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his home in Newark, N. J., in the full triumph of faith. The invisible hand of death has broken the bands of our ministerial phalanx, and in humble submission we bow. Elder Williams was born in West Chester, N. Y., in 1822. He entered the intinerant ranks in 1840, and was sent to Coxsackie, N. Y. From that time until the day of his death he served his church and his God, laboring as a faithful minister of the Lord Jesus Christ for many years, filling with dignity all of the most prominent churches in the Philadelphia, New York, New England and New Jersey Conferences, until stricken down with disease, which resulted in death. A light has gone out in Israel. May his life inspire us to faithfulness and our end be peace.
Alfred J. Dudley was transferred from the New York Conference by Bishop D. A. Payne and appointed to Manalapan Mission, in 1879, at which place he labored one year, and met the New Jersey Conference in 1880 and made the last report of his itinerant labors. He returned back to his former boarding place at Manalapan, without taking work. He was taken sick so that he remained at Manalapan and was cared for by Brother Samuel Cary and wife. During his illness he was visited by the pastor of the church, Rev. J. H. Pierce, on the 19th of June, and found very sick and destitute. He wished to be remembered to the members of the preachers' meeting, and stated that he had no fear of death; yet he would like to have lived longer to do good for the Lord, if it had been his will for him so to do. He died in great peace June 26, 1880, and was buried at Manalapan. His funeral services were conducted by Presiding Elder J. W. Cooper, assisted by Rev. J. T. Rexand, J. H. Pierce.
Your committee on memorials beg leave to submit the following:
By the dispensation of an allwise and inscrutable providence,
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