MR. TENNYSON SMITH.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2363, 28 February 1893, Page 2

MR. TENNYSON SMITH.

Another large audience assembled in the Town Hall on Monday night to hear Mr. Tennyson Smith, the famous temper ance lecturer, deliver one of the late John ±8. tfough s thrilling orationa, •• For the sake of others." Before the lecture, the choir, aided by en efficient orchestra, sang several hymns. The Bey. W, Hi Krjs presided, and, after a prayer, intro* aucea the leoturer in a short speeoh. Mr. Smith prefaced his address hi stating that, although he bad chosen the words of another, the sentunentriWMk, quite his own, and every wotd-vMnST would go straight from his heart. Tbt lecture was given with telling effect, tbe pathetic and humorous passages behw well brought out. The anecdotal p«t* were very good, and the audience testified their appreciation in a hearty manner. After the lectare, a number of persons signed the pleage, and several were enrolled as members of the Prohibition .League.

Mr. Tennyson Smith's special entertainment this evening BhouW prove one of the most popular ana successful nights of the series. The programme embraces a wide range of subjects ; and humor, pathos, and t u age i? y are all iD tarn It Bhould interest a much larger seotion of the community than tbe recitals of Gonab and Talmage, which deal alone with, the temperance question. The Wellington rmL mDg /? Bt| in a IBceat critique, says: • The affair was an intellectual treat or the highest order, the audience being movea to laughter and tears at tbe will of the elocutionist. Nearly every phase of humanity was pourtrayed, and that with remarkable ability." A programme of appropriate music will be rendered by popular local amateurs.