Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-02-02
MYRoN W. REED DEAD.
Tho Noted Denver Preacher VIII he
Greatly Missed.

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Denver, Jan. 31.-Rev. Myron w.
Reed died yesterday morning at 8
o'clock. Mr. Reeds illness began early
in December with an 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.
Z, 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 Icirst Congregational
church of that city when Mr.. Reed was
pastor. Paul Reed, the Oldest son, Is
In Belgium, aud has been cabled to re-
turn home. Ralph Reed is assistant
secretary OF the Senate. Ruin. the
youngest child, Is the wife of Leslie
r. Carter. secretary of the Lumber.
mems Association.
Myron w. Beed was siSty-twO years
old. He served through the Civil War
and came out 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 n dis
turbance that occurred across the riv-
er from camp. They crossed the stream
and made n reconnaissance, only to dis
cover 1t to be Il party of rebels gather
ing acorns to eat. such men as that
certainly have convictions" said Cap
tain Reed. .rhey 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 Antietnm, n large. power
fully built soldier who marched beside
him, happened to look down and saw
that Mr.. Reed looked pale as death,
You'd better have stayed behind" he
cried. "Well." answered Reed, quick
ly, ''if you We're half as scared as am
you'd be running the other way as fast
as your legs could carry you."
Mr. Reed will be greatly missed not
only In Denver. but over n large part of
the country, 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 Il wide circula-
tion. Aside from the value of his
thoughts the clear, terse, epigrammatic
gives his sermons n literary value hard
ly to be expressed in worus. II 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 DIR. Camden NJ. Cobern Of
Trinity Methodist Church of this city:
''rhere was iio man in Denver with
whom l differed more Numerically on
many subjects than l did with Myron
Reed. There was no man in Denver
whose simplicity of manners and bril-.
iiancy of intellect I admired more. He
could take any theme and with little
preparation make 1t more attractive TO
his auditors than other men with the
most careful preparation and the best
possible theme.
$50 long rs he lived the poorest man
and the most degraded woman In this
city had friend. He loved the com.
mon people" and was their spokesman.
He always knew what the masses of
the people We're thinking and wanting
and he was always glad TO speak as
their representative. He was the peo
pies voice.
Nor did he speak simply He is said
by everybody to have been generous to
a fault. If he had dollar in his
pocket there was no old soldier. or Ia
boring man or sick child who was not
welcome to half of 1t. Thus far, at
least. he followed close to the Lord
and Master of us all. And was 1t not
the same Jesus who said. "inasmuch as
fou have done it unto one of the least
of these you have done. it unto me-"