The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-04-28
QUEER lEGEND OF CHRIST.
Letter Pupported to be Handed Down
for Centuries.

Letter PuppOrted to be Handed Down
for Centuries.
| A letter purporting to have been
written by Christ after the crucitixion
and deposited by Him under a stone
at the foot of the cross is being giyea
wide circulation by the newspapers OF
the country. Mrs. c.. o. Friend Of
/ Cherryvale, Kan, has clipped 1t from
the St Louis Post-Dispateh and asked
The Denver Post to reprint IT,
An injunction to have the letter pub
lished has frightened some into whose
hands it has fallen. and like the old
chain prayer it threatens misfortune
on those who deliberately withhold it
| from others. The belief that Christ
really gave the letter to be spread
broadcast has inspired many to aid in
/ giving 1t publication. The story is
that a little child turned the stone
under which the letter was hidden
and the document was given to con-
vert to the Christian faith.
This convert kept it as sacred me-
mento Of Christ and down through
generations in his family it was I'M
til 1000 years were passed Misfor
tune attended the family always, ac-
cording to the tale, and at last one of
the members came to America, bring
ing the letter with him. Mrs. Fannie
Workman of Marion, Ind, claims to
know the history of the document
i from that time on According to her,
the owner of it went to Virginia and
! after series of misfortunes the last
of the family passed out A Mrs.
Thompson, a neighbor of the family,
, took the letter and had it published in
the Rome (Ga) Tribune of Oct. 81,
1891. Mrs Workman cut 1t out and
; kept it in her home. She made no at
tempt to have it republished until
! lately and says that she was punish
ed for her failure to give it publicity.
Mrs Rubin Crutchfield of Treze-
; want, Tenn, another who says she suf-
fered misfortune until she printed the
; letter. The document reads:
whatsoever works on the Sabbath
a day shall be cursed. / command you
: to go to church and keep holy the
) Lords day, without any manner Of
work You shall not idle or misspend
j your time in bedecking yourselves IL
superfluities of costly apparel ant
vain dressing for ] have ordered it {
day of rest.
7 | will have that day kept holy tina
/ your sins may be forgiven you.
You will not break my command
ments but observe and keep them
they being written by my hand ant
spoken by my mouth You shall no
: only go to church yourself, but ais,
your man-seryant and maid-servant
Y Observe my words and learn my com
mandments.
You shall finish your work ever.
Saturday at o'clock in the Afternoon
at which hour the preparation of tn
Sabbath begins. | advise you to fas
five Fridays in the year, beginning Of
Good Friday and continuing the Fri
days following in remembrance of tn
five bloody wounds | received for yo
and mankind.
You shall love one another an
cause them that are not baptized t
come to church and receive the hol
sacrament--that is to say, baptism
and then the supper of the Lord, an
be made member thereof, and in SC
! doing / will give you long life an
blessings.
Your land shall be replenished an
bring forth abundance and / will CON
fort you in the greatest temptation
Id and surely he that doeth contrar
shall be cursed.
! I will also send hardness of tn
,r heart on them and especially on hal
dened and unpenitent unbelievers.
ID, He that hath given to the poor sha
find it profitable.
at Remember to keep holy the Sabbat
day for the seventh day | have take
Gu as a resting day myself.
"a And he that hath copy of this lie
ter, written by my own hand an
he spoken from my own mouth, and keel
eth it without publishing it to other
is. shall not prosper, but he that publis
it to others shall be blessed by n
and if their sins be so many as tt
stars at night, and if they truly b
lieve that they shall be pardoned. All
they that believe not this writing ar
my commandments will have my pl
CUES upon you, and your ch1ldre
goods, cattle and all other world
enioyments that l have given you.
Do but one think of what | ha'
suffered for you-if you do it will
we'll for you in this world and in Il
world which is to come.
Whoever shall have a copy of tn
letter and keep it in their house, not
n ing shall hurt them, neither pes
Ience. lightning or thundre, and
woman be in birth and put her tru
in me, she shall be delivered OF n
child.
You shall hear no more news of N
except through the Holy Scrlptul
until the day of judgment
All goodness and prosperity shs
be in the house where copy OF tn
letter is found.-Finished.