ROBERTSON OF BRIGHTON.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'1
Sin,—As I heard Frederick Robertson preach when I was a child, in 1851, I wish to bear my testimony to his wonderful eloquence. I have never forgotten the enthusiasm with which he dwelt on the desire of the human sou to commune with the Divine Being. The words of his text, "Like as the hart desireth the water brooks, so longeth my soul after Thee, 0 God," seemed to gain new life and power from the strong feeling which vibrated in the voice of the preacher. I have been told that a lady in his congregation objected once to some of his doctrines, and after the service followed him to the vestry to remonstrate ; his answer to her was, "Madam, I don't .care." "Don't you know," she asked, "where don't care leads to?" "Yes, madam, to the cross on Calvary."—I
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