The Mena weekly star., 1910-06-09
DID CHRIST DO IT?
Special Commandments That Publicity Be Given Letter Credited
 to the Saviour.

quests The Star to publish let ter al'ege ed 10 have been written by Christ. This has come to no tice several times previous with similar requests, so evidently several want it in. print. This was taken from the Dallas, Tex. ) News, and is given with the comments of that paper, all ex- cept the heading, which is omit ted.
 "The following clipped from n exchange has been sent the News with requests to publish. Coun- try papers throughou. the United States are printing what is al legged to be letter written by Christ. h this letter was an in- junction that it should be pub lished to the world by whoever found it, together with the state ment that misfortune and bad luck would follow the person having possession of 1t in the event that 1t was not given public ity. There was likewise a prom ise that whoever may have copy of this in his or her possession will prosper and be followed by good fortune. This paper has received some hundreds of re- quests to print this letter, so if it will relieve the superstiii us Tea of any one, here it is:
 According to the history of the letter it was written by Christ just after his cruci6xion, signed by the angel Gabrial ninety-nine years after the Savioi's birth, aud presumably deposited by him un- der a stone at the foot of the cross. On this stone appeared the legend, "Blessed is he who turn me over"
 No one knew what the inscrip- tion meant or seemed to have sufficient curiosity to investigate until the stone was turned over by little child and the letter, which follows, was discovered:
 'Whosoever works on the Sab. bath day shall be cursed. l com mand you to go te church and keep holy the Lori's day without any manner of work. You shall not idle or mispend your time in bedecking yourself in superflu- lties of costly apparel and vain dressing, for 1 have ordered it a day of rest. 1 will have it 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 10 church yourselves but also your man servant and maid servant. Observe my words and learn my commandments. You shall finish your work every Sat urday at o'clock iu the after noon at which hour the prepara- ton for the Sabbath begins. 1 advise you to fast five days in the year, beginning on good Friday and continuing the five days fol- lowing in remembrance of the five wounds 1 received for you and mankind. You shall love one another and cause them that are not baptized to go 10 church, receive the holy sacrament, that is to say baptism, and then the supper of the Lord, and be made a member thereof and h so doing l will give you long life and many blessings. Your land shall be replenished and bring forth abundance and 1 will comfort you in the greatest temptation and surely he that doeth to the con- trary shall be cursed. I will also send hardness of the heart on them and especially on hardened and unpenitent unbelievers. He that hath given to the poor shall fiud it profitable. Remember to keep the Sabbath day for the seventh day 1 have taken as a resting day to myself, and he that hath a copy of this letter, written by my own hand and spokeu by my own mouth, and