The Opelousas courier., 1896-08-01
The FamOns New Book,
"DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHTo
OR,
Lights and Shadows Of New York Life.

In this new and superbly illustrated work a
noble Christian woman tells the thrilling story
of her personal experience in Gospel, temper
ance, mission and rescue work in great city.
No recent publication is now commanding so
much attention nor has any other called forth
such ringing words OF "God-speed" from minis
ed about from famous pulpits. read by tens of
thousands OF subscribers, and made the SUBJ
ject of many clergymans Sunday evening
Lecture hits It's aa.hos4p nor is l9rfpa Me ts o iour
bell Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. D., Col Thomas
w. Knox, and Inspector Thomas Byrnes, Chief
OF the New York Detective Bureau.
Mrs. Campbell, the principal writer, certainly
was woman commissioned OF God. and I'm
His Name spent many years as a city mission
ary literally "In Darkest New York" What q
blessed her labOrs were. 1t is d story never to
be forgotten. This unique volume presents
these thrilling experiences of Christian Ell
deavor with the hundreds of pathetic and
amusing scenes that were packed into them; it
pOrtrays life in great city by day and by
night "As Seen by. Woman; it shows the
power OF the Gospel to redeem souls from the
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. Camp
BELLS account OF rescue work is full OF wonder
fully touching incidents. Stranger stories are
here tod 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, and the readers attention is held
breathless to the end of the volume "Strange
but most suggestive is the fact" says Bishop
Coke in warmly commencing this volume,
''that Christ is to be visited in these dens and
@Hsi saSs sse Ssaa w
he says, 'Ye did it unto Me-"
Rev DR.. Lyman Abbott's lifelong interest in
City Mission work, and his personal share in
that work, pre,emlnently 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
studies then begun. 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
than the thrilling scenes and incidents so we'll
described; auaeast to say Mrs: Mary A. Liver
and a 5 WaTd Interesting
tiOns of the boo.l 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 pri-
vate diary. They have never before been pub
lished
This fascinating volume is indeed wonder
ful tale Of Christian love and faith, all alive
with intense and striking reality. The best of
it is that it is pure and eevating book from
beginning to end-a volume for the family cir
Twichell (who has family of ten children) aid
Rev. DR.. Magoun, President Iowa College, ale
worth quoting here: DIR. Twichell c~~S@--1,-
my wife says that she is going to set our
young people on the book right Oft, 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
and rewards attention"
1t contains 252 superb engravings. every one
of them made from photographs taken from
life, mostly by fash light. Every face is pOr-
trait, 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 night by rescuebands; 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 police and detective
departments, etc. nothing seems to be omitted.
We do not know when TAO pages have given
lis more genuine pleasure II We speak warn-
ly of the book, it is because 1T richly deserves
it. 1t is sold only by agent and is meeting
such work ought to be cordially welcomed.
better work has certainly never come to our
table. twill 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 we'll
known firm of A. u. WorthingtOn & Co.. Hart
ford, Conn, whose imprint is sufficient guar
antee OF the excellence of thid first,cass vol
ume. Royal Octave, TAO pagesq 252 fine plates,
portraits. and text illustration
MI Joseph Eddy of Opelousds is the only au-
thorizpi agent for this pariSh.