Elder O. F. Guilford departed this life at four o’clock, Tuesday morning, May 21, 1901, after an illness of six months. He was laboring in Springfield when his health failed, but was removed to his home in Clyde about the middle of March, where he remained until his death. Elder Guilford was born near White Hall, N. Y., Nov. 11, 1830, and was therefore aged seventy years, six months, and ten days. He was the youngest of a family of sixteen, three of whom died in infancy. Only three brothers survive him; namely, Hiram S. aged seventy-two years; W. W., aged seventy-five years; and R. M., aged eighty years. The deceased was a nephew of William Miller, whose first sermon was preached in the home of Silas Guilford, near White Hall. The father, mother, and nearly all the family accepted the First Angel’s Message, and one brother, who was a Baptist minister, preached this message. Two members of the family, the deceased and his brother Hiram, have been ministers in the Third Angel’s Message. Elder Guilford, began his work in Ohio about thirty years ago, in company with his brother, and has since proved himself a faithful and valuable laborer not alone in this State, but also in Maryland and Virginia. For the past fifteen years, however, he has aided in the supervision of the Seventh-day Adventist work throughout Ohio. It is stated that Elder Guilford has organized more Adventist churches in this State than any other laborer in the Conference; and there are more people of the State who have accepted the truth under his labors than under any other worker. For many years he served as a member of the executive committee of the Conference, and was always a faithful servant and a wise counselor. The funeral services were held in the Seventh-day Adventist church at Clyde, Thursday morning, May 23, under the auspices of the Ohio Conference. Elder H. H. Burkholder gave the Scripture reading. Elder A. G. Haughey offered the prayer. The discourse was delivered by Elder D. E. Lindsey, who spoke from 1 Thess. 4:13 and 1 Cor. 15:51. Very soon the voice of the Life-giver will break the bonds of death, and call him forth to immortal bloom. And the words which comfort us at this time are these: “Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors;” and their works do follow them.”