The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-01-13
A REMARKABLE LITTER.
Milan. Tenn. NAV 2e.

Mr.. j. A. Warner, of this city,
has in his possession a wonderful
letter which is probably one Of
the Oldest specimens in existence.
1t has been in the Warner family
173 years. 1t is written on a
material resembling parchment
and yellow with the age of over
two centuries. The copy and let
ter are presented as follows:
"Copy Of a letter written by
our Savior, Jesus Christ, and
found eighteen miles from leon
ium twenty five years after our
blessed Savior's cruci6xion and
transmitted from the Holy City
BY a converted Jew, and faithfully
translated from the original He
brew copy now in possession of
Lady Cubass.
This letter was found under
stone both round and large, at the
foot of the cross eighteen miles
from Iconium near a village called
Mesapamia. Upon this stone was
written and engraved: "Blessed is
he that shall turn me oser," all.
that saw it prayed to it earnestly
and desired that he would make
known unto them the meaning of
this writing, that they might not
in vain turn it over. In the mean
time a little child Of about six or
seven years of age turned it over
to the admiration of all present,
and under the stone was written
the command of Jesus Christ in a
letter published by the Angel
Gabriel ninety weight years after
the death Of our blessed Saw
Jour and carried by a person be-
longing to Lady Cubass, and made
public in the city Of Iconium.
THE LETTER.
"Glory to God on high and on
earth good will to all men. Who
soever worketh on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. | command
you to go to church and keep the
Lords day holy without doing
any manner of work, you should
not idle or misspend your time in
bedecking yourselves in superhous
and costly apparel and vain dress
ing for have ordained a day to
be kept holy that your sins may
be forgiven; you shall not break |
my commandments but observe
and keep them written in my own
Band. You shall not only go TO
church yourself, but your man
servant and your maid servant to
observe my word and learn my |
commandments. You shall finish |
your labor every Saturday at s |
o'clock in the afternoon, for that
time the preparations for the Sab
bath begins.
Il advise you to fast five days
in the year, beginning with Good
Friday, and SO continue the four
first days following in remem-
brance of the bloody wounds re-
ceived from mankind.
''You shall diligently and peace
fully labor in your respective vo-
cation wherein it has pleased AL
mighty God to place you.
You shall love one another
with brotherly love and cause
them that are not baptized tocome
to church and receive the holy
and be members there
of; and in so doing | will give
many blessings and comfort you
in great temptation, and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed and Improbable. ! will al
so send hardships of heart upon
them, but especially upon impeni-
tent sinners and hardened unbe-
levers. ''He that giveth not to
the poor shall be Improbable"
Remember to keep the Sab
bath day, for the seventh day |
have kept to myself and he that
hath a copy Of this letter and keep
eth it without publishing it to
Others shall not prosper and they
that publish it to others shall be