The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-06-19
COPY OF A LETTER
SAID TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
BY OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR
JESITS CHRIST

sz..t JESUS CHRIST,
A,td found eighteen miles from Goni,tnl. tcen
ty;fue years after our blessed Saviour
cruciirton, and transmitted from the Hol
City by c0nverted Jeio, and fdithfat
translated from the original Hebre10 copy
notD IN the possession Of Lady CwbGSs'
family, in Mesopotamid.
| The letter was found under stone boil
round and large, at the foot of a cross
eigteen niles from Iconium, near a villsg
called Mesopotamia. Upon the stone wa
written and engraved, Blessed be he tina
| shall turn me over" All that saw it pray
ed 70 God earnestly, and desired that h
would make known unto them the meaning
of this writing. that they might not in vair
| turn it over. In the mean time a LITTLE
child about six or seven years of age, turned
it over to the admiration of all present; ant
under the stone was written the commands
of Jesus Christ in letter, which was after.
wards published by the angel Gabriel, ninety
eight years after the death of our blessed
Saviour, and carried by person belonging
to Lady Oubass, and made public in the city
of Iconium, dc. dc. 4. aas
The Letter of Jesus Christ is as folloyeth
WHOSOEVER worketh on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. command you to &c
to the church and keep the Lords day holy
without doing any manner of work. You
shall not idly spend your time in bed, OIL
decking yourself with superhuities of costly
appearance and vain dresses, for have or.
dained it day of rest will have thai
day kept holy, that your sins may be
forgiven you. You shall not break nv
commandments, but observe and keep then
Write them in your heart, and steadfastly
observe that it is written with my own hand
and spoken with my own mouth. Yor
shall not only go unto the church yourself
but also cause your men servants and maid
servants to do the same, and to observe my
words, and learn my commandments. You
shall finish your labour every Saturday il
the afternoon, by six of the clock, at which
hour the preparation of the Sabbath begins
l advise you to fast five Fridays in every
year, beginning with Good Friday, and con.
tinue the four Fridays Immediately follow.
ing. You shall diligently and peaceably
labour in your own respective dwellings,
wherein it hath pleased God to call you
You shall love one another with brotherly
love, and cause them that are not baptized
to come to the church and receive the
sacrament of baptism, aud the Lords supper
and to be mads members of the church. In
SO doing, will give unto you long life and
many blessings; your land shall flourish
and your cattle bring forth abundance; and
l will give unto you mans blessing and
comforts in the greatest temptations,
And he that doeth to the contrary shall
he Improbable. will also send hardness
of heart upon them, until | see them but
especially upon the impenitent and un.
believers. He that hath given to the poor
shall not be unproftable. Remember tc
keep the holy Sabbath day; for on the
seventh day | have taken to rest myself
And he that hath copy of this letter writ.
ten with my own hand, and spoken with my
own mouth, and keepeth it without publish.
it to others, shall not prosper; but he thai
publisheth it to others, shall be blessed OF
me, and though his sins be in number as the
stars of the heavens, and he believe in this,
he shall be pardoned /; and if he believe moi
in this writing and these commandments,
will send my own plague upon him, and
consume both him and his children, and his
cattle. And whosoever shall have a copy Of
this letter, written with my own hand and
spoken with my own mouth, and keep it in
the house, nothing shall hurt then; nor the
lightning, fire, thunder or pestilence shall
happen 10 them to do them any harm. And
if woman with child and Ia laboHr has a
copy of this letter about her, and the
family put their trust in me, she shall be
safely delivered of the child. You shall not
have any tidings of me but by the holy
Scriptures until the day of judgment. All
goodness, happiness, and prosperity, shall
be in the house where a copy Of this letter
shall be found. Amen. et-
JESU HOMINUM SALEATOR.