The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-04-10


it published in the Tribune, of Rome,
Ga, Oct. 81, 1881. The Citizen, OF
Dalton, Ga. copied the article, and
Mrs. Workman. now living in Marion,
Ind, clipped the piece and has had it
in her possession for number OF
years. She has never had it publish
ri, and states that she has had bad
luck since she has been keeping the
article, and believes that her mis-
fortunes have alLcome from the fact
that she gave the article out for pub
lication.
IN the letter was written the com,
mandments OF Christ. signed by thu
angel Gabriel, ninety mine years after
the Savior's birth.
The letter follows:
..Whosoever works on the Sabbath
day shall becursed. Icommand you
to go To church and keep holy the
Lords Day without any manner Of
work. You shall not idle or misspend
your time in beseckIng yourselves III
superHuities of costly apparel and
vain dressing, for have ordered it n
day of rest. / will have that day
kept holy that your sins may be for
given you You will not break my
commandments, but observe and
keep them, they being written by my
hand and spoken from my mouth.
You shall not only go to church your
selves, but also your man servant
and your maid servant. Observe my
words aud learn my commandments.
You shall finish your work every Sat
urday at g O'Clock in the afternoon,
at which hour the preparation for
the Sabbath begins. advise you to
fast five Fridays in the year, begin
ming ON Good Friday and continuing
the five Fridays following, in renieni-
brance of the five bloody wounds II
received for you and mankind. You
shall love one another and cause
them thar are not baptized to come
to church and receive the holy sacr,s-
ment-that is to say, baptism and
the sspper of the Lord, and be
made member thereof, and in SO
doing win comfort you long life and
many blessings. Your land shall be
repIenished and bring forth abund-
ance and / will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed. Twill also send hardness of
heart on them, and especially on
hardened and unpenitent unbelievers.
He that hath given to the poor shall
fiud it profitable. Remember TO keep
holy the Sabbath day, for the seventh
day have taken as u resting day to
myself.
"And he that hath II copy of this
letter, written by my own hand and
spoken from my own mouth, and
keepeth it, without publishing it to
Others, shall not prosper; but be that
publisheth it to Others shall be Bless
ed by me. and II their sins be Ms many
az the stars OF the night, and II they
truly believe they shall be pardpnpd.
aud they that believe not this writing
and my commandments will have my
plaques upon you, and you be con-
suned with your children, goods,
cattle and all other worldly enjoy.
meuts that ] have given you. Do
but once think of what have suffer-
ed for you in this world and in the
world to come. Whosoever shall
have copy of this letter and keep
Lit in tueir house, nothing shall hurt
them, neither pestilence, lightning or
thunder, and if any woman be in birth
aud put her trust in me she shall he
delivered Of herchild. You shall hear
no more news of me, except through
the Holy Scripture. until ths-day of
Judgment. All goodness and pros
perity shall be in the house where
a copy of this letter shall be found.
Finished.
I'VE publish this letter Mt the re-
quest OF Mr.. II. A. Pa-siue, who clip
ped it from the Memphis Commercial
Appeal of March 30th.-EDIToR.l