THE

SERMONS,

LECTURES, AND ADDRESSES

DELIVERED BY

THE VERY REV. THOMAS N. BURKE,

(THE JUSTLY CELEBRATED DOMINICAN PRIEST,)

IN THE PRINCIPAL CITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.

NEW YORK:

THOMAS O'KANE, PUBLISHER,

130 NASSAU STREET.

1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by THOMAS O'KANE, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

WM. MCCREA & Co., STEREOTYpers, Newburgh, N. Y.

PREFACE.

THE Editor has great pleasure in presenting to the American public the following noble specimens of pulpit oratory. For most of these splendid Sermons and Addresses he is indebted to the columns of the New York Irish American, the proprietors of that journal having, with laudable energy and liberality, given faithful reports of almost every word that has fallen from the eloquent lips of the great Dominican Preacher since he has landed upon the friendly shores where so many of his countrymen have found prosperous and happy homes.

FATHER BURKE is one of those rare men, gifted with almost superhuman eloquence, whose presence among us is as beneficial as was that of the angel at the Pool of Siloam, stirring up the lethargic waters to fresh life and utility. The REV. THOMAS BURKE is yet in the first flush of manhood, and likely, in the ordinary course of mundane affairs, to be spared to us for very many years. His personal appearance, no less than his vast classical and scientific attainments, admirably adapt him for the great profession to which he has devoted his life. His physical organization is something truly marvellous; the jewels of the mind, in this instance, are worthily encased. No subject comes amiss to this great orator, who, meanwhile, is as modest as he is learned and eloquent. He can discourse with transcendant ability and