" The Sermons and Discourses of Robert Hall are won- 
derful COMPOSITIONS ; wonderful both for the scale and the variety of 
the powers they display ; a head so metaphysical, seeming to have httle in 
common with an imagination so glowing ; declamation so impassioned, 
with wisdom so practical : touches of pathos so tender, with such caustic 
irony, such bold invective, such spirit-stirring encouragements to heroic 
deeds ; and all conveyed in language worthy to be the vehicle of such 
diverse thoughts, precise or luxuriant, stern or playful — that most rare but 
most eloquent, of all kinds of speech, the masculine mother-tongue of an 
able man, which education has chastened, but not killed; constructed 
after no model of which we are aware ; moke massive than Addison, 
more e/vsy and unconstrained than johnson, more sober than 
Burke. 
" The bold diction, the majestic gait of the sentence, the vivid illus- 
tration, the rebuke which could scathe the offender, the burst of honest in- 
dignation at triumphant vice, the biting sarcasm, the fervid appeal to the 
heart, the sagacious development of principle, the broad field of moral 
vision — all these distinguish the compositions of Robert Hall, and we bear 
our most willing testimony to their worth." — Quarierlij Review. 
" In THE ELOQUENCE OF THE PULPIT, ROBERT HalL COMES 
NEARER MaSSILLON THAN EITHER CiCERO OR ^SCHINES TO DEMOS- 
THENES." — Lord Brougham. 
" Here is intellectual food for the scholar, the philosopher, the states- 
man, and the divine ; and expressed in the surpassing language of Robert 
Hall. He who shall give these volumes a place on his table, will not fail 
of satisfaction, on whatever page his eye may chance to rest ; and his 
MIND IS LITTLE TO BE ENVIED, IF FROM THE PERUSAL OF THEM, HE DO 
NOT FIND HIMSELF A MORE ACCOMPLISHED, A WISER, AND A BETTER 
MAN." — Church of England Quarterly Reviejv. 
" I will give my general opinion of this divine in the words that 
were employed to describe a prelate, whose writings, I believe, are familiar 
to him, and whom he strongly resembles in fertility of imagination, in 
vigour of thinking, in rectitude of intention, and holiness of life. Yes, 
Mr. Hall, like Jeremy Taylor, ' has the elociuence of an 
orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a scjhoolman, 
the profoundness of a philosopher, and the piety of a saint.' " 
Parr {Spital Sermon). 
" The excellence of Mr. Hall does not consist in the predominance of 
one of his powers, but in the exquisite proportion and harmony of all. 
The richness, variety, and extent of his knowledge, are not less remarkable 
than his absolute mastery over it. His style is one of the clearest 
AND simplest — THE LEAST ENCUMBERED WITH ITS OWN BEAUTY — OF 
ANY WHICH EVER HAS BEEN WRITTEN.— London Magazine. 
" His sermons are distinguished by solid and profound philosophy, 
and breathe a spirit of humility, piety, and charity, worthy of that pure 
and divine religion, to the defence of which the author has concentrated 
his talents. His eloquence is of the highest order, the natural effusion of 
a fertile imagination and of an ardent mind, while his style is easy, 
various, and_animated. On a review of all his various excellencies, we 
cannot but expect with confidence that the name of Robert Hall will 
BE PLACED BY POSTERITY AMONG THE BEST WRITERS OF THE AGE, AS 
WELL AS THE MOST VIGOROUS DEFENDERS OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH, 
AND THE BRIGHTEST EXAMPLES OF CHRISTIAN CHARITY." 
Sir J. Macintosh, 
