The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-01-05
FAMOUS NEW BOOK. -
Darkness aud Daylight " or Lights
and Shadows uf New York Lift.n

NUU 0ufaOO~o I" New / " 1Ilcs
IL this new aud sup~,b!y illustrated
work u Noble christ ian woman tells the
thrilling story OF iier personal expert
eiIce in G,.Spe!, temperance, mission,
and rescue work in u great city. M
rece 1T publication, is now commanding
81 tnu nucIl attention nor has any Olh~r
cx:Itd forth such ringing words Of God
speed from ministers aud eminent
women. 1t las been preached about
from famous pulpits, read by tens Of
th"usa"'is Of subscribers, and made
tho subject Of many Clergyman 8 sun
day evening l-c,u e. Its authorship
10 fuurf.'l.i. its fnmr authors being no
less: than: Mrs. Helen Campbell, Rev.
Lyman Abbott, u. II Col. Thomas ".
Knnx, aud inspector Thomas Byrnes,
Chief Of the New York Detective Bu-
reau. 49,.
Mrs. Campbell. the principal writer,
.certxiuly was u woman commissioned
.nf God, and I'm His Name" spent
many years as 4 city mtssi.r,xry liter
,silYs = Im Darkest New York. ), What
i wondrrfu fui work SHE did How d4vO
ted and blessed her labors were, Tits
y stnry never to be forgotten. This
unique volume presents these thrilling
experiences Of Christia" endpavor will,
the hundreds Of pathetic and amusing
scenes that were packed into them; it
post rays life imA great city by day and
Ivy night AS seen by 4 WOman;" it
shows the power If the Gospel to re-
DEEM souls from the lowest depths; it
gives striking testimonies Of the re-
deemed; and from all these rich and
varied experiences it draws living
truths f"r head and heart that are
worth to any reader ten times the price
Of the book. Mrs. Campbtll's account
of rescue work is full Of wonderful.
touching incidents.
Rev. DR.. Lyman Ahbrtt'S lifelong
interest IN City Mission work, and his
personal share in that work, pre-emi-
,;ently fitted him to write for this book.
In his introduction tn it lie says: "My
interest in these phases If city life
dates from my college days. From that
day to this-Over third If 4 century,
I have continued the studies then be-
gun, and the subject Of this book has
been one Of the great subjects Of my
study-sometineS ia literature often
in life"
One Of the most absorhingly inter
est ing portions of the book is that
written by Inspector Byrnes giving
| the ripe experiences "f thirty years IT
drt+c.i i've life. Many If the startling
revelations ha makes are taken truln
his private diary They have never be.
fore been published.
It contains 252 snpe,b enQravings
every one Of them made from photo
graphs taken fr"m life, mostly by II '*I
light. Every face is u portrait, ever,
scene Il stern reality. In looking al
these splendid illustrations the reader
sees at u glance just how Gospel WORT
is car,ird on hy day and by night by
rpscur-ha"dS; hr is shown strange
in ont Ut the way PLACES that are rar-I,
or never seen by the casual visitnr-
n"tl,ing seems t" b. omitted.
TIE work is published ,v the "'(
ami we'll known firm "f a D. Worth
ingt"n & e." Hartford, C",r., w,'"s'
imvrint is sufficient guarantee ~ th'
excr'-ncp of this first class volume
! Royal A)ctav,,, 10 ragrs. 252fina plates
port ats, and text illustrations.