The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-03-17
QUEER DOCUMENT
FLOATING ABOUT
Newspapers of United States Pub.
fishing What Purports to BE
Sacred Writ.

Papers throughout the United
States are printing what purports
to be letter written by Christ. In
this letter was an injunction that il
should be published to the world by
whoever found it, together with the
statement that misfortune and bad
luck would follow the person having
, possession of it, in the event that it
was not given publicity. There was
likewise promise that whoever may
have a copy of this in his or her
possession will prosper and be fol-
lowed by good fortune.
According to the history of the
letter, it was written by Christ just
after his crucifxion, signed by the
Angel Gabriel, ninety-nine years af-
ter the Savior's birth and presum-
ably deposited by him under a 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 little
child, and the letter which follows
was discovered:
"Whosoever works on the Sabbath
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 mis-
spend your time in bedecking your
selves in superfluities of costly ap-
parel and vain dressing, for / have
ordered it day of rest. | will
have that day kept holy that your
sins may be forgiven you.
You will not break my COM
mandments, 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 SER
want and maid servant. Observe my
words and learn my command
ments.
You shall finish your work every
Saturday at 6 o'clock in the after
noon, at which hour the preparation
for the Sabbath begins. | advise
you to fast five days in the year. be-
ginning on Good Friday and con-
tinuing the five days following, in
remembrance of the five bloody
wounds | received for you and man
kind.
you shall love one another and
them that are not baptized to come
to church and receive the holy sacra-
ment, that is to say, baptism, and the
supper of the Lord, and be made a
member thereof, and in so doing
will give you long life and many
blessings. Your land shall be re-
plenished and bring forth abund-
ance, and l will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
81 will also send hardness of the
heart on them, and especially on
hardened and unpenitent unbelievers.
He that hath given to the poor shall
ind it profitable.
Remember to keep the Sabbath
day for the seventh day l have taken
as resting day to myself.
And he that hath a copy of this
letter written by my own hand and
spoken by my own mouth and
keepeth it without publishing it to
others, shall not prosper, but he
that publisheth it to others shall be
blessed by me, and If their sins be as
many as the stars by night, and if
they truly believe they shall be par
doned, and they that believe not this
writing and my commandments will
have my plaques upon you and will
be consumed with your children,
goods and cattle and all other world
. ly enjoyments that l have given you.
Do but once think of what l have
suffered for you. If you do, it will
be well for you in this world and in
the world which is to come.
this letter and keep it in their house
nothing shall hurt them, neither
pestilence, thunder nor lightning, and
if any woman be in birth and put
her trust in me, she shall be deliver
ed of her child. You shall hear no
more news of me except through the
holy scriptures, until the day of
judgment. All goodness and pros
perity shall be in the house where a
copy of this letter shall be found
Finished
The story goes that the little child
who found it passed it to one who
became a convert to the Christian
faith. He failed to have the letter
published. He kept, it however, as
sacred memento of Christ, and 1t
passed to different generations of his
family for more than 1000 years.
During this period the family suf-
J fered repeated misfortunes, accord
! ing to the Altoona Mirror, and mi
grated to different countries, until
finally one of them came to America,
bringing the letter with them. They
settled in Virginia, then moved far
ther south, still followed by mis-
fortune, when finally the last men,
ber, a daughter, approached her
death bed and called a neighbor,
Mrs. Thompson, giving her the let
ter, and related it's history for more
than thousand years. The Thomp-
son woman began the attempt to
have it published and it first appear
ed in the Rome, Ca, Tribune, on
October 81, 1891. 1t then appear
ed in the Dalton, Ca, 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 published. She
was followed by many misfortunes,
which she attributed to her neglect