The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-04-13


 the scois-Is His FIrst Trip to America
 and wnI start His Tour Here-His Opinion Of En=IIsh Political Me eosureS,
 The Rev. James Robertson. D. D., pastor of the Haymarkct United Free church of
 Edinburgh, Scotland, is making a visit to
 this city and is the guest of the Rev. An
 drew Burns Chalmers at his home on East Pearl street. DF. Robertson will lecture at the Grand avenue Congregational church on Tuesday evening on Scottish Songs and How to Sing Them" He has been in the
 musical profession for eight years before going into the ministry and is passiOnately fond of music. Possessing a fine baritone voice, he sings and illustrates the songs Of the Scots at his lectures. He is graduate one of the London colleges of music, and | is writer of songs and anthems. He Is
 one of the Scottish members of the Tonic
 S0fe council, a London musical society. He is also member of the United Free church praise committee.
 Asked by a representative of this paper what one he considered the best of the many Scottish songs, he replied:
 'Oh, l don't know. It is like going into
 forest of great trees and trying to say heritage of song as has the Scotch. Their music is full of melody. The music was
 originally prepared for the violin and it | runs very high and very low. l was singer | and a music master for eight years.' Dr. Robertson is a graduate of the Uni versity of Glasgow and took divinity studies l in Edinburgh. He supported himself dur: | ing his educational period by his musical ] market United Free Presbyterian church Of years. The church has over 600 members. | Dr. Robertson begins his featuring tour in
 this city on Tuesday and will lecture ill 1 Philadelphia, Washington, Detroit and go. l ing as far west as Iowa. This is his first | trip to America and he desires to see the | country. What he has seen of. New Haven he likes very much. He says the presence of so many wooden buildings in this city
 is in direct contrast to Scottish cities. where the buildings are mostly of brick and stone. In Scotland the buildings are D.ostly 1 stone and in England of brick. In Aberdeen ! the buildings are all of granite.
 | Dr. Robertson says the educational move
 ment is now engrOssing a great deal of
 thought in England. 4 bill recently passed compels all to pay rates for the established 1 church without adequate representation and the nOn-conformists are indulging in a policy of passive resistance.
 1 All the people of the Baptist, Methodist, l Congregational, Presbyterian-the non-con' 1 formists-are in passive resistance to this
 measure, said Dr. Robertson.
 | ''So that there are now more nOn-conform.
 ists that the English church people. A dil
 vision is bound to come. There will be a
 separation of the church and state. Thd
 present measure is an attempt to make the
 church stronger. but it will prove an intiu-
 ence in favor of separation.
 | The present Irish land bill has a peculiar
 power to unite the landholders and ten ants. It is the most effective measure since
 the work of the Home rule party. It is thd
 only proposal for reform iuwhich all teh 1 Irish interests have been agreed
 1 ''Tha drink question is coming to the front in England and the temperance re-
 form is making progress"
 Dr. Robertson says the feeling of kind. 1 Illness toward the United States has made | great progress in Great Britain of late. This
 feeling is stronger than ever before.