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Show letter, written by my own hand and ! spoken from my own mouth, and keepetb It, without publishing It to others, shall not prosper; but he that publisheth it to others (hall be blessed by me, and If their sins be as many as the stars at night, and tf they truly believe that they shall be pardoned, and they that believe not this writing and my commandments command-ments will have my plagues upon you, and you will be consumed with your children, goods, cattle and all other worldly enjoyments that I have given you. Do but once think of what I have suffered for you If you do, It win he well for too tn this world and in the world which Is to come. "Whosoever shall have a copy of this letter and keep It in their house, nothing shall hurt them, neither pestilence, pes-tilence, lightning or thunder; and If any woman be in birth and put her trust In me, she shall be delivered of her child. You shall hear no more news of me except through the Holy Scriptures, until the day of Judgment. Judg-ment. All goodness and prosperity hall be tn the house where a copy of this letter shall be found. Finished; Fin-ished; . Tells Weird Story About Letter Written By Christ) A LETTER purporting to nave been written by Christ after the crucifixion and deposited by him under a stone at the foot of the cross la being widely circulated cir-culated by newspapers of the coua- v7le, Kan., has clipped tt from the Bt, Louis Poet-Dispatch and asked the Denver Post to reprint it An injunction to have the letter published has frightened some into whose handa It has fallen and, like the old chain prayer. It threatens misfortune mis-fortune on those who deliberately withhold It from others. The belief that Christ really gave the letter to be spread broadcast has Inspired many to aid In giving It publication. The story la that a HtUe child turned the stone under which the letter was hidden and that the document was ? riven to a convert to the ChrUUaa alth. This convert kept It ai S sacred memento of Christ, and dewn through generations In his family it was bsnded until one thousand years were passed. Misfortune attended the family fam-ily always, according to the tale, and at last ons of the members came to America, bringing the letter with him. Mrs. Fsnnie Wortman of Marion. Ind., claims to know the history of the document from that time on. According Ac-cording to her, the owner of It went to Virginia and, after a series of misfortunes, mis-fortunes, the last of the family passed out. Mrs. Thompson, a neighbor of the family, took the letter and had it published. Mrs. Wortman cut It out . and kept It In her home. I She made no attempt to have It republished re-published until lately and says that she was punished for her failure to five It publicity. Mrs. Rubin Crutchfteld of Trese-vant, Trese-vant, Tenn., Is another who says aha suffered misfortune until aha printed the letter. Coming into the possession of Miss Tjaursweof ParewanjheJTotter has been sent to The Telegram, with the request that It be still further circulated, and here It Is: "Whosoever works on the Sabbath day shall be cursed. I command yon to ga to church and keep holy the Lord's day without any manner of work. You shall not Idle or misspend mis-spend your time In bedecking yourselves your-selves In superfluities of costly ap- Earel and vain dressing, for I wilj ave that day kept holy, that your sins may be forgiven you. ''Ton will not break my commandments, command-ments, but observe snd keep them, they being written by my hand and spoken from my mouth. You shall not only go to church yourselves, but also your manservant and maidservant. maidser-vant. Observe my words and learn my commandments You shall finish your work every Saturday at o'clock tn the afternoon, after-noon, at which hour the preparation for the Sabbath begins. I advise you to fast five Fridays In the year, beginning be-ginning on Good Friday and continuing continu-ing the Friday following, in remembrance remem-brance of the five bloody wounds 1 1 received for you and mankind. I "You shU love one another and I cause them that are not baptised to come to church and receive the holy sacrament thst is to say, baptism and then the supper of the Lord, and be made a member thereof, and In so doing I will give you long life and many blessings Your land shall be) replenished and bring forth abundance, abund-ance, and I will comfort you in the greatest temptation, snd surely he I that doth, to the contrary shall be cursed. "I will also send hardness of the heart on them, and especially on hardened and unpenitent . unbelievers. unbeliev-ers. He that hath given to the poor shall find it profitable. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, for the seventh dsy I have taken as a reap lng dsy to myself. JAndtethst hth a ropy of this |