The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-31

james Whitcomb Riley.
Rev. Myron Winslow Reed, pastor of the
Broadway Temple, Denver, and al different
times pastor of the Olivet Congregational
Church, Milwaukee, the First Presbyterian
Church, of Indianapolis, and other churches
in the East and South died at St. Joseph's
Hospital in Denver, at 400 o'clock yester
day morning, after a protracted illness due
to general breaking down of the system.
Mr. Reed was stricken with nervous pros
tration, which developed into insomnia His
sleeplessness baff1ed the skill of the best
physicians in Denver until hypnotic power
was resorted to. This had the effect of quiet
ing his nervousness and brought sleep to the
exhausted man. Mr.. Reed improved per-
ceptibly for several days until relapse
came which left him beyond hope of relief.
He had been sinking slowly for two days.
He was unconscious at the end and death
came without pain.
Myron Winslow Reed was born in the
little town of Brookfield, Vt, July "a, 1886.
His father was a minister. Myron was edu-
Gated, as he used to say, in the district
school, in the St. Lawrence Academy, at
Potsdam, n. Y, and in the army. On the
breaking out of the war he enlisted in the
Eighteenth Michigan Infantry and was APP
pointed chaplain of the regiment. Two
months later he resigned that place to ac-
cept the captaincy of one of the companies,
having been elected by the men in the COM
pany. His services were rewarded by the
confidence of his superior officers, and when
mustered out he was serving as General
Thomas's chief of scouts. At the close of
the war Mr.. Reed entered the Chicago
School of Theology. graduating from that
institution in 1868. His first pastorate was
in a small town in Michigan, but he soon
afterward accepted the pulpit of a nonsec-
tartan church in New Orleans, where he
remained four years There he met Miss
Louisa Lyon, who had gone South to teach
the colOred people She was a member of
Mr. Reeds choir. They were married at
Clifton, H., in 1870. In 1873 Mr. Reed be-
came pastor of Olivet Congregational
Church, of Milwaukee, remaining there four
years This was followed by seven years
as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
of Indianapolis, of which Benjamin Harri-
son, afterwards President, was member.
In 1888 Mr.. Reed became pastor of the First
Congregational Church of Denver, the
wealthiest church in the city. There he
preached for eleven years, winning a nation
al reputation by the forcefulness of his ut
terances. After his resignation from that
pulpit the Broadway Temple Association
was organized for him and from the day
of his first sermon, Feb. 3, 1897, until he
was taken with his fatal illness six weeks
ago, the capacity of the Broadway Theater,
the largest in Denver, was taxed by his con-
gregations nearly every Sunday morning.
Mr. Reeds hearers embraced many creeds
and all walks of life.
Mr.. Reed was prominent in the politics of
Colorado. In 1886 he was nominated for Con-
gress by the Democrats and though the
normal Republican majority was from 5000
to 1C,O00 he was defeated by only SEQ In 1892
Mr. Reed espoused the cause of the Peoples
party, and was again rendered nomination
for Congress. He declined it and LATE
Pence, TO whom the nomination was then
given was elected by a large majority.
Mr.. Reed leaves widow, two sons and
a daughter The older son, Paul L.. is
civil engineer residing in Antwerp. Belgium.
The younger, Ralph w, is an attorney in
Denver. The daughter, Mrs. Leslie O.
Carter also resides in Denver.