The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
LETTER WRITTEN BY CHRIST IS
GOING ROUNDS.
Chain Letter Plan Followed by SUI
perstitiOus-IIetter Gives New
Rules For Christian Life.

ports to be a letter written by Christ.
In this letter was an injunction
that it should be published to the
world by whoever found it, together
with the statement that misfortune
and bad luck would follow the per-
son having possession of it in the
event that it was not given publicity.
There was likewise promise that
whoever may have copy of this in
his or her possession will prosper and
be followed by good fortune.
According to the history OF the let
ter, it was written by Christ just
after his crucifixion, signed by the
Angel Gabriel ninety-nine years after
the Savior's birth and presumably
deposited by him under stone at
the foot of the cross.
On this stone appeared the legend,
BLESSED is he who shall turn me
over"
No one knew what the inscription
meant, or seemed to have sufficient
curiosity to Investigate, until the
stone was turned over by a little
child and the letter which follows
was discovered:
"Whosoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. l command you
to go to church and keep holy the
Lords day, without manner of work
You shall not idle nor misspend your
time in bedecking yourselves in su-
perhuities of costly apparel and vain
dressing, for I have ordered it day
of rest. will have that day kept holy
that your sins may be forgiven you.
Must Attend Church.
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 SER
want. Observe my words and learn
your commandments.
You shall finish your work every
Saturday at o'clock in the after
noon, at which hour the preparation
for the Sabbath begins. l advise you
to fast five days in the year, begin
ming on Good Friday and continuing
brance of the five bloody wounds
received for you and mankind.
you shall love one another and
| cause them that are not baptized tC
come to church, and receive the holy
Sacrament, that is to say, baptism
and then the supper Of the Lord, and
| be made member thereof, and in sc
| doing l will give you long life and
| many blessings. Your land shall be
replenished and bring forth abund-
ance and l will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, and surely h.
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
Il will also send hardness of the
heart on them and especially on
hardened and unpenitent believers
He that hath given to the poor shall
find it profitable Remember to keep
the Sabbath day, for the seventh day
l have taken as a resting day to my
SELF
Must BE Published.
And he that hath a copy of this
letter written by my own hand ard
spoken by my own mouth and keep
it without publishing it to others,
shall not prosper, but he that put
lisheth it to others shall; he blessed
by me, and if their sins be as many
as stars b. night, and they truly be-
lieve they shall be pardoncd and he;
that believe not this writing AID NY
commandments will have my plaques
upon YOU and you will be consumed
with your children, goods and cattle
and all other worldly enjoyments
that l have given you. Do but once
think of what have suffered for you,
if you do it will be we'll for you in
this world and the world which is to
come.
"Whosoever shall have a copy OF
this letter and keep it in their house
nothing shall hurt them, neither pes
thence, thunder nor lightning, and if
any woman be in birth and put her
trust in me she shall be delivered of
her child. You shall hear no more
news from me except through the
Holy Scriptures, until the day of
Judgment. All goodness and pros
perity shall be in the house where
copy of this letter shall be found
Finished"
Some Misfortunes.
The story goes that the little child
who found it passed it to one who
became convert to the Christian
faith. He failed to have it published.
He kept it, however, as sacred me-
mento of Christ and it passed down
to different generations of his family
for more than one thousand years.
During this period the family suf-
fered repeated misfortunes, migrated
to different countries until finally
one of them came to America, bring
ing the letter with him. He settled in
Virginia, then moved farther south,
still followed by misfortune, when
finally the last member, daughter,
approached her death bed and called
neighbor, Mrs. Thompson, giving
her the letter, and related the his
tory for more than one thousand
years. The Thompson woman began
to attempt to have it published and it
first appeared in the Rome, (Ga.,)
Tribune on Oct. 81, 1891. 1t then ap-
peared in the Dalton, (Ga), Citizen,
and Mrs. Workman, now living in
Marion, Ind, clipped it and kept it
in her possession for many years
without an effort to have it publish
ed. She was followed by misfortune,
she attributed to the fact of her neg
in trying to have the letter publish