The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1892-06-02
AFAMOUs NEW BOOK.
" Darkness aud Daylight" or Lights and
shadows of New York Life.

Darkness aud Day Iight,'' or Lights and
shadows of New York Life.
la this new and superbly illustra-
ted work IA noble Christian woman
tells the thrilling story of her per-
sOnal experience in Gospel, temper
ancc, mission, aud rescue-work in a
great city. No recent publication
il now commanding 80 much atten-
ton nor has any other called forth
such ringing words of "God speed"
from ministers aud eminent women.
Ii has been preached about from
famous puIpitS, subject of many Il
clergyman's Sunday evening lecture.
Its authorship il fourtold, its four
authors heiug no less than:-Mrs.
Helen Campbell, Rev Lyman Abbott,
ID. H., Cot. Thomas w. Knox. and
Inspector Thomas ByTnes. Chief of
the New York Detective Bureau.
Mrs. Camphle, the principal writer,
certainly Wa- woman commission
ed of God, aud "In Ills Name" spent
mauy years "a a city missionary lit
orally "lu Darkest New York"
What wonderful work she did,
How devoted aud blessed her lators
were. Ii IL a story never to he for
gotten. Ills unique volume pre-
SCENTS these thrilling experiences of |
Christian endeavor with the hun |
dreds of pathetic and amusing scenes
that were hacked into them; il por- |
trays city life 10y day and by night |
AS seen 10y woman" il shows the
power of the Gospel Ia redeem souls
from the lowest depths lit gives strik-
ing testimonies of the redeemed;
and from all these rich and varied
experiences II draws the living
truths for head aud heart that are
worth to any reader ten times the
price OF the book. Mrs. Campbell's !
account of rescue-wOrk il full of
wonderfully touching incidents.
Stranger stories are here told than
romance ever dreamed of, every one
of chem drawn from real life by q
woman's hand. In every chapter
she weaves in anecdote after anec-
dOte, incident after incident, story
after story, and the readers attention
is held breathless TO the end of the
volume.
Rev. DIR. Lyman AbbOtt's lifelong
interest in City Missionary work,
aud his personal share in that work,
pre-enHnently fitted him to write for
this book. In his introduction to il
he says
my interest in these phases of
city life dates from my college days.
From that day to this-Orer a third ,
OF a century, have continued the !
studies then begun, and the subject ,
OF this book has been one of the
great subjects of my study-some- I
times in literature, often in life."
No appeal from temperance advO-
Gates can do more to promote the 4
cause of temperance than the thrill
ing scenes and incidents so well dis 4
cribed; at least so say Mrs. Mary A. :
Livermore and Miss Frances T.. &
willard. !,
One of the most Accordingly inter- a
esting portions uf the book is written 4
by Inspector Byrnes giving the ripe .
of thirty years Of detect n
i've life, Many of the startling reve- n
lstiOns he makes are taken from his r
private diary. They have never
before been published.
This fascinating volume is indeed :
a wonderful tale of Christian love a.
reality. The best OF il is
that il Is a pure and elevating book
from beginning to end-a volume for a
the family circle. \
Ii contains 81 superb engravings, ri
every one of them made from photo I.
graphs taken from life, mostly by q
Every face is portrait, G
every scene q stern reality. In look a
ng at these splendid illustrations a,
he reader sees at a glance Just how N
Gospel work is carried on by day and n
~ night by rescue-bands; he Is Q,
shown strange sights in out OF the a,
way places that are rarely or never n
een by the casual visitor; he Is a
AIKEN into cheap lodging houses and
cellars; into the homes of tina poor; g.
ntO newsbuys' lodging-houses; into 4,
he police and detective depart .
nents, etc, nothing seems TO be -
omitted.
We do not know when 40 pages
nave given Us more genuine pleas
Ire. III we speak warmly OF the
'ook, il is because il richly deserves
t. Ii is sold only by agents, and is
Meeting with enormous sale. Agents 81
Who Introduce such book ought to -
'e cordially welcome. \ better work
las certainly never come to our
able. 1t will he read over and over ,
gain by old and young, with ever N
pleasure aud lasting
rofit.
The work il published by the we'll A,
uown firm of 4. ID. Worthington
Co, Hartford, Conn. whose i'm
rint is sufficient guarantee of the TIA
Xcellence of this tirst-class volume.
loyal Octave. 10 pages. 252 fine l..
lates, portraits, aud text iiiustra-
ions.