Semi-weekly herald., 1910-12-26

day Of rests. will have that day
kept holy that your sins may be for.
given you.
You will not break my command.
| uents. but observe and keep them.
they being written by my hand and
sroken from my mouth. You shall
not only 20 to church yourself. but
also your man servant and maid serv.
ant. Observe my words and learn my
commandments.
You shall finish your work every
Saturday at 8 O'Clock In the afternoon
at which hour the preparation for the
Sabbath begins. I advise You to fast
fiye days in the year, beginning on
Good Friday and continuing five days
following in remembrance Of the f,ve
bloody wounds received for you and
mankind
You shall love one another and
cause them that are not baptized to
come to church and receive the Holy
Sacrament. that is to ray, baptism.
and be made q member thereof, and
in so doing l win give you long life
and many blessings. Your land shall
be replenished and brinr forth abund-
ance and win comfort you in the
greatest temptation and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
Il will also send hardness OF the
heart on them and especially on hard
ened and unpenitent unbelievers. He
that hath given to the poor shall find
1t profitable. Remember to keep the
Sabbath day, for tho seventh day l
have taken as a rest.
And he that hath copy OF this let
ter written by my own hand and spok.
en- by my own mouth and keeping II
without publishing 1t to others shall
not prosper. but he that publisheth II
to others shall be blessed by me and
II their sins be as many as stars by
night, and II they truly believe they
shall be pardoned and they that be-
lieve not this writing and my com
mandments will have my plaques upon
YOU and you will be consumed with
your children, goods and cattle and all
other worldly enjoyments that have
given you. Do but once think what
have suffered for you. II you do, II
will be well for you In this world
and in the world which is to come
"Whosoever shall have a copy OF
this letter and keep It in their house
nothing shah hurt them, neither pest.
lencs. thunder nor lightning. and II
any woman be In birth and put her
trust In me she shall be delivered OF
her child. You shall hear NO more
news Of me except through the Holy
Scriptures, until the day Of judgment
All goodness and prosperity shall be
In the house where copy of this let
ter shall be found Finis.'
The story goes that the little child
who found 1t passed 1t to one who
became convert to the Christian
faith. He failed to have the letter
published. He kept 1t, however. an a
sacred memento OF Christ and II pass
ed down to different generations OF
his family for more than one thousand
years 4
During this period the family sur
fered repeated misfortunes. migrated
to different countries until finally one
OF them came to America, bringing
the letter with them. They settled
In Virginia. then moved further south,
still followed by misfortune. when a.
nally the last member, daughter. ap-
preached her death bed and called a
neighbor. Mrs. Thompson. giving her
the letter, and related It's history for
more than one thousand years. The
1'hompson woman began the attempt
| to have It published and 1t first ap
peared in the Rome. Ca. Tribune on
Oct 81. 1891. 1t then appeared in
the Dalton. Ca, Gazette, and Mrs.
| Workman. now living In Marion, Ind.
clipped 1t and kept 1t In her poser,
sion for many years without an Of.
fort to have II published. 8he WAS
followed by misfortune. which she At
tributsd to her neglect in not trying
to have the letter published.
Mrs. Ruby Crutchheld, Of Trezagant,
Tenn. Is also said to have copy
and failed to make an effort TO have
| 1t published for three years. and was
followed by q varied lot of misfor-
tune which she attributed to the fact