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Show WRITTEN IN HEAVEN - LETTER HELD SACRED BY PENN SYLVANIA GERMANS. Belief In the Hlmmelibrlef li a Century-Old Superstition Wise Advice Ad-vice for Rules of Life In Document. Letters purporting to have been written In Heaven and by God Himself Him-self and which nYe treasured as charms against everything ovll aro peddled dally In tho rural districts of York, Lebanon and Berks counties, where the Pennsylvania Germans aro numerous Tho30 writings nro called tho Him-mclshrlcf. Him-mclshrlcf. mranlns a lcttor from heaven. heav-en. Throughout tho counties mentioned men-tioned and In other parts of Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania tho) are framed nnd hung on tie wails --I cnrefully presorve-1. Glmllai vr,t. had a wide i imitation imita-tion In G' i many moro than a century nqo. Th' l, -.tuition Is thnt r.f r the ls'tor wa- written by God It Was dropped lium '.c.iven nt threo piacos. Ono of tln-m fell on top of tho Hnrtz mountains in Germany. Anothor' was dropped nn tcp -f tho Pyrenees In Spiln. Another wns Raid to havo fallen fall-en Into the city of Magdeburg, Germany. Ger-many. It Is thl? letter which Is treasured treas-ured among tho Germans In Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. Horo Is a copy of the letter: "Tho man who workj on Sunday Is cursed. I command thnt yo do not work on Sunday hut go to church. Do not primp your hair nor wear falso hair, and you should not bo proud from yom riches. Glvo to tho poor nnd fully believe thnt this was witttcn In my own hand nnd was sent by Christ and that you will not do llko cattle. "You havo six days in tho weok wherein jou shall do your work, but tho Boventh day (namely, Sunday) you shall keep holy. If you' won't I will send war, hunger and pestllcnco nnd a lot of troublo and punishment. I command com-mand that it ho your way, young and old, rj.ch and poor, that )ou never work on Sunday. "You should confess your sins that they may bo forgiven you. "Wish not for silver and gold. Ro-member Ro-member that I mnde you. Do not bo happy If your neighbor Is poor nnd needs help. "Honor your father and mother so thnt you shall llvo long on earth. "Who does not bcllevo this Is damned. "I havo written this with my own hand. Tho person who speaks oy.Il of men shall not expect help of mo. Ho who has this letter and does not glvo It to his neighbors Is cursed from tho holy church. If you havo many sins nnd nro sorry In your heart your sins shall bo forgiven. Who shall not bo-llco bo-llco shall die nnd bo thrown Into purgatory. "In tho Inst days I will call for your sins and you must nri3wer. "Evrry person who carries this letter let-ter or has It in his house shall not bo stiuek by lightning, nnd ho will Btiroly havo abundance of water to drink. He who touches this letter to his children chil-dren will recclvo his rownrd. "Hold this, my letter which I havo written, until tho end of thy days. Amen." Immigrants from Germany say that tho letter was circulated In Gormany as it Is hero, Thoso who bcliovo In It recount tho wonders It has worked In the way of staving oft lawsuits, sickness sick-ness and death. Men Involved In lawsuits, many of them farmers from remote country districts dis-tricts of tho county, carry this letter over their heart In tho belief that thoy cannot I030 tholr caso. |