Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-01-10

Hilna Ihah lnmeOlaLeIy WTote communion
ton to the author, which together with the
aforesaid mandate, 1 wish you would do me
the favor to publish; this being the only way
Of giving as much notoriety to my repremand
as there is already given to his edict which
is as follows:
FREMONT January I'd, 1852.
ELECTA, Your conduct in the Gallery on the
Sabbath, has long been a source Of great an
DC, which is carried on there, must be ceased.
l deem it duty to request yeu to leave the
Choir. Your strict regard TO this request UiIl
sare me the necessity of using MORE UNPEEAs-
ANT MEASURES for tie accomplishment ofmy
UiSHeS. F. S. WHITE
Rev Sir: l feel constrained, BY duty and
the princi plies of honor, to address you on the
subject of the denunciation, or in other words.
the edict which you recently Illuminated and
sent TO my daughter. take, Sir no umbrage
in having the errors Of my child noticed and
corrected, if done in a friendly and gentleman
ly manner and in the spirit of that benevo-
lence and charity, Of which you profess to be
the Preacher. But when l SEQ Priest so far
forget himself and his Divine mission, as to as
sumo emperial authority, feel both indigna-
ton and contenpt for him, however much he
may congratulate himself on being in posi-
ton of the Legate of Heaven 1t is, Sir, the
high standing you occupy as Pastor of the
Church, not taking into account your talents
or piety, which renders your illumination dis
graceful, and which might. without an inFesti
CATION. plant stigma on the character of her
who was the object of your spleen.
After the manner of the ancient Popes you
issued your bull, condescending however, to
assign as a reason that she laughed and whis-
pered in the Choir Be this true, it surely
was fault, and should have been corrected: ::
but sir, had you ever reproved or admonished
before issuing your accommodation, forbid
ding her again to set foot in the aisle, under
the penalty of more severe disgraceg Ifyou
had not, land am told you had not I ap-
peal to all christian people and all churches
to say whether you are not highly reprehen-
sible. Your course certainly does not accord
with Professionalism, or with POpery of the pres
ent age We know formerly, the Pope, BY
his spiritual power and influence, could not
only excommunicate from the church, but de-
throne kings, or render their authority of No
avail. Witness king of France. and two of
England, placed under the ban, and Stunned
even by their domesties; and two also of Ger
maRy, compelled to do penance, one standing
| for days barefoot in snow, the other kissing
the great toe of his Holiness; but when and
where lived the prophet, predicting that there
would arise Vicar, Il had like to have said
viper,) in the village of Fremont, TO assume
the power to excommunicate without hear
ing? do not profess to be very conEersant
with your church rules or bylaws; SO ask,
Sir, had you the right to dismiss singer from
the band, without the concurrence of the Off
GERS of the church, or the sanction of the lea
der of the Choir? If you had not, you must
stand in the view of those persous very de-
testable being, indeed next TO one fallen from
state of grace, without the helm of reason to
aid him in recovery.
What might not be expected from your
present manifestations of selfimpertance, if it
were possible to invest you with supreme au-
thority? Would we not see, ere long, an equal
for Tiberias, Nero Calegula, Dometian or q
Commodus? They, too. punished at pleasure
within the scope of their power. o but say
you, they were not christian Emperors; they
were at no time influenced by the teachings ot
the gospel 1t is SO; yet, sir, did they not all
give as fair promise of being benefactors Of
mankind, as good rulers, as thou didst when
FIRST invested with the charge of this church
! So Heaven protect and restrain me from ap'
plying the appelatiOn of christian, in the true
sense of the word, to man who, with some
church celebrity, assumes the power to expe
whom he pleases from the sanctuary! Your
conduct, in the present instance, has the dirett
tendency to do this. When repulsed in sc
rude and unchristian manner, few we believe
would seek admission into your precincts, tho
they might in many instances suppose yor
could point, but never lead the way to Heaven
The majority of mankind want example as vel
as precept; a~sterity and despottsm do moi
blend well with the mild teachings of the sa
vior.
But, Sir, would revert again to the reas
ons you allege for making Electa the sole 90
ject of your written denunciation. Was sh'
more indiscreet than other members of th
Choir? Or was it that you intended to max
E her target for your ire? make her an exam
pie of your vengeance, by which you nigh
over awe the others? Or did you, in you
sagacity and Wisdom discover she was tn
evil spirit that infested the Choir? that if 20
expelled her, the rest would be pure and ur
de6led? And have you not boasted that b
!, l. your mighty power, thou didst cast out tn
IL Al ov,A