young priests and priests no longer young; and it is not likely
to drop out of use after a few months. Father Phelan speaks from
wide, practical experience, and he develops his views with
clearness and earnestness, and with many fresh and vivid
illustrations. We would be surprised to hear that any priest
young or old taking up 'The Young Priest's Keepsake' and turning
over the pages, at No. 50 Upper O'Connell Street, laid it down
and went out without arranging to have it sent after him."--
_Irish Monthly_.
"It is well known that Father Phelan is an authority on the
subject of pulpit eloquence, for he is himself one of the most
eloquent preachers of the Jesuit Order, and his profound
eloquence and ripe scholarship are only equalled by his deep
knowledge of human nature. . . . The theological students and
others who wish to acquire the art of speaking to the heart, and
preachers who realize that they themselves are becoming stale and
commonplace, cannot do better than read and inwardly digest this
beautiful work."--_Galway Express_.
"'The Young Priest's Keepsake' seems to us an exceedingly
practical and commonsense work. When we have said this much we
have said no more of Father Phelan's book than it deserves. The
volume has been admirably produced by Messrs. M. H. Gill & Son,
on Irish paper, with Irish ink, and bears the imprimatur of the
Irish trade mark. We hope it will have the wide circulation it
deserves."--_Irish Catholic_.
"The Rev M. J. Phelan, S.J., gives youthful clerics the benefit
of his personal experience as a student in ecclesiastical
colleges, and a missionary for almost a quarter of a century in
Australia and Ireland. The volume has a chapter on culture, one
on English, three on sermons, and a final one on elocution. They
are all suggestive, and some of them will prove not unprofitable
to priests who can no longer be called young."--_Ave Maria_.
End of Project Gutenberg's The Young Priest's Keepsake, by Michael Phelan