People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-04-15
A RELIC OF SUPERSTITION.
An Old Letter Purporttng to be Written by
Jesus Christ.

SCOuo OtlioAs
During a sOjourn of almost three years
in the land of orange blossoms one often
meets with strange superstitioD5 among
the native Floridians or Crackers, as they
are more commonly called, and the fol-
lowing letter. which is one of the relics of
their ignorant superstition, may not prove
nninteresting to the readers of the VOICE.
1t came into the hands of your CORES
pondeut in the following manner:
My husband being physician, this let
ter was given MIN during one of his pro-
fessional visits-all in good faith and each
family, as far as learned, had u copy in
the house. When or how the original
came into their hands. we could not learn,
but they seem 10 think, as the letter states,
that with a copy of the letter in the house,
no misfortune will befall them.
The letter is printed on heavy parch-
ment paper, yellow with age and much
stained. The text and composition are
faithfully represented in the following;
A REMARKABLE LETTER.
A copy of a letter from Jesns Christ
found eighteen miles from Iconium, six
ty five years after our blessed Saviour's
crucihxion, transmitted from that holy
city by converted Jew, faithfully trans
lated from the original Hebrew copy, now
in possession of the Lady Cuban's family
at Mesopotamia. This letter was written
by Jesus Christ and found under Il great
stone eighteen miles from Iconium, neal
village called Mesopotamia. Upon the
stone was written and engraved, BLESSED
is he that shall turn me over" All thu
people that saw it prayed to God earnestly
and desired that he would make known t
them the meaning of this writing tina
they nigh, not attempt in vain to turn i
over. In the meantime there came a littl,
child six or seven years old and turned i
over without help, to the admiration of al
the people that stood by and under tn,
stone was found a letter written by Jesu
Christ, which was carried to Iconium ant
there published by person belonging t
the Lady Cuba, and OIL the letter wa
written "The commandments of JesO
Christ" signed by the angel Gabriel
twenty-eight years after our Saviour
birth.
"Whosoeyer worketh on the Sabbatl
day shall be cursed; command you to g,
to church and keep the Lords day holy
without doing any manner of work. 70,
shall not idly misspend your time in deck
ing yourselves with superfulties in costl
apparel and in dresses, for ! have or
dained it day of rest. | will have 1t KEEP
holy, so that your sins may be forgiven
you. You shall not break my command
ments. but observe and keep them, writ
ten with M own hand; write them il
our hearts ami steadfa5tly observe thi
was written with my own hand, spoken b,
my own mouth. You shall not only 90 t
church yourselves, but also your man ser
wants and your maid-servants, and observ
my words ana learn my commandments
You shall finish your labor every Saturda
in the afternoon by 6 of the clock, a
which hour the preparation for the Sab
bath begins. J advise you to fast fiy
! Fridays in every year, beginning wit
good Friday and tC continue the four Fri
days Immediately following in remsu
brance of the fYe bloody wounds l receiy
ed for all mankind. You shall diligentl
and peaceably labor in your respective vO
cations where it has pleased God to ca
you. You shall love one another wit
brOiherly love and cause them that are nc
baptized to come to church and hear tn
holy sacrament, viz: baptism and tn
Lords supper and be made member
thereof; in so doing wiligige yop Ion
, life and many blessings and your Ian
shall replenish and bring forth abundanC
and surely he that ddeth to the contrar
shall be cursed and Improbable. l wi
also send hardness Of heart upon theI
till have destroyed them, but especial
upon the hardened and impenitent III
believers. He that hath given to the poo
he shall not be improbable. Remembt
l to keep holy the Sabbath day, for the Sc
enth day have taken to myself; and
: that hath a copy of this letter write
with my own hand and spoken by my oW
mouth and keep it without publishing
to others shall not prosper, but he TIL
\ publishes it to others shall be blessed
, me, and though his sins be in number
the stars in the sky, and he that believ,
in this shall be pardoned, and he that b
: lieyes 40. this writing and my comman,
ments, will send my plaques upon hir
c and consume both hin and his childre
and his cattle; and whOsoever sLal! have
copy of this letter written with my ov
l hand and keep it in his house, nothir
shall hurt him, neither pestilence, ligh
ming nor thunder shall do them any harr
You shall have no news of n
but by the Holy Spirit until the day
Judgment. All prosperity shall be in Il
T house where COPY of this letter shall