NOW READY
THE FORTY-SEVENTH THOUSAND
OF
The most daring and original novel of the century
WHEN IT WAS DARK
By GUY THORNE
Author of “The Oven,” and part Author of “Sharks.”
This book has been praised and recommended by THE DEAN OF BURHAM, THE BISHOP OF EXETER, and the Rev. R. J. CAMPBELL.
While THE BISHOP OF LONDON, preaching at Westminster Abbey, said:
“I wonder whether any of you have read that remarkable work of fiction, entitled ‘When it was Dark’? It paints, in wonderful colours, what it seems to me the world would be if for six months, as in the story it is supposed to be the case, owing to a gigantic fraud, the Resurrection might be supposed never to have occurred, and as you feel the darkness creeping round the world, you see how woman in a moment loses the best friend she ever had, and crime and violence increase in every part of the world. When you see how darkness settles down upon the human spirit when it sat for six months and regarded the Christian record as a fable, then you quit with something like adequate thanksgiving, and thank God it is light because of the awful darkness when it was dark.”
FATHER IGNATIUS says:
“I found it most interesting.... I think the story may do much good. It gives a true picture of the plots and objects of the ‘Higher Critics.’ I hope there will be many future editions.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“The story is as effective a piece of work as could be desired.... Mr Thorne is always reverent, and is touched with the dignity of the amazing scenes which he has invented.... We welcome his book as a real achievement in a very difficult line.”
Daily News.—“A remarkable book.... The picture of typical clergy, a Cabinet Minister with religious enthusiasm, and the millionaire, his great opponent, are all finely conceived and finely delineated; while the coming disaster, which casts its shadow before, is skilfully adumbrated.”
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