The morning journal-courier., 1908-09-28

banker gathers company as rough
as II Is motley, and every soul is laid
bare during five months OF open sea
To go through such an experience and
make good; to love these men as he
loved them; and TO gain their affection
and sympathy In turn, was to answer
to about as severe a test as man can
face from his fellow men. Here the
character derived from his native soil
rang true
After his Bucksport days he went
10 Boston university for further study
and here again turned his hand 10
every kind Of work to help him out
financially, Az one time he served N
the accounting department of Jordan
Marsh, and was rapidly promoted
for his efficiency. His dearest friend
and most inspiring guide OF this period
having broken down In health, Mr.,
Haynes with no thought Of self and
with characteristic cheerfuness, gave
up his Boston course and went with
his friend to COLORADO, where he stud
led AT tho University OF Denver. sup
porting himself as best he could. Re.
turning after two years to Boston, he
resumed work at the University there
! In 1895 At the same time he took
up the pastorate at Harwich. Mass,
spending two days In the week there.
II was here that he met his wife and
they were married October 3. 1893.
OF her inspiration TO him, and the un-
interrupted blessedness OF that union
there Is no need to speak.
Their first year OF married life was
spent In Cambridge where Mr. Haynes
studied at Harvard intending TO take
a degree but he was shortly called to
Chicago to substitute for Dr. Gunsau-
lus at tho Plymouth church, an extra
ordinary compliment to so young a
man. He was soon asked to continue
as acting pastor. Here a new and
great work opened for him. one far re-
moved from the itinerant preahcing to
the sailors Of Maine. He was thrown
into all the activities OF the most ag-
gressive of American cities, was
brought face to face with the problems
of class distinctions had the most DOM
mating capitalist Of Chicago for an Of
hccr OF his church, and conducted a
mission In the stock-yards which this
man controlled, His great struggle
here. however. was theological one
against the opposition to the newer
views on the part OF the conservative
element. | remember his frequently
saying that In Chicago they were
afraid OF his theology but cared little
for his social views: while In New Ha-
ven people We're afraid OF his social
Views but welcomed his theology. The
problem however, solved Itself the
church grew rapidly in spirit and in
nuence and he was on the high road tc
a brilliant career Of service when his
health broke down completely. The
! nervous collapse and his delicate
health led his physicians to warn him
against all work for threre or -four
years. but year later he appeared or
our horizon TO solve for us the problem
that seemed insoluble. the discovery OF
worthy successor to Dr. Munger. 70,
! all remember how II happened. his
sending letter 10 the committee Ia
recommend another man, and tn,
unanimous opinion OF the committee
, that the man we wanted was the man
was extended, and. despite the condi
! ton Of his health he ventured to com,
to us. In 1901 attempting at first only
, the work of preaching Here again W,
; sec the d.untessness OF that spiri
which had sent him formerly as q
: rough-ridcr OF the deep In the face o.
[ an impending doom Here was a call I,
, service, an opportunity TO be seized,
r work to be accomplished A man les
I easily dlsheartened would have said /"
: am too weak to come" He said. an
!. weak but | will come. have as vel
: but little strength for your service bu
such strength as have Is yours.
Z And so we come to his mnistr
\ among ourselves. There Is no need I
= rehearse here the Astounding record o
! that short seven years. II was as
. preacher that we knew him first ant
4 at the very outset his ringing word
A awakened new or stirred sleeping pow
era in us: extended the skyline Of on
/. souls beyond the narrower horizons o
r the past Then came his influence a
: friend among us, friend wAo enter
% ed so fully into the manifold desire
s and hopes and fears and joys and wor
j. rIes of life that he seemed an unfailn
3 resource for our every mood. A
il strength permitted his lnnuenc
d spread. his interests seized upon a
d the activities OF the community, hi
Il services were required on every hant
n until after few years II could be sal
that New Haven had no more represr
q tative citizen, no one more identlfle
II with her inner life, no one to whoi
. all classes turned more readily fo
# sympathy and guidance.
# The breadth Of his interests and tn
u consequent pouring out of his service
g meant tax on his physical resouce
y that his friends sometimes We've,
:. with anxiety. For this reason tn
: church authorities and the congrega
: ton were always glad that he had
It source Of escape from our demands
n from which he seemed to draw unfal
o nsly the renewed strength to devote t
: our Interests. When the pressure be
i came too great he would fly to Harwlc
n on Cap Cod, and there among tb
= woods and lakes, or on the sea, re
fresh his spirit He had come to Low
this spot with his whole heart and II
part that 1t played in his life was n