Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-02-02

Denver. COL, Jan. 30. REV. Myron
winsIow Reed, pastor Of the Broadway
Temple and ut different times pastor Of
the Oiivet Congregational Church, Mil
wauKee, the First Presbyterian Church
Of indianapolis and other churches in
the East and South, died at ST. Joseph's
Hospital in this city today, after a
protected illness due to q general
breakdown of the system. Mr.. Reed
was stricken with nervous prostration,
which developed insomnia. His sleep
| lessness baffled the skill OF the best
physicians in the city until hypnotic
remedies was resorted to. This had
| tho effect of quieting his nervousness
and brought sleep to the exhausted
man. Mr.. Reed improved perceptibIy
| for several days until n relapse came
| which left him beyond hope Of relief.
| He was unconscious at the end and
death came without pain. /,
| Myron Winslow Reed was born in
/ the little town Of Brookfield, Vt, July
| Path, 1886. His father was a minister.
/ Myron was educated. as he used to
i say, in the district school, in the st.
| Lawrence Academy at Potsdam, N. Y,
4 and in the army. On the breaking out
/ Of the war he enlisted in the Eigh-
teenth Michigan Infantry and was APP
pointed chaplain of the regiment. Two
| months later he resigned that place to
accept the captaincy Of one of the
companies, having been elected by the
men in the company. His services
\ we're rewarded by the confidence Of his
superior officers and when mustered
| out he was serving as Gen. Thomas
chief of scouts.
| At the close Of the war Mr.. Reed
| -
logy, graduating from shat institution
in 1868. His first pastorate was in a
small town ia Michigan, but he soon
afterward accepted the pulpit of a
non .sectarian church in New Orleans,
where he remained nearly four years.
n Here he met Miss Louise Lyon, who
J had gone South to teach the colored
people. She was member OF Mr..
Reed's choir. They were married at
Clinton, ILL.,, in 1870. In 1873 he be-
! came pastor of Olivet Congregational
Church of Milwaukee, remaining there
, four years. This was followed by seven
u years as pastor of the First Presby-
, terrain Church Of indianapolis, of which
D ex- President Harrison was member.
3 In 1883, Mr.. Reed became pastor of the
First Congregational Church of Denver.
: the wealthiest church in the city. Here
: he preached Tor IL years, winning
!. national reputation by the forcefulness
4 Of his utterances.
e After his resignation from this pull
I. pit, the broadway Temple Association
4 was organized for him and from the
Q day of his first sermon, February Sd,
9 1895, till he was taken with his fatal
r illness, six weeks ago, the capacity OF
the broadway Temple, the largest in
the city, has been taxed by his con-
gregations nearly every Sunday morn.
Il ing. Mr.. Reeds hearers embraced
many creeds and all walks Of life.
v Mr. Reed has always. been prominent
]. in the politics OF this State. In 1886
J. he was nominated for Congress by the
+ Democrats, and though the normal Re.
! publican majority was from 6,000 t.
10000 he was defeated by only 800. In
IL 1892, Mr.. Reed espoused the cause Of
a the Peoples party, when he was again
If rendered nominate n for Congress.
" He declined it and LATE Pence, tt
]. whom the nomination was then given.
i was elected by large majority. Mr.,
l. Reed leaves a widow, two sons and a
o daughter.