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OF THE CHURCH OF AMERICA

John Jacob Robertson was born in the city of New York
March 6, 1797. He inherited so frail a constitution from his
mother, whom he lost in early childhood, that it was feared
he would not long survive her. When about seven years of
age he began to gain in strength, and was noted in boyhood
for a keen relish for outdoor sports, together with an intense
love of nature.
He soon became a botanist, and began to gather a choice
collection of shells and minerals, which became in later years
a great delight. While full of life and spirits, he was naturally
of a serious and studious turn of mind, and was always an
omnivorous reader and a collector of books, especially of sci
entific works and of those on the literature of the Church of
which he early became a devout communicant.
At nineteen he graduated with high honor from Columbia
College, New York. Always far from robust, his health failed
and hemorrhages from the lungs induced his father, a prosper
ous West India merchant, proud of his talented son and
alarmed for his health, to send him to Europe to travel and
recruit. This trip was not then an every-day affair, for it was
previous to the advent of ocean steamships and before rail
roads had penetrated everywhere. The sea voyage proved
beneficial, and his appearance, manners, and fine qualities of
mind and heart procured him a welcome entrance into the
choicest social scientific and ecclesiastical circles.

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In England he was the honored guest of the mother of
the Bishop of India (Reginald Heber, author of the hymn
" From Greenland's Icy Mountains,") of William Wilberforce,
the great philanthropist, of the Bishop of Norwich, father of
Dean Stanley, and of others of note.
In Sweden one of the court attaches in recognition of his
botanical ability presented him with an excellent likeness in
water colors. In Rome he entered that charming circle of
which Baron Bunsen, chief of the German Legation, and his
admirable wife, were the leaders, and became intimate with
the Secretary Brandis, who later was Counsellor to King Otho
of Greece. In company with the clever Countess Von Hum
boldt, wife of the great savant of that name, the two friends
made delightful journeys, and his literary and scientific tastes
were emphasized by this association, but the religious tone of
his character was its strongest element. He had early resolved
to devote himself to the ministry, and studied on his return
home with ardor and enthusiasm.
His studies were pursued under the guidance of Bishop
Griswold, and it was then that his mind was especially drawn
toward missions. The very essence of his being was his love
of Christ and his Church and the desire to obey the divine
command to " preach the Gospel to every creature " became
stronger and stronger. Ordained deacon by Bishop Gris
wold in Bristol, Rhode Island, December 10, 1820, he served
as assistant in New London, Conn. In 1821 he was married
by Bishop Griswold to Julia A. Henshaw, a sister of the late
Bishop Henshaw of Rhode Island, and took charge of the
Church at Winchester, Va. He was ordained priest by
Bishop Moore at Walker's Church May 19, 1822. He was
elected Professor of Languages in the University of Vermont
in 1824, and in 1825 opened a classical school in Baltimore,
Md. A fearful illness he had, succeeded by the loss of a child
of rare promise, caused the wife such anguish that her hair

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turned gray in one night. To the last her husband carried
always a tress of her hair in its original hue in his pocket-
book, and at times showed it to her children, who only remem
bered her with silvered locks. After these severe illnesses
the doctor built up his constitution by care and lived to the
good old age of eighty-four years. He was erect as an Indian
all his life, and his hair never lost its dark hue.
He was an active and corresponding member of various
scientific societies in Europe and the United States, and also
a charter member of the New York Historical Society. In
the period of enforced idleness for the recovery of his health,
Dr. Robertson again visited Europe, and now his attention
was forcibly turned to the spiritual destitution of the charm
ing countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea. Both in
Italy and France, by conversation and the distribution of the
Sacred Scriptures and tracts, he enjoyed some opportunities
of acting as a Missionary though without a regular commis
sion. His regret was keen that our own beloved Church of America
was not on the field as were the American Board and the Eng
lish Church Missionary Society, and his longing to be an
accredited agent of the same became intensified.
His heart was especially fired for Greece, which was then
in the midst of most strenuous efforts to recover her long lost
liberty; for now, from 1821 to 1829, after a long night of
subjection to the barbarous yoke of the Turk, the spirit of
freedom had burst forth with an energy scarcely equalled in
her days of renown. It was at this their hour of need that
Byron lost his life in the Greek cause. Here, from this soil
lately dyed with blood, had risen the voice of weeping and
lamentation and great mourning of thousands of wretched
widows and orphans, and reaching across the wide Atlantic
this voice had entered the ears of American citizens, whose gov
ernment at the solicitation of the ardent patriot and philan-

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thropist Dr. Howe of Boston, and of others like-minded, sent
ships of supplies to this stricken land and people.
At this time when all hearts were throbbing with pity
and sympathy for the Greeks, Dr. Robertson returned and
urged that the Church in America should send out a mission
to the Church of Greece, crushed under tyranny, and he offered
himself freely and for life.
Abandoning the inviting prospects opening before him, as
a youthful scholar whose merits were already recognized, he
stood forth as a champion, the first of all, ready to serve in
any work that the Church might undertake for the aid, the
comfort, and the elevation of the Churches of the East.
The fulness of his heart found vent in the following lines
in 1827 : Is there no voice to plead for Greece !
No tongue to trumpet forth her woe,
No herald of the Prince of Peace
Her Zion's bleeding wounds to show.
Rise, God's anointed ones! proclaim
Her altars prostrate, fanes denied ;
Her priesthood blinded, halt and lame,
Her sons, through ignorance beguiled !
Hark to a cry from Macedon !
From Athens, Corinth, Scio, Crete !
Come o'er and help us ! Ye who. own
Truth's sacred chart, come guide our feet.
Now that the Moslem's sway is broke ;
Now that fair freedom on us smiles ;
Our minds release from error's yoke ;
Our souls from sin's deluding wiles.
Our mouldering temples rear ; — expel
Dark superstition's horrid shade,
Forbid this subtlest child of hell
Longer to cheat us or degrade.

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Long buried by her lawless spell
In dreamy slumber — we have lost
Truths, on which Paul erst loved to dwell
When preaching Christ our land he crossed.
Haste then, Ambassadors of God!
Though rolling oceans foam between ;
The scenes which Paul thro' perils trod
Bless with the Gospel's living stream!
Stumbling in darkness — faint with sin ;
Come o'er and help — we anxious cry ;
Spread wide the word — the work begin
To raise our humbled Church on high.
Then brightly shall beam forth her light ;
Before the Cross, the crescent wane ;
And Rome confess the awakened might
With whioh her sons pure truth maintain.
And does no voice responsive sound,
Within our Zion's hallowed walls?
Is no devoted herald found
To answer to these plaintive calls?
Then leaning on Thy Spirit Lord !
My soul this sacred office seeks,
Trusting each promise of Thy word
Feeling "I'm debtor to the Greeks! "
In the autumn of 1828 Dr. Robertson was appointed the
"First Foreign Missionary of the Church in America" by a
society organized for that purpose under Bishop White in
Philadelphia, and sailed for Greece on an investigating tour
January 1, 1829. The Venerable Bishop White, then Presid
ing Bishop, gave him a fraternal letter to the Greek Bishops
and Clergy and asked how we could best serve our Christian
brethren in that classic land just freed from Turkish oppres.
sion. Thus the first practical movement toward the reunion
of Christendom was the sending of Dr. Robertson, the first
Missionary of our American Church as Commissioner to the
sister Church of Greece in Athens in 1829.

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During a stay in Malta he visited the English Church
missionary stationed there, and was also a guest of members
of the American Board, obtaining much valuable information
from them. While there Dr. Robertson was, as the first Mis
sionary of the Church in the United State to a foreign land,
presented to a Bishop of the Armenian Church ; the Bishop ex
claimed, "That is right, the Messiah did not say, Live at ease,
keep within the walls and preach, but ' go ye into all the
world and preach the Gospel to every creature.' " At Corfu
he visited the Bishop of the Island and presented to him the
letter of Bishop White. The Bishop expressed himself as
much pleased with its friendly and religious tone.
The main idea of the instructions for this preliminary,
investigating tour was that the missionary should obtain re
liable information upon the state of the Greek Chureh and
country. This he did by travelling about on horseback, or
by mule. With few exceptions he was forced to lodge in
wretched huts, without bed, chair or table, the bare earth for
flooring ; the smoke, for lack of chimney, finding its way
through the crevices of the roof; the family all sharing the
same apartment, where cooking and all the domestic affairs
had place, the poultry roosting on a pole overhead, and pigs
or sheep huddling in the corner; the muleteer sharing the
same, and the villagers crowding in from curiosity to see the
strangers. The fare was of the poorest, but nothing daunted
his zeal, and he would eagerly enter into conversation with
the village priests, magistrates, schoolmasters, and peasants,
giving them tracts and the scriptures, which were received by
them as if they were gold — precious indeed ! Frequently he
read and expounded the Bible to them, and commending all
to God would wrap himself up in his cloak and strive to sleep.
Everywhere he found the Greek Church in a sadly degraded
and impoverished state, owing to the oppression of centuries.
But there was an eagerness to receive instruction, and a readi-

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ness to impart information on the part of both priests and
people which was most encouraging. There was much to be
hoped from their unswerving attachment to their faith in
Christ and His Church. Dr. Robertson obtained statistics
which added vastly to the value of his report, which on his
return after about a year's absence, he laid before the Society.
By his vivid representation of the depressed state of the
Greek Church he succeeded in creating such interest in that
unfortunate land, that the Society commissioned him to
establish a permanent mission there, and he received his in
structions and commission from Bishop White, then Presiding
Bishop, and the latter document bore his seal, while Doctors
Kemper and Smith, both afterwards Bishops, also signed it
as Secretaries. The instructions were emphatic that the mis
sion was not designed for the purpose of proselytizing, but to
restore and elevate a Sister Church fallen through oppression.
With his wife and three little children, also a press and
printer, Dr. Robertson sailed a second time for Greece, Oct.
II, 1830, accompanied by Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Hill, as Asso
ciate Missionaries. Arriving at the Island of Tenos in De
cember, the winter was spent there, all removing to Athens
the following spring, where schools were opened and the
press established. The missionaries occupied almost the only
habitable home ; this was owing to the ruined state of the city
occasioned by the Turkish ravages. The man servant employed
proved to be the captain of a band of robbers, who in a tem
porary absence of the gentlemen he pillaged and set fire to the
house. The fire, however, was discovered and extinguished.
It was during their residence in Athens that Sir John
Franklin, the great Arctic explorer, and his devoted wife,
became the life-long friends of Dr. Robertson. Many years
after, Lady Franklin visited them in their rural rectory on the
Hudson River. His friendship with the German Secretary
was renewed, and a new one formed with the young King

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Otho of Greece, whose Consort Queen Amelia would give Dr.
Robertson private audience and seek his counsel. But Dr.
Robertson's whole heart was in the mission work, to aid, up
lift and restore the fallen and oppressed Greek Church to its
pristine purity. As Athens was an inland town, seven miles
from the Piraeus or seaport, with rough roads traversed only
by rude two-wheeled ox-carts, this made it a matter of great
difficulty to spread the Scriptures and books of instruction
through the country. It was therefore decided that with his
family and press he should remove to the Island of Syra,
whose noble harbor was frequented by vessels from all ports.
This was done in November, 1833, and the schools were left
in the able hands of Dr. and Mrs. Hill. These they conducted
admirably, doing noble work for over fifty years, and most
deservedly receiving royal recognition.
In Syria also schools were opened, Mrs. Robertson as
before doing excellent work in them. Her husband devoted
much time to the press and to translating, ably aided by his
eldest child, a girl of thirteen, who inherited her father's lin
guistic talent. Services were held in his spacious study, over
looking the sea, and prayer books in various languages were
used and responses made by sailors, travelers, and other for
eign residents who attended. Many were thus reached. The
influence of the mission extended to the numerous islands of
the Grecian Archipelago.
It was in 1839 tnat Dr. Robertson was transferred by the
Society at home to Constantinople and there established what
was known as the "Oriental Mission." The Rev. Horatio
Southgate had previously been sent by the Society on an
investigating tour of the Syrian churches, and on his return
published an account of it in two volumes. On being ordained
priest he joined Dr. Robertson in 1840 as his junior colleague.
Here they were on the most friendly terms with the Greek
Patriarch, to whom they presented the " letter commenda-

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tory," and also with the Syrian and Nestorian Bishops. These
were at times guests of the Doctor in his most hospitable
home, which was ever the resort of distinguished scholars and
travelers, and the friendly gathering place of the Missionaries
of the American Board, and of the members of the various
embassies, and of residents there from diverse countries and
climes. Unfortunately the Church at large in the United States
took little interest in this new Mission. A party spirit had
arisen at home, and there was a clashing of views, causing
distrust, and a consequent lack of funds for the work. There
fore in 1842 Dr. Robertson was recalled. This crushed his
ardent heart, though he never lost his interest in the cause.
He continued to give largely and most self-denyingly of his
means, and toiled untiringly for the work of the Divine Mas
ter. He was unwearying in his efforts to rouse the same
spirit in others, travelling also through the country, preaching
and raising funds. He was largely instrumental in the elec
tion of the Rev. Mr. Southgate, who was consecrated in Phil
adelphia in 1844 to be Bishop of the Mission.
And now this faithful missionary, whose early work in
Greece was the first link toward the " Reunion of Christen
dom " became the equally faithful parish priest, striving in all
things to follow the Master and win souls. But his interest
in missions only ceased with life and he stirred many hearts
to a like enthusiasm. He served as Rector for forty years in
three different parishes, loving his people, and both honored
and beloved by them. He was equally the gentleman to his
dependents as to the Queen, and greeted the plainest folk as
graciously as the grandest. His love of flowers and children
was well known. He and his wife were noted for their kindly
charities and unfailing hospitality. And all loved to come to
the sweet simple rectory at Saugerties, a charming home of
rare refinement where they lived for twenty-two years.

TRINITY CHURCH, SAUGERTIES, N. Y.

OF THE CHURCH IN AMERICA 1 3
At the falling of the leaves in the Centennial year, 1876,
his beloved wife passed into rest, and from that time life had
lost its charm to him. In time he gladly accepted the ser
vices of an assistant.in the person of the Rev. Thomas Cole,
son of the late famous and devout artist of that name, who
rendered loyal and loving service in the parish of which he is
still rector. After 1880, when he was made Rector-Emeritus,
he visibly declined; and on his eighty-fourth birthday, his last
on earth, the first Sunday of March, 1881, was able only to
enter the Church to receive the Holy Communion, when the
vestry and people tenderly drew about him with heartfelt ex
pressions of love and reverence. In the old time picturesque
rectory, embowered in vines and stately trees, beneath the
shadow of the beautiful Catskill Mountains, and nestling be
hind the Church of his last parish on the Hudson, he ended
his days happily and peacefully, beloved and respected by all.
In priestly robes, with the cross he always wore upon his
breast, and followed by a concourse of priests and people, he
was borne to his burial by his faithful vestry.
His parishioners honored him by the placing of a rarely
artistic memorial in the chancel of the Church. It is a large
panel painting in oil. A group of angels hold a scroll bearing
the legend " Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no
guile". And beneath a richly ornamental space is this inscrip
tion — " In memory of John Jacob Robertson, D. D., born in
New York March 6, 1797, made deacon December 10, 1820,
ordained priest May 19, 1822. He was appointed the first
Foreign Missionary of the Church in the United States in
1828, and sailed for Greece January 1, 1829. Returned to
this country in 1842, made Rector of Trinity Church 1859,
Rector-Emeritus 1880. Fell asleep in Jesus October 6, 1881."
Above all is a shield bearing the three priestly emblems,
chalice, paten, and eagle, surrounded by a scroll with the
words, " Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to

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every creature," as the divine command it had been the ser
vice of his life to fulfil.
Was not this heroism ? Was it not a self-devotion
worthy of the best ages and the best spirits of the Church?
Shall we let such examples die and be forgotten in the wild
rush of our modern life? Can the American Church afford to
forget its own heroes? The First Missionary of the American
Church ! The first who bore a message of hope and love to
the down-trodden Church of Greece !

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