At Nile, N. Y., March 11, 1887, William Burdick, in the eightieth year of his age. Bro. Burdick was born in Berlin, N. Y., but for many years past has been a resident of the Town Of Wirt, in Allegany county. He was a faithful and exemplary Christian, seeking not so much the praise of men as the glory of God. A characteristic evidence of this is seen in his selection of a text for his funeral service, Heb. 3:3. A desire that sinners should be brought to repentance seemed to be uppermost in his mind. By this death, the Friendship Church, at Nile, loses one of its oldest and most respected members. His wife still survives him, and also several children, all grown to maturity, for whom his prayers seemed not to have been offered in vain. In and through them his influence will live.
B. E. F.
