Susan Armsbury, wife of Thompson W. Saunders, was born in Petersburg, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1814, and died at Adams, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1884. When about sixteen years of age she made a public profession of religion, was baptized by Eld. John Greene and united with the Petersburg Church. Removing with her parents to Adams about fifty years ago, she became identified with the Seventh-day Baptist society there. In 1837 she was married to the husband who survives her. For a few years she and her husband were connected with the Verona society where they moved soon after marriage; with exception she was a member of the Adams Church for nearly fifty years, and until death. She leaves to mourn her departure, besides many friends, the husband of her youth, two brothers and three sisters. Although to them her loss may be irreparable, to her, we trust, it is gain. During her long and painful illness she bore her sufferings with Christian fortitude and resignation. Often she said to her friends that she should like to live for the sake of her husband and interests here, but 'it is all right;' the Lord knows best. She testified to God's goodness and mercy to her, and of her entire trust in him. Text at her funeral, 'For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.' Phil. 1:21.
A. B. P.
