Frederick W. Robertson

Frederick W. Robertson
 
The sermons of Frederick William Robertson (1816 - 1853) were almost never written down as he preached them (as Spurgeon's were).  He generally dictated them to a member of whatever family he visited--usually later the same day.

This is a listing of his sermons, arranged in the order they are published in Sermons Preached at Brighton, with an additional sermon from another source at the end.

Sermon 1 * Preached April 29, 1849
God's Revelation of Heaven
I Corinthians 2:9,10

Sermon 2 * Preached June 6, 1849
Parable of the Sower (Confirmation Lecture)
Matthew 8:1-9

Sermon 3 * Preached June 10, 1849
Jacob's Wrestling (Confirmation Lecture)
Genesis 32:28,29

Sermon 4 * Preached August 12, 1849
Christian Progress by Oblivion of the Past
Philippians 3:13,14

Sermon 5 * Preached October 21, 1849
Triumph Over Hindrances: Zaccheus
Luke 19:8

Sermon 6 * Preached October 28, 1849
The Shadow and Substance of the Sabbath
Colossians 2:16,17

Sermon 7 * Preached November 4, 1849
The Sympathy of Christ
Hebrews 9:15,16

Sermon 8 * Preached November 11, 1849
Pharisees and Sadducees and John’s Baptism
Matthew 3:7

Sermon 9 * Preached November 5, 1849
Caiaphas's View of Vicarious Sacrifice
John 11:49-53

Sermon 10 * Preached December 2, 1849
Realizing the Second Advent
Job 19:25-27

Sermon 11 * Preached December 6, 1849
First Advent Lecture - The Greek
Romans 1:14-17

Sermon 12 * Preached December 13, 1849
Second Advent Lecture - The Roman
Romans 1:14-16

Sermon 13 * Preached December 20, 1849
Third Advent Lecture - The Barbarian
Acts 28:1-7

Sermon 14 * Preached December 15, 1849
The Principle of the Spiritual Harvest
Galatians 6:7-8

Sermon 15 * Preached December 31, 1849
The Loneliness of Christ
John 16:31,32

Sermon 16 * Preached October 20, 1850
The New Commandment of Love to One Another
John 13:34

Sermon 17 * Preached June 15, 1851
The Message of the Church to Men of Wealth
I Samuel 25:10,11

Sermon 18 * Preached June 22, 1851
Christ's Judgment Respecting Inheritance
Luke 12:13-15

Sermon 19 * Preached July 13, 1851
Freedom by the Truth
John 8:32

Sermon 20 * Preached at the Autumn Assizes, held at Lewes, 1852
The Kingdom of the Truth
John 18:37

Sermon 21 * Preached November 7, 1852
The Skepticism of Pilate
John 18:38

Sermon 22 * Preached on the first day of Public Mourning for the Queen Dowager, Dec. 1849
The Israelite's Grave in a Foreign Land
Genesis 1:24-26

Sermon 23 * Preached January 6, 1850
The Star in the East
Matthew 2:1,2

Sermon 24 * Preached February 10, 1850
The Healing of Jairus's Daughter
Matthew 9:23-25

Sermon 25 * Preached March 10, 1850
Baptism
Galatians 3:26-29

Sermon 26 * Preached March 17, 1850
Baptism
I Peter 3:21

Sermon 27 * Preached October 13, 1850
Elijah
I Kings 19:4

Sermon 28 * Preached January 12, 1851
Notes on Psalm 51
Psalm 51

The following sermons have not been converted to web pages yet.
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Sermon 29 * Preached March 2, 1851
Obedience the Organ of Spiritual Knowledge

Sermon 30 * Preached March 30, 1851
Religious Depression

Sermon 31 * Preached April 6, 1851
Faith of the Centurion

Sermon 32 * Preached July 27, 1851
The Restoration of the Erring

Sermon 33 * Preached Christmas Day, 1851
Christ the Son

Sermon 34 * Preached April 25, 1852
Worldliness

Sermon 35 * Preached November 14, 1852
The Sydenham Palace and the Religious Non-Observance of the Sabbath

Sermon 36 * Preached January 2, 1853
The Early Development of Jesus

Sermon 37 * Preached January 9, 1853
Christ's Estimate of Sin

Sermon 38 * Preached January 16, 1853
The Sanctification of Christ

Sermon 39 * Preached January 23, 1853
The First Miracle--I. The Glory of the Virgin Mother

Sermon 40 * Preached January 30, 1853
The First Miracle--II. The Glory of the Divine Son

Sermon 41 * Preached March 20, 1853
The Good Shepherd

Sermon 42 * Preached Easter Day, March 27, 1853
The Doubt of Thomas

Sermon 43 * Preached May 8, 1853
The Irreparable Past

Sermon 44 * Preached April 28, 1850
The Tongue

Sermon 45 * Preached May 5, 1850
The Victory of Faith

Sermon 46 * Preached Whitsunday, May 19, 1850
The Dispensation of the Spirit

Sermon 47 * Preached May 26, 1850
The Trinity

Sermon 48 * Preached June 2, 1850
Absolution

Sermon 49 * Preached June 9, 1950
The Illusivbeness of Life

Sermon 50 * Preached June 23, 1850
The Sacrifice of Christ

Sermon 51 * Preached June 30, 1850
The Power of Sorrow

Sermon 52 * Preached August 4, 1850
Sensual and Spiritual Excitement

Sermon 53 * Preached August 11, 1850
Purity

Sermon 54 * Preached February 9, 1851
Unity and Peace

Sermon 55 * Preached January 4, 1852
The Christian Aim and Motive

Sermon 56 * Preached January 4, 1852
Christian Casuistry

Sermon 57 * Preached January 11, 1852
Marriage and Celibacy

Sermon 58 * Preached January 11, 1852
The Christian Church a Family

Sermon 59 * Preached January 25, 1852
The Law of Christian Conscience

Sermon 60 * Preached May 16, 1852
Victory Over Death

Sermon 61 * Preached June 20, 1852
Man?s Greatness and God's Greatness

Sermon 62 * Preached June 27, 1852
The Lawful and Unlawful Use of Law--A Fragment

Sermon 63 * Preached February 21, 1853
The Prodigal and His Brother

Sermon 64 * Preached May 15, 1853
John's Rebuke of Herod

Sermon 65 * Preached January, 1848
The Character of Eli

Sermon 66 * Preached March, 1848
The Appointment of the First King of Israel

Sermon 67
Prayer

Sermon 68 * Preached January 25, 1852
Perversion, as Shown in Balaam's Character

Sermon 69 * Preached February 1, 1852
Selfishness, as Shown in Balaam's Character

Sermon 70 * Preached December 28, 1851
The Transitoriness of Life

Sermon 71 * Preached July 7, 1850
Views of Death

Sermon 72 * Preached December 12, 1852
Waiting for the Second Advent

Sermon 73 * Preached November 18, 1849
The Sinlessness of Christ

Sermon 74 * Preached November 9, 1851
Christ's Way of Dealing With Sin

Sermon 75 * Preached June 6, 1852
Regeneration

Sermon 76 * Preached July 4, 1852
An Election Sermon

Sermon 77 * Preached November 24, 1850
Isaac Blessing His Sons

Sermon 78 * Preached April, 1849
Salvation Out of the Visible Church

Sermon 79 * Preached 1849
The Word and the World

Sermon 80 * Preached June 24, 1849
Solomon's Restoration

Sermon 81 * Preached June 18, 1851
Joseph's Forgiveness of His Brethren

Sermon 82 * Preached November 15, 1849
A Thanksgiving Day After Cholera

Sermon 83 * Preached August 8, 1852
Christian Friendship

Sermon 84 * Preached February 2, 1851
Reconciliation by Christ

Sermon 85 * Preached March 13, 1853
The Pre-Eminence of Charity

Sermon 86 * Preached January 8, 1849
The Unjust Steward

Sermon 87 * Preached February 16, 1851
The Orphanage of Moses--A Sermon Preached on Behalf of the Orphan Society

Sermon 88 * Preached December, 1847
Christianity and Hindooism--An Advent Lecture

Sermon 89 * Preached January 13, 1850
Rest

Sermon 90 *
The Humane Society--A Sermon Preached on Its Behalf

Sermon 91 * Preached December 1, 1850
Three Times in a Nation's History

Sermon 92 * Preached December 8, 1850
Inspiration

Sermon 93 * Preached Good Friday, 1851
The Last Utterances of Christ

Sermon 94 * Preached for the Hospital, Christ Church, Cheltenham: April 26, 1846
Typified by the Man of Sorrows, the Human Race




F. W. Robertson Links

Other Books

Life and Letters of the Rev. Frederick William Robertson - Published by K. Paul, Trench, & Co., 1884

Lectures on the Influence of Poetry and Wordsworth - Published by H.R. Allenson, 1906


Reviews and Literary Notices

The North American Review - Sermons, preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, by the late Rev. Frederick W. Robertson: pp. 268-269 (1857)

The North American Review - Sermons preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton: pp. 729-733 (1857)

Continental Monthly - Sermons, Preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton, by the late Rev. Frederick W. Robertson, M.A.: pp. 117 (1864)

The Century - Frederick W Robertson, by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)

The Atlantic Monthly - Life and Letters of F. W. Robertson pp. 119-122 (1886)


Biographies

1911 Encyclopedia

Wikipedia listing for F.W. Roberston

The Glorious Unseen by Rev. David Dunn Wilson (first page of article only) for The Expository Times (1993)


Sermons

BibleTeacher.org - has a number of Robertson sermons (duplicates of sermons listed above)

Sermons Preached at Brighton, Third Series - part of Project Gutenburg, with HTML, plain text, and Plucker (Palm PDA) formats available


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