Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-03-21
DR.. John Robertson Is
Now A Major General

l
! Many Richmond people remember
with pleasure the series of sermons,
given in the Christian church by DR..
John Robertson, D. D., LII. D., of
Glasgow, Scotland, and will also re-
member that he left Richmond to join
the Scotch lads as Chaplain. He has
since then been promoted for bravery
in battle. Tuesdays Courier Journal
had the following of interest to his
many friends here:
The Rev. John Robertson, D. D.,
LII. D., of the most noted divines
of Great Britain, and former pastor of |
the City Temple, Glasgow, Scotland,
will conduct series of meetings in |
the Ruggles street Baptist church,
Roxbury, says the Boston Transcript. |
During the war DIR. Robertson was a |
Major and Chaplain with the British
Expeditionary Force in France. For
services rendered at the battle of the
Somme, where he was Chaplain of
Scotch regiment. and led the men in a
heroic charge after the officers r
been killed. he was breyeted Major
General in the British army for barv-
cry.
He is widely known throughout the
| United States, having made many
friends here during his first trip in
1893, when the late Dwight L. Moody,
took him to Chicago to preach, intro
ducing him as "the Scotch evangelist"
He was in the United States again be-
fore the war and established a college
at Lewisburg, w. Va, for the training
of theological students. On taking
up this work of instruction DIR. Rob
ertson had conferred upon him p third
degree, that of LII. D.. BY the Univer-
sity of Glasgow. 1t is highest honor
for scholarship awarded by that aca-
den1ic body.
Now that the war is over Dr. Rob-
ertson will not return to his profess
sor's chair, but has decided to dpZ-ote
himself to a fve-vear evangelistic
tour of the world, with appointments
in Australia. New Zealand and India.
in addition to the United States and
Canada. He began the first mission
of his world tour on Februrav %. at
Lexington, Va, where he conducted
conference W St'fU-HOS ~ t1iC w e@oi'
ingtor, and Lee University. He will
visit Boston, PHILADELPHIA. and Wash
( ington. D. c., in succession.
Among DR.. Robertson's friends in
America was the late Theodore Roose-
|. welt, on whom he called some months
ago at the Harvard Club. New York.
Of this interview DIR. Robertson says
Gas 7 waited a breeze seemed sudden
ly to fill the come in"
, "After our brief Introductory re-
marks he said "The best bit of me is
Scotch and Dutch, I answered, "es-
. neciallv the former" He laughed his
hearty laugh.
~As smoke of the battle of the
Somme in 1916, when the British lost
from their fiohting forces in sixteen
weeks. 100000 men, he said, the
mountains around nv native home in
Scotland = Theodore Roosevelt hac
room. s,1ch breeze as l had felt fran
Great Britain-thinkers such as he
never used the word 'England'-sGreai
Britain True l replied. and the
German plan was in three weeks
Paris; in six weeks, Petrograd; nine
weeks London: in thirteen weeks
New York, and the world was theirs.
he fenIen WIFI an OuuUurSt. ult
not waltz He held ont his hand anr
the Scotchman from the front grippet
it and said. No. the whole worlo
knows YOU did not wait He then tolt
me of his sons and others of his XIII
who were occupied in the greet war
AS we babe one another good bye a
the door he said, by George, woult
like to sit under you
DR.. Robertson is author of TIVE
books on the war, 'The Two Crosses.
How Andrew Cameron Won Them,
and "The Midnight Cry, or the Gun
at Aramgeddon." When he preache
he wears the uniform of his rank il
the British army, that of Major.