324:, in 1884. He felt "that the West, more malleable than the East, offered a fresh opportunity to fulfill the United States' divine mission by creating a just, truly democratic society", "an ideal community worthy of the kingdom of God." He would have a six-month sabbatical over that summer, coming back to head Denver's Broadway Temple congregation, which met each week in the Broadway Theater instead of in a conventional church setting.
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minister, and political activist. Reed is best remembered as a leading voice of the
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404:"Prominent Preacher and Politician of Denver Expires after a Short Illness".
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815:. Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press.
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congressional candidate. He was nominated again in 1892.
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organization seeking to establish cooperative colonies.
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834:. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bowen-Merrill Company.
787:. Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press.
408:. Des Moines, Iowa. January 30, 1899. p. 1.
270:Reed's first Congregationalist pastorate was at
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691:"Reed, Myron (1836–1899)"
689:Denton, James A. (2011).
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424:"Myron W. Reed Is Dead".
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954:Knights of Labor people
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366:Colorado State Capitol
939:Activists from Denver
596:The Indianapolis News
618:"Myron W. Reed Dead"
592:"Myron Reed Is Dead"
368:prior to interment.
727:by James A. Denton"
482:Rocky Mountain News
428:. January 31, 1899.
381:Mila Tupper Maynard
204:Wisconsin state bar
949:Utopian socialists
731:The Annals of Iowa
557:, pp. 55, 64.
406:Daily Iowa Capitol
222:American Civil War
149:Myron Winslow Reed
93:Christian minister
38:Myron Winslow Reed
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794:978-0-8165-2245-3
771:978-0-8032-9311-3
695:Wishart, David J.
681:978-0-252-02075-9
658:978-1-60732-006-7
426:Chicago Chronicle
362:Charles S. Thomas
314:Benjamin Harrison
213:to enroll at the
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909:1899 deaths
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723:"Review of
640:Works cited
567:Denton 2011
543:Berman 2007
507:Denton 2011
284:New Orleans
109:Louise Lyon
87:Occupations
898:Categories
579:Szasz 1988
519:Szasz 2000
515:Szasz 1988
387:References
333:Democratic
234:Union Army
230:lieutenant
181:Brookfield
175:Early life
52:Brookfield
44:1836-07-24
888:Socialism
864:Biography
753:0003-4827
712:April 28,
707:800552332
628:April 28,
602:April 28,
531:Dorn 1998
511:Dorn 1998
392:Footnotes
299:Milwaukee
288:Louisiana
245:Tennessee
206:in 1860.
200:Wisconsin
196:Watertown
375:See also
322:Colorado
280:Columbus
276:Michigan
260:Illinois
249:buckshot
131:Religion
79:Colorado
850:Portals
697:(ed.).
310:Indiana
292:soprano
256:El Paso
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