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

fire the individual heart with the
Message Of the spirit. Should he con-
ent himself with this or should he at
empt a more direct application to the
roblems of social organization? The
ormer were certainly the easier, more
suited to his temperament, more cer-
tain TO avoid the criticism OF many
whom he cared for and respected. But
ARENAS Haynes was not one to choose
he easier way Rare is the man."
e once said, who can look back over
MS life and not confess, at least TO
himself, that the things which have
made him most man are the things
which he tried with his whole soul to
escape" know that he longed TO es-
cape from dealing with the intricate
and disputed problems of social right
eousness, and to preach only those
fundamental verlties which he learned
from lone communion withe spirit Yet
when the call OF conscience came, he
could not lull himself into the SNUG
complacency of those who think the
present state OF society is perfect, or OF
those who believe Its Ills Inevitable.
Hence with utter fearlessness he must
speak out the message that was In him.
In some ways | often liken him IN my
mind to Amos, the first Of the prophets
to leave record of his message. The
age of the second Jeroboam was not
unlike that OF today. II was an age of
luxury and prosperity and waterfalls
tic confidence that all was we'll In Is
rael: Of men who "le on beds OF ivory,
and stretch themselves upon their
couches," but ARE not grleved for the
Affections of Joseph" Today as then
underneath this luxury lie the mseries
and tragedies To these he could not
shut his eyes nor could he withhold his
charge Of responsibility. Such an atti-
tude always arouses suspicion and an
tagonism. They hate him." said
Amos, that rebuketh I'm the gate, and
they abhor him that speaketh upright
~" Or where It did NOT arouse an
tagonism It awoke the prudent fears Of
those among his own who loved and
trusted him, How closely runs the
parallel with the prophet! Did not
Amos say, Therefore the prudent will
keep silence In that time for II Is an
evil time" And when the high priest,
Mortified that Amos should voice such
sentiments in the Kings chapel and
! in 1.-THE Kings court" said to him, 20
thou seer flee away into the land of
Judah, ard there eat bread and
| prophecy there: he replied, II was no
prophet neither was prophets son.
but was an herdsman and gather
err of sycamore fruit, And the Lord took
me as ! followed the flock, and the
| Lord said unto me Go prophecy unto
| NV people Israel''-And so this sailor
came up from the simple life OF the
deep saw the dangers by which So
| ciety Is beset, saw men befogged. and
| was unclear himself. as to what course.
| to steer, and still must cry his warn
| irg. Like one Of his own great plung
| ing bel-buoys, whose voices had saved
him from hipwreck in the past he must
say:
! The landward marks have failed
\ The fog bank glides unguessed,
The seward lights are yelled
The great deep feigns her rest.
| But nay ear is laid to her breast
] lift to the swell, | cry
Could wait in sloth on the church's
oath?
| Shoal! Ware shoal. Not !!
] / had hoped 10 go somewhat fully
into Mr.. Haynes views on social ques-
| tons. but the limits of my time have
| made this impossible. ! must. how
ever. speak briefly on this point. He
was thought by many TO he radical
and l have frequently been asked IL
/ l.. go or N l.
ist." There Is hardly anything to-
| day more obstructive to clear thinking
| than the loose use OF this word social
ism. Many talk glibly about II with
| out having any definite conception of
what II means or even of what them
themselves mean. Strictly speaking,
| socialism Is simply the doctrine that
| the forces " social evolution are inev-
| itably bringing about state of society
in which all private property In the
means Of production will give way to
| social ownership. and thus all industry
will be carried on by the state; and
that this Is an event to be desired and
hastened as bringing to the masses a
much larger share of the income of
| society.
| Mr.. HAYNES was certainly not so
cialist in this real meaning of the
term. He did not believe that the
social ownership of all the means of
production was the correct solution
He thought the socialists were on
the wrong track. and In one OF my
last talks with him encouraged me IN
a half formed intention to write a
book IN criticism of these ideas which
should appeal to the rank and file. DO
II not suppose however, that he had any
horror Of socialism. 1t Is an extra
| ordinary fact that many so-ealled edu-
Gated people have an Idea that social
ism Is somehow wicked and breaches
a doctrine OF hatred and revenge. Mr..
HAYNES made no such stupid mis-
II takes. He had profound Interest IN
and In sense sympathy with social
| ism on three grounds.
a. He recognized the nobility of
IL the socialist ideal. Let us at least be
II honest and recognize, that whatever
II we think Of It's practicablity, socialism
| sets n higher standard for mankind,
than does the current economies II
substitutes the principle OF co-opera-
y ton for that of competition; ana
trusts to the motive Of social service
= rather than to the motive of private
In gain alone In this It shows greater
as -perhaps an entirely Visionary
d. faith in the goodness of human ma
,taA1 n.