The Newtown bee., 1908-07-24
STATE TOPICS.
SAD DEATH OF REV A. J.
 HAYNES.
DROWNED IN NANTUCKET
 SOUND.

The body of Rev Artemus J. Haynes, prominent religious worker of New Haven, Ct. and pastor of the United church (Congregationalist) of that city, was found in Nantucket sound.
 Saturday, off Harwich.> It is supposed
 that he fell over from canoe while fishing late Friday afternoon. When he failed to appear Friday night, a search was begun and the body was found Saturday forenoon. During the summer MT Haynes made Harwich his home, but took frequent trips to New Haven. He was an en- thusiastic fisherman, and often engaged in the sport at Long pond. When he did not return to his home at night his wife appealed to friends and to the authorities. Search was begun at dawn. Shortly afterward Mir Haynes canoe was found floating bottom up, and several hours later the body was discovered entangled in the weeds on the bottom of the pond in 10 feet of water. Dr Haynes was one of the most prominent preachers in the state and leader in many movements for civic betterment. His reasons were forceful and attracted wide attention
 because of his personal courage. Some months ago Dr Haynes did not participate in the Chapman revival here with other evangelical churches. he taking the ground that while in sympathy with the movement, he did not think the methods were the right ones. Since then his sermons on Christian science and the Emmanuel movement, in which he gave indorse- ment to both, brought about wide dis cussion among clergymen. As a preacher, Dr Haynes in his pulpit robe, had many times been likened to an inspired friar, his facial appearance and his figure greatly frightening the effect of his eloquence. He succeeded Rev Dr Theodore T. Munger, a mem- Der of the Yale corpora tion, as pastor of the church. Dr Haynes was given the honorary degree of A. M. by Yale four years ago. Dr c. J. Foote. who had been visiting Dr Haynes at his camp on Long pond, Brewster, was taken across the pond to the railroad station, Friday morning. It was on the retrun trip that Dr Haynes was drowned. It is believed he was upset in archoring the canoe with a stone so that he might fish. Dr Haynes was 40 years of age, a native of Mt Desert, Me. His career was the story of hard struggle for an education, for en- thence, amid handicaps and setbacks enough to discourage and stiAe most young Americans. From an obscure farmers home he rose to a position in public and theologoical life in which his voice bore as great weight as al- most any clergyman in the country. As farmers lad, he worked his way through the Buckport seminary, and went fishing on the banks before the mast. He later was graduated from Boston university and was licensed to preach, going to Maine. Then he was called to Chicago to the church of which Rev Frank Gunsaulus is now pastor. While there he investigated conditions in the stockyards, and his sermons on this subject were taken up by Upton Sinclair. and later President Roosevelt ordered an inquiry. His health failed and he went to Cape Cod, and in 1894 was ordained as a pastor in Harwich. He was called to the United church in New Haven seven years ago, to succeed the venerable Dr Theodore T. Munger, pastor emeri- tus. It was a remarkably successful pastorate, his sermons drawing large congregations. His close interest in working people made him deep sym pathizer with them, and an exponent of unionism. He took part as an ad- wiser in frieght handlers strike in New Haven. Dr Haynes had literary attainments, and he wrote several books on several subjects. His widow was Miss Bertha Snow of Harwich, and two sons survive.