The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-06
Rev. A. j. Haynes, in Striking
Sermon, Says Laboring Men
Will Never Darken
It's Doors.
JUSTICE IS DISPLACED
Recent Chapman Campaign of So Lit.
tic Value That II Would he
Dangerous to Suggest
Another.

In his sermon on "The Coming Re-
vival In New Haven" at the United
church last evening, Rev. Artemas j.
Haynes referring retrospectlvely to the
recent Chapman campaign asked what
good the movement had done and said
that any member of any church who
suggested that his church unite In an
other such campaign would have to be
courageous indeed. He said that the re-
cent campaign was probably the last
of Its kind New Haven would ever see,
and looking forward he said that re-
vivals In the future would be of the
nature of sending people out of the
church to do good among the poor
rather than calling sinners into the
church to be converted
He referred to the recent gift OF e.
II. Hartman to the Methodist confer
ence Of New York, of new church
cdliice and spoke of the donor as a
pirate OF finance" He asked IL labor
ing men would ever attend the church
given by Mr.. Hartman and replied
that they would not, IL they had any
sclf-respect.
He said that an ounce Of justice at
the present time from the rich en-
ployers would be worth hundreds OF
times its weight in charity He said
that one reason the masses do not at
tend the churches more regularly Is
that the men of wealth, some of whom
have gained their riches through press
ing the people down. and through dis
honest methods, are members This,
he said. causes the gulf between the
churches and the poorer people.
Finally he referred to President
Roosevelt as the great reviya!ist in ma
tional life at present. Some people, he
said, have expressed doubt whether
| Roosevelt Is a statesman, but there is
no doubt that he is revivng national
honor and .overturning things for The
/ good of the nation. His text was:
St Luke lii:10-14: And the people
asked him. saying, What shall we do
Them He that hath two coats. let him
impart TO him that hath none; and he
that hath meat, let him do likewise.
There came also publicans to be bap-
tized, and said unto him, Master, what
shall we do? And he said unto them,
Exact no more than that which Is ap-
pointed you. And the soldiers likewise
demanded of him, saying, And what
shall we do? And he said unto them,
DO violence to no man, neither accuse
any falsely; and be content with your
wages" Rev DR. Haynes spoke as
follows: The more we consider 1t, the
more are we amazed at these words
from the lips Of John the Baptist. Here
speaks a man whom we may justly call
a religious enthusiast His work of life,
his dress, the untutored form of mis-
speech, and above all, his intense earn
estness, bordering on fanaticism--al
that went to make up his unique per-
sonalty would lead us to expect a mss
sage utterly different from that which
he preached. Had he told the people to
fast and say long prayers, we should
not have been surprised. But what
strange words are these Of the text
with which to inaugurate revivals-
tic movement. HE that hath two
coats, let him impart to him that hath
none. and he that hath meat let him
do likewise. . Exact no more than that
which Is appointed YOU" "Do violence
to no man, neither accuse any falsely;
and be content with your wages"
would have you consider this text as
an expression Of John the Baptist's at
titude towards the religious need of his
time. for | am convinced that the text
will help us to the solution of certain
problems that perpleN us to-day. Art