The Opelousas courier., 1896-10-17
The Fnmons New Book,
DARKNESS AND DAYLIGHT"
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 Il 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,
tiers and eminent women. 1t has been preach
ed about from famous pulpits, read by tens of
thousands OF subscribers, and made the sub
ject OF many a clergyman's Sunday evening
lecture. Its authorship Is fourfold, its four
authors being no less than Mrs. Helen Camp
bell, Rev. Lyman Abbott, D. d, Col. Thomas
w. Knox, and Inspector i homas Byrnes, Chief
of the New York Detective Bureau.
Mrs. Campbell. the principal writer, certainly
was a woman commissioned OF God. ard I'm
His Name spent many years as q city mission
airy literally "1n Darkest New York" What a
blessed her labOrs We're. 1t is "a story never to
be forgotten. This unique volume presents
these thrilling experiences OF Christian en-
deavor with the hundreds OF pathetic and
amusing scenes that were packed into them; it
portrays life in a great city by day and by
night las Seen by a Woman; it shows the
power of the Gospel to redeem souls from the
lowest depths; it gives striking testimonies of
the redeemed; and from all these rich and
va led experiences it draws living truths for
head and heart that are worth to any reader
ten times the price of the book. Mrs. CalDp-
bells account or rescue work is full OF wonder
fully touching incidents. Stranger stories are
here told than romance ever dreamed OF, every
one OF them drawn from real life by 4 woman
hand. In every chapter she weavcs IN anccdote
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 i'll warmly commencing this volume,
that Christ is to be visited in these dens and
dives; there are those whom He will bear in
he says: 'ie did 1t unto Me"
Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott's lifelong interest in
City Mission work, and his personal share i'll
that work, prominently 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 a 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 in life"
No appeal from temperance advocates can
do more to promote the cause OF temperance
than the thrilling scenes and incidents SO well
at least to say Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more and Mrs. Francis j.. Willard.
One of the most absOrbingly interesting por-
tons of the book IS that written by Inspector
ByrneS giving the ripe experience of thirty
gears OF detective life. Many of the startling
he makes are taken from his prs
vate diary. They have never before been puts-
lished
This fascinating volume is indeed IA wonder
full tale of Christian love and faith, all alive
with Intense and striking reality. The best of
1t is that it is a pure and eievating book from
to end-a volume for the family CIR
On this point the words of Rev. DR..
Twichell (who has a family of ten c%llildren) and
Rev. DR.. MagOun. President Iowa College, are
quoting here: Dr.. Twichell writes,-
MY wife says that she is going to set orr
people on the book right OFF, 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
them made from photographs taken from
life, mostly by flash light. Every face is a por-
tralt, every scene a stern reality. In looking at |
these splendid illustrations the reader sees at a
just how Gospel work is carried on by
lay and by night by rescue bands he is shown
strange sights in out of the way places that are
or never seen by the Casual visitor; lie
taken into cheap lodging-houses and cellars
INTO the homes of the poor; into newsboys'
odging-houses into the police and detective
tc.,-nothlngs seems to be omitted.
We do not know when TAO pages have given
is more genuine pleasure. If we speak warm
y or the book. it is because it richly deserves
t.. 1t is sold only by agents., and is meeting
with an enormous sale. Agents who introduce
such a work ought to be cordially welcomed. |
4 better work has certainly never come to our
able. 1t will be read over and over again by
and young, with ever increasing. pleasure
md lasting profit.
The work is published by the old and we'll
lnoWn firm OF A. u. Worthington & Co.. Hart
ORD, Conn, whose imprint is sufficient guar
lntee of the excellence of this tirst-class vol
lme. Royal Octave, 740 pages. 252 tihe plates,
and text Illustrations.
MIR. Joseph Eddy of Opelousas is the only alt
agent for this parish.