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

unhallowed grasp, and direct the current Of
the cutprit's ambition into its proper channels.
Ill does it become a Pastor, in dictatorial
way, to say stand thou here, or go thou there,
much less 10 exclude any one from entering
particular part of the church, under threat
ened penalty. Was it not enough that you
wrote out your orders? Why attach the pc
nal clause? Was you afraid your command
would fail, and you would have to resort to er-
treme naeaSuresP Your sense in that nartic-
ular did not surely correspond with the mag
nitude of your inspudence, for you might have
known no female would resist SO hsqE alator-
ity. All, l cannot but imagine to myself. what
gambols you would cut, if placed at this event
ful period on one of the thrones of Europe.
land who can tell to what you are destined y
Why, your growing ambition would swell to
enormous and unspeakable dimensions. An
Empire would hardly contain thee; the proud
Gar. for lofty purpose, would bear no COM
parison with thee; the Hungarians then, might
not smile or aOhisper; the brave and noble
Kossuth might well hide his head in confusion
and despair
You may perhaps, Sir, think 1 do not Judge
correctly of your aspirations, that oTerate
your thirst for power, but the proofs you have
given compel me to draw these conclusions.
Though painful to take this view of a Priest,
your conduct affords me no alternatve,-and
Iwell know there have been Priests, when in
power, who rendered themselves conspicuous
at the time and finally immortallzed their
names for infamy, oppression and murder.
Having such melancholy examples before him
on the page of history, it behooVes a Teacher
OF the Gospel, to restrain arrogance and all un-
lawful aspirations, that he may not bring CEN
sure or reproach in the church where no pre-
sides. Had you, sir, been clothed with the
beauty of holiness, or even possessed in your
heart the true principles of morality and vir.
tue; if it had been your desire to dissiminate
peace and good will, when you was annoyed
as stated in your edict, you would have taken
an opportunity, in some of your rambles about
the village, to call on her aged parents, and
might, perhaps. accosted them something in
this manner: Friends, am aware you are
fraii, needy and dependent creatures, Cypress
ed with many cares of life, and require the
aid of divine teacher. / therefore feel it a
duty to give you a werd of caution. / per
ceive you have rather gay, laughing and
| talkatiVe daughter, but worst of all, she dis
tnrbs me on the Sabbath, by her tittering and
whispering in the Choir; my devotions have
been interrupted in consequence other levity
| would advise you to give her reprimand
and teach her the bad consequences of such
thoughtless conduct" Ifsuch, Sir, had been
your course, we should have considered you
as friend, if not guardian AngeL Electa
presume, would have been equally sorry as
she now is, for the smile or whisper, while a
member of the Choir, and should have been
saved the disagreeable necessity ofteaching
you decency, propriety and polteness, charac-
teristies which should more especially be ad-
ded to the accomplishments of Priest, than
to those of all other persons. Therefore trust
that the few sentiments 1 have written with
the best of motives, will have beneficial eff
feet and for the time being, %ith all due re-
spect, l sign my name,
DANIEL BRAINARD.
Fremont, January 9th, 1852.