The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-12-28
HISTORY OF THE FINDING.


February 18th, 1890.
HISTORY OF THE FINDING.
Glory be to God on earth, and good
will to all men.
Being letter written by our blessed
Saviour, Jesus Christ, and found eigh-
teen miles from Iconium, sixty-fivo
years after our blessed Saviour's cru
cifixion, transmitted from the holy city.
by converted Jew, faithfully trans
lated from the original Hebrew copy
now,in the possession of the Lady In
cubasses' family at Messopotamia.
This sletter was written by Jesus
Christ, and found under a great stone
both round and long, at the foot of the
cross, eighteen miles from Iconium.
near the village called Messopotamia.
Upon that stone was written and en-
graved blessed is he that shall turn
me over" All the people that saw it
prayed God earnestly and desired that
He would make known to them the
meaning OF the writing, that they
might not attempt in vain to turn It
over. In the meantime there came
little chilli about six or seven wears
old, and turned it without help. to the
admiration of all the people that stood
by, and under this stone was Cubasses'
family, and III this 'etter was written
the commandments of Jesus Christ.
signed by the Angel Gabriel ninety
nineiyears after our Saviour's birth"
THE LETTER.
"Whosoever works on the Sabbath day shall
be cursed. command you to go to church and
keep the Lotd's day holy without any manner
of work. yo7 snail not idle nor missrend your
time In bedecking yourselves in superf1uities
ofcostly apparei IND vain dressing, for have
ordered 1t daS of rest. will have that day
kept holy that your sins may be forgiven YOU.
| You shall not break my commandments but
observe and keep them, they being writtenlwith
my own hRnd.and spoken with my own mouth.
You shall not onlygo TO church yourselves, but
also your m an servant and your maid servant.
observe my wO dis aud learn my command !.
mens. You shall finish your labour every
Saturday at 6 o'clock in the afternoon It which
hour the preparation OF the Sabbath begins. I
advise you to fast five Fridays in the year, be-
ginning at Good Friday and continuing thefive
Fridays following. in remembrance OF the FIVE
bloody wounds received for you and all man
kind You shall diligently and peaceably Ia
bour in your several vocations when 1t hath
pleased GOD to call you. You shall love one
anJtner, and cause them that are not baptised
to come to church and receive that holy sacra-
ment, that is to say baptism and the supper OF
the Lord, and be made member thereof and
in SO doing, will give you long life and many
blessings, your land shall repleDish and bring
forth abundance, and will comfort you In the
greatest temptations, and surely he that doeth
10 the contrary shall be cursed I will also
send hardness of heart on them until have
destroyed them, but especially on hardened
and impenitent unbelievers. He that hath
given 20 the poor snail not be Improbable. Re-
member to keep holy the Sabbath day, for The
seventh day / have taken as resting day, to
myself, and he that hath u copy OF this letter
, written with my own hand and spoken with
my own mouth aud keepeth 1t without publish
ing 1t to others shall not prosper but he that
publisheh 1t to others, shall be blessed OF me,
and If their sins be as many as there is stars in
the sky, AID il they truly believe they shall be
pardoued, and they that believe not this my
writing and my commandments / will send
my plaques upon you and consume yau and
your children. goods and cattle and all other
worldly egjoyments that | have given YOU Do
but once think OF what have suffered for You.
If you do. it will be well with.you both ir this
world and thai which Is to come. Whosoever
shall have a copy of this letter and keepeth II
ia their houses nothing shall hurt them, nei-
ther pestilenee, lightning nor thunder, and If
any woman be in birth and put her trust in me
she shall be delivered of her birth You shall
hear no more news of me. but by the holy
Scriptures, until the day OF Judgment All
goodness and prosperity shall be iii the house
where copy OF thiP shall be found
Finished