The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-06-16
THE FAMOUS NEW BOOK /,
"Darkness and Daylight or Lights
and Shadows of New York Life.

In this new and superbly illustrated
work noble Christian woman tells the
thrilling story of her personal experience
in Gospel, temperance, mission, and res
cue-work in great city. No recent pa,
licatlon is now commanding so much at
| tention nor has any other called forth
such ringing words of God. speed" from
ministers and eminent women II has
been preached about fron famous pul-
pits, read by tens of thousands of SUBJ
scribers, and made the sul,icct of many
a cergyman's Sunday evening lecture.
Its authorship is fourfold, its four authors
being no les than Mrs. Helen Camp
bell, Rev. Lyman Abbatt, d. d, Col.
Thomas W Knox. and Inspector Thomas
Byrnes, Chief Of the New York Detective
Bureau.
Mrs. Cambell, the principal writer, cer-
tainly was II woman commissioned
OF God, and ain His Name" spelt many
wears as city missionary literally "In
Darkest New York" What IA wonderful
work she did. How devoted and blessed
her labors were. 1t is story never to
be forgotten. This unique volume pre-
sents these thrilling experiences ofC iris-
tian endeavor with the hundreds uf ,,s-
thetic and amusing scenes that were
packed into them it porttays life in a.
great city by day and by night las Seen.
by Woman" it shows the power Of
the Gospel to redeem souls iron, the low
est depths; it gives striking testimonies
OF the redeemed and from all these rich
| and varied experiences i, draws living
truths Tor head and heart that are worth
| TO any reader ten times the price of the
book. Mrs Campbeli's account of res
cue. work is full of wonderfully touching,
| incidents. Stranger stories are here told
than romance ever dreamed Of, every
one OF them drawn from real life by a
woman's hand. In every chapter she
weaves in anecdote after anecdote, in
cident after incident, story after story,
and the readers attention is held breath.
less to the end of the volume. Strange
but most suggestive is the fact" saws
Bishop Coke in warmly commencing
this volume, "that Christ is to be visited
whom He will bear in mind wnen He
says; 'Ye visited me- or, when He says ;,
'le did it not to Me-"
Rev, DR.. Eyman Abbott's lifelong in.
terest in City Mission work, aud his
personal share in that work, pre-. emf
nenily fitted him to write for this book.
In his Introduction to it he SAYS
My interest in these phases of city
life dates from my college days. From
that day to this-orer THIRD q q century,
have continued the studies then began,
and the subject of this book has been
one OF the great subjects of my study
sometimes in literature, often in life"
| No appeal from temperance advocates
can do more to promote the cause Of
temperance than the thrilling scenes aud
incidents so well described at least SO
say Mrs. Mary Fl. Livermore and Miss
Frances f. Willard.
One OF the most absorbirgly interest
ing portions of the DooK is that written
by Inspector Byrnes giving the ripe ex-
perience of thirty years OF detective life.
Many of the startling revt lations he
makes are taken from his private diary.
They have never before bet II published.
This fascinating volume is indeed d
wonderful tale OF Christian love and faith,
all alive with intense aud striking reality.
The best of it is that it is pure and ele-
waiting book from beginning to end-s
volume Tor the family circle. On this
point the words of Rev. DR.. Twichell
(who has a family of ten childr-n) audi
Rev.Dr. Magoun, President Iowa College,
are worth quoting here DR.. Twichelb
writrs,-"My wife says that she is going
to set our young people on the book right.
OH, for the good it will do them; and
President Magoun says,-''My family
finds, where other books on our shelves
lack interest, this one always holds an&
rewards attention"
1t contains 252 superb eng, ,avings,
every one of them made from photographs
taken from life, NASTY by Hash light. Every
lace Is a portrait, every scene a stern
reality. In looking at these splendid
illustrations the reader sees at glance
just how Gospel work is carried on by
day and by hight by rescue bau'ts he iss
shown strange sights in out OF the way
places that are rarely or never seen by
the casual visitor; he is taken into cheap.
lodging houses and cellars into the
homes OF the poor !; into newsboys' lodg--
ing-hou-es; into the police and detective
departments, etc nothing seems to be
omitted.
We do not know when 40 pages have
given us more genuine pleasure. II We
speak warmly of the book, it il because
it richly deserves it. 1t is sold only by
agents, and is meeting with an enormous.
sale. Agents who introduce such work
ought to be cordially welcomed. A bet.
ter work has certainly never come to our
table. 1t will be read over and over again
by old and young, with ever increasing
pleasure and lasting profit.
The work is published by the old and
wellknown firm OF A. D. Worthington
& Co., Hartford, Conn, whose imprins
is sufficient guarantee Of the excellence
Of this frstclass volume. Royal Octave.
740 pages. 252 fine plates, portraits, and
text illustrations. For sale by
DUDLEY HILL, Nevin, Ohio.>.
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