The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-03
The lannon's New Book,
"DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT"
OR,
Lights and shadows Of New York Life

In this new and supcrbly Illustrated work Il
noble Christian woman tells the thrilling story
of her personal experience III GUSpti, temper
aHce, mission and reScue-Work in II great city.
No recent publication is now commanding 50
much attention nor has any other called forth
such ringing words of "God-speed from minis
tiers and eminent women. 1t has been preach
ed about from famous pulnlts, read ny tens OF
thousands of subscribers, aud made the sub
ject OF many a clergynan's sunday evening
lecture. Its authorship Is fonrf"ld, its ionl
authors being no less than Mrs. Helen camp
bell. Rev. Lyman Abbott, ID. ID. Col. Thomas
W. Knox, and Inspector ! thomas ByrlleS, thI'l
of the New York detective Bureau.
Mrs. Campbell, the principal writer, certainty
was a woman commissioned of God, and I'm
His Name spent many years as !! city mission,
ary literally I'm Darkest New York" What a
wonderful work she did. How devoted and
blessed her IaborS were. 1t is a story never to
be forgotten. This unique volume presents
these thrilling experiences Of CHRISTIAN en-
deavOr with the hundreds of pathetic ANA
amusing scenes that were packed INTO thcll; ii
portrays life in Il great city by day ana ~
night GAS Seen by a Woman; 1T shows the
mower of the Gospel 10 redeem souls from the
lowest depths; it gives striking testimonies or
the redeemed; and from all these rlcll ana
varied experiences it draws living truths Tor
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 or wonder
fully touching incidents. Stranger stories are
here tod than romance ever dreailleu oi, rNttS
one of them drawn from real life by a Wolnans
hand. In every chapter she weaVes Ill illcchote
after anecdote, incident after incident, story
after story, and the readers attention IS heln
breatlless to the end of the volume. strange
but most suggestive is the fact says bishop
Coke in warmly commencing TINS Voi'i1ne'
that Christ is to be visited in these denS ana
dives: there are those whom lie VIII pear III
mind when He says: 'Ie visited me; or, Wflell
he says: 'Te 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
over a third of q century, have continued the
studies then begun, and the subject of this
book has been one of the great subjects OF my
study-sometimes i'll literature, often i'll life"
No appeal from temperance advocates can
do more to promote the cause of temperate,
than the thrilling scenes and incidents so vel
described; at least TO say Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more and Mrs. Francis f. willard.
One of the most abSorbingly interesting por
ions 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 PR
| vate diary. They have never before been pub
lisled
This fascinating volume is indeed Il wonder
full tale of Christian love and faith. all alive
with intense and striking reality. The best .
it is that it is Il pure and eleVating book from
beginning to end-av volume for the family cir
| Gle. On this point the words of Rev. DR.
Twichell (who has Il family of ten children an,
Rev. DR.. Magoun. President Iowa College, NJ
worth quoting here: DR.. Twichcll writes,
my wife says that she is going to set on
young people on the book right eff, for til,
good it will do them; and President NIagoui
says,-"My family finds, where other books OF
our shelves lack interest, this one always hold
and rewards attention.
1t contains 252 superb engravings, every on
of them made from photographs taken from
life. mostly by fash light. Every face is a POI
trait, every scene a stern reality. In looking Il
these splendid illustrations the reader sees at
glance just how Gospel work is carried on y,
day and by night by rescue-bands he is show
strange sights in out of the way places that at
rarely or never seen by the casual visitor; Ii
is taken into cheap lodging-houses and cellars
into the homes OF the poor; into neWsboys
lodglng-houses into the police and detcctiv
departments. tc.,-nothing seems to be omitted
We do not know when TAO pages have give
us more genuine pleasure. Ii we speak warp
ly OF the book. it is because it richly deserve
it. 1t is sold only by agents, and is meetin:
with an enormous sale. Agents who introduC
such q work ought to be cordially welcomed
A better work has certainly never come to on
table. 1t will be read over and over again h.
old and young, with ever increasing plcasur
and lasting profit.
The work is published by the old and wei
known firm OF A. ID. Warrington X Co.. Hart
ford, Conn, whose imprint Is sufficient gual
antee of the excellence of this first class vo1
ume. Royal Octave. TAO pages. 252 fine plates
portraits, and text illustrations.
MI. Joseph Eddy OF Opelousas is tie only III
tiOriZed agent for this parish.