Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-07-15

tries finally come to Virginia. later
moving further south with old man
Trouble still camping on its trail. The
last member. a daughter. approached
death In Georgia and calling Mrs.
Thompson to her bedside told her the
story and gave her the letter. She
had it published at Rome. Ga. i'm the
Tribune October 81, 1891. History
does not say how Mrs. Thompson
Jared but Mrs. Workman OF Marion.
Indiana saw it. clipped it and kept It.
Trouble and misfortune followed.
There is nothing new in the letter
and the tale sounds fishy enough. How
ever. we are taking no chances. but
the liberty OF correcting some OF the
bad English for which we do not
think the Savior OF mankind respon-
sible. Here It is:
whatsoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed ! command you
to go to church and keep holy the
Lords day, without any manener OF
work. You shall not idle or misspend
your time in Dedecking yourself I'm
superfluities OF costly apparel and
vain dressing, for / have ordered 1t a
day OF rest. I will have that day
kept holy that your sins may be for
given you.
You will not break my command
ments. but observe and keep them
they being written by my hand and
spoken from my mouth. You shall not
only go to church yourselves, but also
your man servant and maid servant
observe IN ywords and learn my COM
mandments.
You shall finish your work every
Saturday at o'clock I'm the afternoon
at which hour the preparation for the
Sabbateh begins. l advise you to fast
five days in the year, beginning on
Good Friday and continuing the five
days following IN remembrance Of
the five bloody wounds / received for
you and mankind"
you shall love one another and
cause the mthat are not baptized To
come to church and receive the HOLY
sacrament, that is to say, baptism. and
then the supper OF the Lord. and he
mamhnr
ing | will give you long life and many
blessings. Your land shall be re.
pienished and bring forth abundance
and will comfort you in the greatest
temptation and surely he that doetb
10 the contrary shall be cursed.
/ VIII also send hardness of the
heart on them and especially on hard.
ened and unpenietent unbelievers. He
mat hath given to the poor shall find
IL profitable. Remember to keep the
sabbath day, for the seventh day RI
nave taken as resting day to nv.
self.
And he that hath a COPY of tbis
letter written by my own hand and
spoken by my own hand and. spoken
oy my own mouth and keepeth 1t with
out publishing ii to others. shall NOT
prosper but he that publisheth II tn
others shall be blessed by me and II
MS sins be az many as the stars nv
night, and II he truly believe he sbaII
De pardoned and they that believe not
this writing and my commandments
VIII nave my plaques upon them and
'hey VIII be consumed with their chill
dren goods and cattle and all other
worldly en1oyments that have given
tnem. Do but once think OF what
nave suffered for you, II you do. II
VIII be well for you in this world and
IN the world which Is to come.
"Whosoever shall have coov -,
'hls letter and keep it in his bousa
nothing shall hurt him neither pesn.
renee thunder nor lightning. and {,
any woman be in birth an dput ber
trust In me she shall be delivered y,
her child. You shall hear no moro
news OF me except through the uo,v
scriptures, until the day OF Judgment
All goodness and prosperity shall be
IN the house where a copy OF this Loft
ter shall be- Finished"
frize fights are something awful
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