| Show Last Letter Written By Christ r Newspapers throughout the United United United Unit Unit- ed States are printing what is alleged alleged alleg alleg- ed ea f io to o be a letter written by Christ 4 0 1 i In this this letter was an injunction that it should be published to the world C J. by whoever found it together with I r the statement that misfortune and bad luck would follow the person it in In the event having haYing possession of It that it w was s not given There was likewise a promise that whoever may have a copy of this In his or her possession will prosper and be followed b by good fortune The The Free Press has received many requests to print this letter lette so if it will relieve the superstitious fears of any one here It Is AccordIng AccordIng Accord- Accord Ing to the history of the letter It was written by Christ just after his signed by the angel Gabriel Gabrie Gabriel Ga Ga- briel brie ninety-nine ninety years after the Saviors Savior's birth and presumably deposited deposited deposited de de- posited by Him under a stone at the I foot of the cross On this stone appeared ap- ap ap j the legend Blessed Is he who shall turn me over No one knew what the Inscription inscription tion meant or seemed to have sufficient sufficient suf suf- C curiosity to investigate until the stone was turned over b by a little littlechild littlechild I child and the letter which follows P f was discovered J. J Whosoever works on the Sabbath Sabbath Sab Sab- if bath day shall be cursed I coing command command com coin g pa mand wand you ou to go to church and keep holy the Lords Lord's day without any y manner of work You shall not Idle or misspend your time in bedecking ing I yourself in superfluities of costly apparel and vain dressing for Cor I have ordered it a day of rest I w wail wll ll have that day kept holy that your sins ma may be forgiven you ou You will not not break My Iy commandments but observe and keep them they being written by My Iy hand and spoken from My Iy mouth You shall not notly only ly go to church yourselves ourselves but also j your man man servant and maid servant Observe My Iy work and My com- com rp i You shall finish your our work every Saturday at 6 o'clock In the afternoon afternoon after after- I i noon oon at which hour the preparation for Cor the Sabbath begins I advise i you u to fast five days in the year beginning beginning beginning be be- ginning on Good Friday and conr con- con turning Jn lI g the five days das following in reF rem remembrance re- re 3 r r F m of the five bloody lr f L wounds dS I received for you and man- man V r i 2 H kind f You shall love one another and cause them that are not baptized to come to church and receive the holy sacrament that is to sa say baptism baptism bap bap- and then the supper of the Lord Lord and be made a member thereof there there- of f and in so doing I will give you long Zang life UCe and many blessings Your land be replenished and bring forth abundance and I will comfort you In tn the tho greatest temptation and surely he that to the contrary contra contra- contra I ry shall be cursed I 1 will also send hardness of the heart on them and especially on hardened and unbelievers ers lIe He that hath bath given to the poor shall find It profitable Remember f. f to keep the Sabbath day for the k seventh day I have taken taI en as a restIng rest- rest restIng V Ing lug day for Myself And he that hath hat a copy of this letter written by My own hand and V V spoken by My own mouth and keep- keep eth ih It If without publishing it to others others others oth oth- ers shall not prosper but he that It to others shall bew be- be w blessed by Me and if it their sins be beas beas beas as many as stars by night and if it they truly believe they shall be pardoned and they that believe believe believe be be- be- be lieve not this writing v and My commandments commandments commandments com com- will have havo My plagues upon you and you will be consumed with your children goods and cattle and all other worldly enjoyments ts that I have given you Do but once think of what I have hayo suffered for Cor you If Ie you do it will wm will be well for you in this world and In the world which is to come t Whosoever shall have a copy of this letter and keep it in their house t nothing shall hurt them neither pea pes- Y L z 1 thunder nor nOlO lightning 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 tho Holy Scriptures until the day of oC judg judg- ment All goodness and prosperity shall be in the house where a copy of this letter shall be found The star story goes that the little child chUd who found it passed it to one who became a convert to he lie Christian faith He Ho failed to have the letter published He kept It however as asa asa asa a sacred memento of Christ and It passed down to different generations of his family for more than one thousand years During this period the family Camily suffered repeated mis mis- fortunes Migrated to different countries countries countries coun coun- tries until finally one of them cameto came cameto cameto to America bringing the letter with him They settled In n Virginia then moved further South still sUll followed by misfortune when finally the last member member a daughter her death bed and called a neighbor Mrs Thompson giving her the letter and related its history for more I than one thousand years ears The Thomp Thompson son woman began the attempt to I have It published and It first appeared appeared ap ap- in In the Rome Ga Tribune on I Oct 31 1891 then It It appeared in the Dalton Ga Citizen and Mrs lortman now living In Marlon Marion Ind lad clipped it and kept it In her possession for many years rears without an effort to have it published She was followed by misfortune which she attributed to her neglect in trIng trying trying try try- ing to have the letter published Mrs Ruby Cr Crutchfield ld of of Tenn Is also said to have had a copy and failed to make an ail effort to tot t o a have I 11 t published t for o 0 r three years and was followed by a varied lot of ot misfortunes un which she attributed to the fact of her neglect in this respect |
