The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1910-04-08
STRANGE
PUBLICATION
Letter Said to Have Been
Written by the Christ.
Those Who Have a Copy in Pos
session Immune From All
Kinds Of Trouble.

to be a letter written by Christ. In
this letter was an injunction that l.
should be published" to the world by
whoever found 1t, together with the
statement that misfortune and bad luc
would follow the person having posses
sion OF it in the event that II was
not given publicity.
There is likewise a promise that
whoever may have a copy Of this
letter in his or her possession will
prosper and be followed by good
fortune. The promise and the predic-
ton seem to have had such effect
on many persons that the spread Of
this letter bids fair to equal that OF
the famous Chain prayer" which swep
over this country and England a few
years ago.
A number OF persons have sent cop
les Of the letter to the Post-Dispatch
with requests that IL be printed.
In many cases the explanation has
been given that IL was sent the writ
er by some friend, while in other in
stances it is clipped direct from a
newspaper by the sender.
One of the latest OF those to furnish
a copy of it TO the Post-Dispatch IS
Mae LaBrant of 1901 Marshall street,
Little Rock, Ark. She states that 1t
was sent to her by Mrs. ]. E. Atkins
of Jonesboro. Ark, last September.
and says: II have had several dis
appointments, but otherwise my life
has been very pleasant since this let
ter came into my hands"
According to the history Of the
letter as it is variously recorded it
was written by Christ just after his
crucifixion, signed by the Angel
Gabriel 80 years after the Savior's
birth, and presumably deposited by
him under a stone at the foot of the
cross.
blessed is he who shall turn me
over" No one knew what this in
scription meant, or seemed to have
sufficient curiosity to investigate
until the stone was turned over by
child and the letter, which follows,
was discovered:
whatsoever works on the Sabbath
day snail 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
your time in bedecking yourselves OF
costly apparel and vain dressing, for
| have ordered IL a day of rest | will
have that day kept holy that your
sins may be forgiven 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 yourself, but
also your man-servant and maid-ser-
want. Observe my words and learn
my commandments.
you shall finish your work every
Saturday at 6 o'clock in the afternoon
at which hour the preparation for the
Sabbath begins. ! advise you to fast
five Fridays in the year beginning
on Good Friday and continuing the
Fridays following in remembrance of
the five bloody wounds | received for
you and mankind.
You shall love one another and
cause them that are not baptized to
come 20 church and receive the holy
secrament--that Is TO say, baptism
and then the supper of the Lord, and
be made member thereof, and in
so doing | will give you long life and
many blessings. Your land shall be
replendished and bring forth abun
dance and / will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, ard surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
81 will also send hardness of the
heart on them, and especially on hard
ened and unpenitent uHbelievers. He
that hath given to the poor shall
find it profitable. Remember to keep
holy the Sabbath day, for the seventh
day ! have taken as a resting day
to myself.
"And he that hath a copy of this
letter, written by my own hand and
spoken from my own mouth and keep
eth il, without publishing it to others,
shall not prosper, but he that pub
lisheth II to others shall be blessed
by me, and II their sins be as many
as the stars at night, and II they tT-
" believe they shall be pardoned,
and they that believe not this writ
ing and my commandments will have
ny plaques upon you, and you will be
with your children, goods