Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-21
FOR THE SUPERSTITIOUS.
Letter Claimed to be Written by
Christ.


certainly of interest. 1t refers to a
letter which it is claimed was written
by Christ, and that anyone who has
it in their possession must try and
have it published, or disaster follows
them. The letter reads:
In this letter was an injunction.
that it should be published to the
world by whatsoever found it, together
with the statements that misfortune
and bad luck would follow the person
having possession of it in the event
that it was not given publicity. There
was like wise a promise that whose
ever should have a copy of this in his
or her possession would prosper and be
followed by good fortune.
According to history of the lie tier
it was written by Christ just after his
crucitiction, signed by the angel Cab
riel %ninty-nine year after the Savior's
birth and presumably deposited by
him under a stone at the foot Of the
cross. On the stone appeared the le-
gend; "Blessed is he who turns 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 a little
child, and the letter, which follows
was discovered.
whatsoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed; | command you
90 to church and keep holy the
Lords day without any manner of
work. You should not idle or mispend
your time in bedecking yourselves in
supertluities of costly apparel and
vain dressing for | have ordered that
day kept holy that your sins may be
forgiven you. You will not break my
commandments, but observe and keep
them, they being written by my hand
and spoken by my mouth. You shall
not only go to church yourselves, but
also your m~an-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. 1
ad wise you to fast five days in the
beginning on Good Friday and
continuing the five days following in
rememb rance of the five bloody
wounds l received for you and man
kind. You love n another, and
cause them that are not bapJisen to
to church and receive the Holy
that is to say, baptism
and then 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
replenished and bring forth abund-
.nce, and l will comfort you in the
greatest temptation and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed. / will also send hardness of
the heart, and especially to hardened
and unpenitent unbelievers. 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 myself"
And he that hath a copy of this
written by my own hand and
spoken by my " mouth, and keep
eth it without publishing it to others,
shall not prosper; but he that pub
lisheth 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 pardoned; and
they that believe not this writing
and-m commandments will have my
upon you and will be consumed
With your children, goods and cattle,
md all other worldly enjoyments
that l have given you. Do but once
think of what l have suffered for you
d this world and In the world which
IS to come.
"Whosoever shall have a copy of
This letter and keep it In their house,
shall hurt them, whether
oestilence, thunder nor lightning,
ind if any woman be In birth and
put her trust in me, shall be deliver
ID of her child"
"You shall hear nc more new of
ne except through the Holy Scrip
until the day Of judgement. All
GOODNESS and prosperity shall be in
;he house where a copy of this letter
hall be found"
The story goes that the little child
Who found it passed it to one who be-
anne a convert to the Christian
He failed to have the letter
u blished. He kept it however as a
nemento of Christ, and 1t passed
Iown to different generations of his
for more than one Thousand
During this period the family
Uttered repeated misfOrtunes mi
rated to difere Mt countries, until
ne of them came to America bring
~ the letter with him. He settled
Virginia, then moved farther
outh, still followed by misfortune,
hen finally the last member. a dau-
liter approached her deathbed and
allied a ne ighbor, Mrs. Thompson,
wing her the letter and relating its