Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-05-26
Darkness and Daylight"
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS or NEW YORK
LIFE.

thrilling story of her personal expert
ence in Gospel, temperance, mission
and rescue-work in a great city. No
recent publication is now commanding
so much attention nor has any other
called forth such ringing words Of
.'GOd-speed' from ministers and emil
nent women. 1t has been preached
about from famous pulpits, read By tens
of thousands OF subscribers. and made
the subject of many clergyman's Sun
day evening lecture. Its authorship is
fourfold. lis authors being no less than:
Mrs. Helen Campbell. Rev LYMAN
Abbott. ID d, Col Thomas w. Knox.
and Inspector Thomas Byrnes, Chief of
( the New York Detective Bureau.
Mrs. Campbell. the principal writer.
certaieiy was woman commissioned
OF God. and I'm His Name" spent many
/ years as city missionary literally In
! Darkest New York. " What wonder
| full work she did. How devoted and
| blessed her labors were. 1t is story
never to be forgotten. This unique vol
ume presents these thrilling experiences
of Christian endeavor with the hundreds
of pathetic and amusing scenes that
were packed Into them; it portrays life
in great city by day and by night LAS
Seen by a Wom an" It shows the power
of the Gospel to redeem souls from the
lowest depths; it gives striking testi-
monies of the redeemed; and from all
these rich and varied experiences it
draws living truths for head and heart
that are worth to any reader ten times
the price Of the book. Mrs. CampbelPs
account of rescue-woTk is full of wond-
erfully touching incidents. Stranger
stories are here told than romance ever
dreamed Of every one of them drawn
/ from real life by woman's hand. In
every chapter she weaves in anecdote
after anecdote. incident after incident,
story after story, ard the readers at
tenton i held breathless to the end of
/ the volume. Strange but most sug-
gestive is the fact" says Bishop Coke
| in warmly cOmmending this volume.
THAT Christ is to be visited in mind
when He says: 'Ye visited me;' or.
when he says: 'Ye did it not to Me. -
Rev Dr. LYMAN Abbott's lifelong
interest in City Mission work, and his
personal share in that work. pre-emi-
nently fitted him to write for this book
In his Introduction to it he say
mt interest in these phases of city life dates
from my college days. From that day to this
studies tLen begun and the subject of this book
has been 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 IF
temperance than tine thrilling scenes
and incidents So we'll described; at least
SO say Mrs. Mary A. Livermore and
Miss Frances f Willard.
One of the most absorbingly interest
ing portions of the book is that written
by Inspector Byrnes giving the ripe
experience of thirty years of detective
life Many of the startling revelations
he makes are taken from his private
diary. They haye never before been
! published.
This fascinating volume is indeed
wonderful tale of Christian love and
faith, all alive with intense and riking
reality. The best of it is that 1t is
pure and elevating book from beginning
to end "a volume for the family circle.
On this point the words of Rev DR..
Twjchel (who has a family of ten
children) and Rev. Dr. Magoun, Presi-
dent Iowa College. are worth quoting
/ uctCs ILL., i WlCutil NIiLSSs- WY WIG
says that she is gong to set our young
people on the book right off, for the
good it will do them;" and President
Magoun says, My family flnds, where
other books on our shelves lack interest.
this one always holds and rewards at
tention
1t contains 252 superb engravings,
every one of them made from photo
graphs taken from life. mostly by fash
| 6ght Every face is portrait, every
scene stern reality. In looking at
these splendid illustrations the reader
sees at glance Just how Gospel work
is carried on by day and by night by
rescue bands;he is 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' lodging houses; into the po-
! lice and detective departments, etc. -
nothing seems to be omitted
We do not know when 740 pages
have given us more genuine pleasure.
Ii We speak warmly OF the book, it is
because it richly deserves it. 1t is sold
only by agents, and is meeting with an
enormous sale. Agents who iItroduce
such work ought to be cordially well
coined. A better work has certainly
never come to our table. It will be-
read over and over again by old and
young, with ever increasing pleasure
and lasting profit.
The work is published bv the old and
well-known firm Of A d. Worthington
& CO.. Hartford, Conn, whose imprint
is sufficient guarantee of the excellence
of this first class volume Royal Octave,
| 740 pages 252 fine plates, portraits,
and text illustrations.
Miss NINA BRADLEY Agent.
| Lancaster Wis