Gilpin observer., 1899-02-02
MYRoN W. REED DEAD.
The Noted Denver Preacher Will De
Greatly Missed.

The Noted Denver Preacher Will De
Greatly Missed.
Denver, Jan. 31.-Rev. Myron W..
Reed died yesterday morning at 5
o'clock. Mr.. Reeds Illness began early
in December with an attack of rheum-
atism, which, though confining him to
the house, alarmed neither himself nor
his family. He had been in unusually
good health all the fall and it was
thought he would soon be well. His
first enforced absence from the Broad
way temple was on December 18th,
and since that time he has grown con-
stantly weaker.
Mr.. Reed leaves n wife and three
children, two sons and Il daughter.
Mrs. Reed was Miss Louise Lyon of
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 is assistant
secretary of the Senate. Ruth, the
youngest child, is the wife of Leslie
p. 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.. Reed S
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 reconnaissance, only to dis
cover it to be n party 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, 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. We'll" 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 a large part of
the country, where his sermons have
been widely read and eagerly looked
for. collection of his sermons called
Temple Talks" has been gathered in
book form and has had wide crcula-
ton. 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 NJ. Cobern of
Trinity Methodist Church of this city:
There was no man in Denver with
whom l differed more diametrically on
many subjects than l did with Myron
Reed. There was no man in Denver
whose simplicity of manners and bril-.
liancy of intellect l admired more. He
could take any theme and with little
preparation make it more attractive to
his auditors than other men with the
most careful preparation and the best
possible theme
80 long as 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 were 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 lie had dollar in his
pocket there was no old soldier. or Ia
boring man or sick child who was not
welcome TO half of it. Thus far, at
least. he followed close to the Lord
and Master of us ALL And WIS IL not
the same Jesus who said, "inasmuch as
you have done it unto one of the least
OF these you have done it unto me-"