers' tent, Padre Robertson is proclaimed a hero." I
was pleased to notice in the _Record_ (the Church of England
weekly), the other day, a letter from the Church of England
chaplain who is with Lord Methuen. After describing the battle of
Magersfontein, he refers to the Highland Brigade: "Being chiefly
Highlanders, they were in Robertson's charge. He, good-hearted
fellow, was risking his life in the trenches and under fire to find
General Wauchope's body. Why he was not killed in his fearless
efforts I cannot say." In one of the latest telegrams I see
reference to him at the battle of Koodoosberg, whither he had
accompanied General Macdonald and the Highland Brigade. "One
interesting feature of the fighting was the activity of Chaplain
Robertson. He acted in turns as a galloper, as a water-carrier, and
as a stretcher-bearer. Wherever a ready hand was wanted, the
chaplain was always to the fore, and won golden opinions from
officers and men alike."

'You must not, however, suppose Mr. Robertson's exertions are
altogether in the field or connected with matters which lie
outside his duty as a minister of Christ. While employed by his
general as a despatch rider and intermediary with the Boers, and in
many other ways in which as "non-combatant" he could be useful to
the army, and especially to his own Highlanders, he has given his
chief thought and work to their spiritual concerns. We have all
noticed his name in connection with the pathetic funeral of his
much-loved chief, General Wauchope; but for days after each of the
battles of Modder River and Magersfontein he was busy identifying
and burying the dead. Being, as a Presbyterian minister, a _persona
grata_ to the Boers, he was allowed nearer to their lines than any