Cumberland County NcArchives Obituaries.....Whitlock, Rev. Henry 1815
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The Star
6 Jan 1815

Obituary

Died at Fayetteville on Sunday the 25th ult., Rev. Mr. Henry Whitlock, Pastor 
of the Episcopal Church in New Haven, Connecticut. It has lately become so 
common to magnify the talents and virtues of the dead that eulogy has nearly 
lost its force. The partiality of friends perhaps, should be pardoned; but too 
often has it veiled the distinction between baseness and real worth, and made 
the subject of its praise the paragon of excellence. In this instance however, 
we believe there is little room for exageration. Mr. Whitlock's journey to 
this country was undertaken for the recovery of his health, a blessing of 
which he had been deprived a few months since by a pulmonary complaint. From 
the time of his first illness, his health continued, with partial 
intermissions, to decline. His mind however, retained its usual vigor and he 
saw the approach of his dissolutions with dignity and composure. He died as he 
had lived, an example of the influence of real piety and has left to his 
friends the consolation of believing that he whose loss they regret with so 
much sensibility, has gone to receive the reward of his merit. Mr. W. 
possessed a warm and susceptible heart, was sincere in his attachments and 
cheerful in his conversation. His easy and conciliatory manners secured the 
affections of all who knew him. Of this we have sufficient testimony in the 
flattering attentions paid him by the people of Raleigh and Fayetteville 
during his residence with them. But let us be silent and if memory will 
present to our view the virtues of the deceased, may it be our part to emulate 
them and remember that,
A friend when dead, is but removed from sight,
Sunk in the lustre of eternal light!
And when the parting storms of life are o'er,
May yet join us on a happier shore.

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