The state herald., 1899-02-03
MYRoN w. REED DEAD.
The Noted Denver Preacher VIII BE
Grsasiy Missed.

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Denver. Jan. 31.-Rev. MyroA w
Reed died yesterday morning at s
o'clock. Mr.. Reeds illness began early
in December with IN attack of rheum-
atism, which, though combining him to
| the house, alarmed neither himself nor
his family. He had been In unusually
good health all the fall and 1t was
thought he would soon be well. His
first enforced absence from the Broad
| way temple was on December 11th.
and since that time he has grown con-
stantly weaker.
Mr.. Reed leaves n wife and three
children, two sons and daughter.
Mrs. Reed was Miss Louise Lyon Of
New Orleans and was soprano In the
choir Of the First Congregational
church of that city when Mr.. Reed was
pastor. Paul Reed, the Oldest son, Is
in Belgium, and has been cabled to re-
turn home. Ralph Reed IL assistant
secretary of the Senate. Ruth, the
youngest child, is the wife of Leslie
i. Carter, secretary of the Lumber
mems Association.
Myron W. Reed was sixty-twO years
old. He served through the Civil War
and came out a captain. There are
many good stories told Of Mr.. Reeds
life in the army. At one time he was
sent with his men to investigate Il dis
turbance that occurred across the riv-
er from camp. They crossed the stream
md made n reconnaissance, only TO dis
cover 1t TO be n pnrty of rebels gather
ing acorns to eat. such men as that
certainly have convictions" said Cap
tain Reed. "They are too poor TO kill
now, but wait till spring" He then
returned with his men TO the camp and
allowed the rebels to continue their
acorn gathering.
Another story is told Of Mr.. Reed
which shows the qualities of his cour-
age. Before Antietam, n large. power
fully built soldier who marched beside
him, happened to look down and saw
that Mr.. Reed looked pale ms death
You'd better have stayed behind" he
cried. We'll" answered Reed. quick
ly, "if You We're half as scared rs | am
you'd be running the other way as fast
as your legs could carry you"
Mr.. Reel will be greatly missed not
only in Denver. but over large part Of
the county, where his sermons have
been widely read and eagerly looked
for a collection of his sermons called
Temple Talks has been gathered in
book form and has had wide clrcula-
tion. Aside from the value of his
thoughts the clear. terse. epigrammatic
English In which they are expressed
gives his sermons a literary value hard
ly TO be expressed in words. 1t may be
that this factor alone may serve TO pre-
serve his sermons as imperishable mon
uments of the language.
The Temple Association. to which
he has preached for four years. will
now disband.
The following tribute to Mr.. Reed is
paid by Dr. Camden VI. Cobern of
Trinity Methodist Church of this city:
There was no man in Denver with
whom 1 differed more Numerically on
many subjects than l did with Myron
Reed. There was no man In Denver
whose simplicity OF manners and bril-.
liancy Of intcfiec1 admired more. He
could take any theme and with little
preparation make II more attractive To
his auditors than other men with the
most careful preparation and the best
possible theme.
$50 long ms he llvef the poorest man
and the most degraded woman IN this
city had friend. He loved the "com.
mon people" and was their spokesman.
lie always knew what the masses OF
the people We're thinking and wanting
and he was always glad to speak ns
their representative. He was the peo-
pies voice.
"Nor did he speak simply. lie Is said
by everybody to have been generous to
fault. II he had n dollar In his
pocket there was no old soldier. or In,
boring man or sick child who was moi
welcome To half Of IL. Thus far. nj
least. he followed close TO the Lord
and Master Of us ALL And was II moi
the same Jesus who said. ''lnasmuch n.
you have done 1t unto one OF the least
OF these you have done 1t unto me"
lie belonged TO Lincoln Post of the
q. \. II. and was made member Of
tie Loyal Legion November l, 1887. H.,
was chaplain OF his post In 1855 and
1890 aud was made junior vice com
mander May !. 1s9i