The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-09-04
Death OfDr. A. q, White.

Never perhaps, has it fallen to the lot of
any community, to give up in SO short
space of time, so many of its wOrthieSt citi-
zens-so many of its brighteSt,Ornaments-
50 many ofitS richest jewelS-aS has this
Smitten, stricken and sorely bereaved neigh
bOrhOOd. In less than than two years death
has taken, oh, how many! of the nobleSt and
best from among u.s. One after another has
fallen in quick succession. Many hearts
and homes have been left desoIate; our peo-
pie have all felt the shock; every heart has
felt the bereavement. To-day our cup of
sorrow is full. DR., Aaron Q. White, the en-
inent physician-the amiable and accom-
plished conference.-the social companion
the warm and true friends no more. He
departed this life to-day at o'clock and 10
minutes p. M, after brief illness of most
intense suffering. He has been subject to
frequent and violent attacks of neuralgia of
the bowels for the last year or two, which
gave him and his friends some uneasiness;
yet he continued a most lahoriCus practice,
almost without interruption, until within
few days of his death, when he was forced
to take his bed by the most violent par
oxysm with which he had ever suffered. lns
t1ammatory symptoms soon set up, and the
disease resisted the the most active treat
ment. His Sufferings became most eXcFuci-
ating, and his system gave way rapidly un-
der the heavy pressure OF disease, and his
noble spirit returned to the God who gave
it, The death of DR.. White is felt to be a
great public calamity. Blessed with a ca
pac1ous mind and most remarkable memo
ry, he had accumulated stock of medical
knowledge which made him perfectly IA
miliar with the various diseases ofthe aoun-
try and the most improved remedies for
their cure. 1t was this which made him al
most universally correct in his diagonis of
disease and so very successful in his prac
tice. His was life of constant study and
noble ambition. He was enthusiastic in
the pursuit of knowledge, and kept up fully
with the improvements in the science of his
profession, and has enriched the medical
journals OF our State by his learned Ia; and
be a heavy loss to the profession, OF which
he was q bright ana shining light, But we
will leave to other and ADLER pens the pleas
AMI, dutV of writing biography worthy of
the noble virtues and exalted character of
this good man, while our hearts are so
bowed in sorrow and sadness at this mystic
rious dispensatiOn of Divine Providence,
that we can do nothing more than brlalo
make the announcement ar ~ lie death of orr
IIflena- VIII III such facts and incidents of his
last hours as may be of interest to those who
love to cherish a memory of departed
worth. DIR. White was prevented from say
ing much in mis- last moments by his ex-
IRENE suffering, which was increased by the
effort to speak. But to Mr.. Gray and Mr..
Thompson, both of whom were with him
when he died, he expressed himself as
fully resigned to the Will OF God, and said
"he would not give up his hope OF Heaven
for ten thousand worlds like this" He was
an honored member of the Presbyterian
church for more than twenty years, and
was ever regarded by both pastors and peo-
pie as one of its pufest, and most upright,
useful members. He was candid, frank and
contentious in all his words and all his ac-
tons; and had no concealments about him,
support of the gospel and to all benevolent
enterprises. For months past, he has been
looking to the probabilities CT his being
taken of by one of those attacks to which,
of late, he had been so subject, and had
often mentioned it to his beloved wife, and
in some of these conversations said to her, 81
have no ill feeling towards anyone living,
and if anyone has done me wrong or
wounded my feelings, freely forgive them
and pray that God may forgive them; and
if have ever done an injury to, or hurt the
feelings of anyone, am sorry for it and
hope God Will forgive me-" Here, his mo-
tiveS and actions may sometimes have been
misunderstood and miSconstrued, but there
amid the SpIendOrs of immortality, he will
be fully unders TODD. The immense con-
course of neighboTs and friends who assem-
bled at his funeral to ningle their sorrow
with that of the family, attested the high
esteem in which he was held by the entire
community.
The deepest sympathy is felt for the bereav-
ed family, and the earnest prayer of every
heart is, that He who sustained the husband
and father in the last trying hour, may
support and comfort them in their deep
affifction and enable them to realise that
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot
heal"
The Rev. Mr.. Gray delivered an impress
sive discourse on the occasion, and was fol-
lowed by Rev. Mr.. Thompson, in a beautiful