The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-19

lat BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD I
)RNIEG, OCTOBER 10, 1878.
Prinate and kissed his episcopal ring. he knelt
for few moments in prayer, then ascending
the beautifully designed pulpit, fore moment |
the xas q tho awful
when Christ shall come in majesty to judge |
To give o summary Of the sermon, |
even l were good hand . at con.dnens,ng;
master Of sacred eloquence, who, like the
learned and holy founder Of his Order. stands
forth pre-eminent for all the graces that should
lities of child Of genius. So beautiful and
philosophic q discourse on the senses Of man
and the soothing powers OF religious music
heart to forgss iss Sorrows sad raising the de-
jected children Of Eve, through whom sin and
death entered the world to tho New Jerusalem
purchased for them b the blood Of Christ dss
where the endless canticle of Holy, Holy Lord
God Of Sabaoth shall fill the just with JOY for
eternity, was never before perhaps pronounced
his evident zeal for the glory of God and the
conversion Of sinners, his rapt and heavenly
looks. and the ease with which, smooth as the
MstsIs Of mighty river hs tSs
attention and command the admiration OF all,
could not fail to move the most obdurate
heart. To she illiterate his very appearance
in the pulpit was in itself o sermon, whilst to
the educated his unbouDded range of intelleo-
tual' requirements, his comprehensive and
beautifully trained mind, as dociie and subser-
his ornate diction, his beautiful imagery and
striking similes. must have been as eupremeiy
gratifying az all were inexpressibly grand and
On Monday there was q reception in the Con-
vent of Mercy in this town, when Father
Burke again preached, and on Sunday next,
the asth Of September the new Church r., Of pro
dedicated by the Most Rev. Dr. Leahy, the
Lord Primste and the Most Rev. DR.. Dorian, of
Belfast, presiding, when Pontifical High Mass
of Clogher. and the dedication sermon preach
ed by Father Burke. You see, then, that the
Great Dominican is kept ss busy ct homo as be
was in America, We read in Numbers ina.
Princes, because he was jealous for God and
made atonement for the wickedness Of the
Children of Israel, for which four and twenty
thousand of them were slain, turned away
! frem them the wrath of God-and so In this
our day, may the burning zeal OF this tfnly
! great man Of God-this faithful servant of his
Divine Master, this eloquent and fearless re-
Aud vipdicator of his inaligued countrymen
from the obloquy and persecution OF their i'm
placable enemies, coupled with the atonement
Order 81 TIE G9rstSa
| Of God from dear old ireland, save her indie
fatigsbie children at home and abroad, and
calm the storms by which the Church IL every
More than s3oo was collected after the SER
mon, which, considering the frequency OF cha
/ rita6le calls and the part every one took 20 re,
Cathedral of Armagh, the ornament Of onr
country and the pride of our people bespeaks
we'll for the Christian liberality Of the Catho-
lies of Dundalk. Together with the proceeds
of the admission tickets, it will 60 far to liqui
date the debt incurred by the popular ana re
spected prior, the Very Rev Father Dnny
whose praise, as we'll as that OF his amisole
, and jealous coadjutor, many tongue in town
, and country relates. Right nobly hsve theJ
carried on the work bequeathed to them by tn
late prior and his assistant, the Very Key: Or
whom are sleeping their last sleep beneath tn
, roof of the beautiful and majestic tempI
, whose foundations they laid, but which neithc
lived to sec completely
Z This church, With its adjoining priory, is |
: great ornament to the. town. And here ma!
: remark that there Is NOT in the ktngdom
Z town of the same size and popnlation Wnlcl
i dark. The spacious Cathedral of st. Patriek
} which have heard cost more than &SOIVlP, >
. greatly ana justly admired both for sxserp %
a Srandeur and internal decoration. the re
4 mains of the lste Most Rev. Dr. Ktcrans Wn
Q was parish priest Of Dundalk foT SwonY yeeal
i and under whose auspices the CsthedEal We
q brouRht to its highly finished state, Eepoge %
/. fore the Altar Of Our Lady. The Church 2
h &C. Nichoias, which wss also built BY the lat
q Primate Is an admirable structure, and hnis[
!. are also churches of much architectural be1ut
l. and grand symmetrical proportions attae ;lH,
a to the fourishing college OF the Rev. fathe
h of the Society OF Mary and the convent of th
h sisters of Mercy. The Christian Brothers haI
n four excellent schools, attended daily ~ MOI
10 than four hundred children, with noble res
=. dence adjoining, the surrounding grount
n, heinz 40 nicely Kept and the whole SO taet
ID fully ornamented with eveTgreens, both natl'
n and exotic, that the place looks like yeri
ar able Eden And in the suburban parish
i. Fapghart, from which write, there are ~
be commOdious, neatly kept churches; and Il
~ Of the naTiah who received their carly educ
ar tion In The schools under the management
he the parish priest, whose earnest and prscti'
ut instructions ct Sunday ochool prepared ~
Il. 70 we'll for she stormy battle Of htes many
h. heart in the new weird woald bound with