Untitled

New Zealand Mail, Issue 745, 11 June 1886, Page 9

On Tuesday Mr Noble, the temperance lecturer, delivered his second aidress to a large and appreciative audience in the Wesley Church, Taranaki-street. Major Shannon was in the chair, and on the platform were the Rev W. G. Oliver, Rev L. M. Isitt, Rev H. H. Driver, Rev W. H. West, and Rev J. K. Elliott. There was a marked improvement in the- attendance, the church being well filled. Mr Noble gave a most eloquent address, which was listened to with great interest by the audience, who frequently manifested their appreciation by heartily applauding the lecturer. Several hymns were suug by the choir during the evening. Mr Noble was to deliver another address last night and again to-night in the Wes’ey Church. On Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights he will lecture iu the Arcade. On Satmday he will deliver his famous lecture on the “ Lights and Shadows of London Life,” which was received throughout the United States with great enthusiasm. Mr Noble was in his younger days iu the English Navy, which he. left at the age of 19 to go to school. He afterwards went into business, and became a commercial traveller. When he became a total abstainer he undertook his temperance mission, which he has carried on with the utmost success in England and the United States. In the latter country he was the intimate associate of the late Mr Gongh, and was with him when he died. Mr Noble is an eloquent speaker, and his addresses are full of interest even to those who hold views different from his. In Auckland large crowds gathered to hear him, and doubtless his eloquence will prove equally attractive in Wellington.