Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-04-12
WRITTEN BY THE SAVIOUR T?
Atlanta Man Claims to Have a Let
ter Written by Christ.

CThe following is published at the
request of al aged lady in the upper
part OF Oconee, who, having carried
the clipping constantly for u number
OF years-ever since it was pub
lfshed in The Courier several years
ago--has found it TO be a great
source Of comfort to her. We re-
publish the article with the COM
ments made on same at the time it
was first published. The lady re-
ferred to is now in her Saith year:)
(Edw. Y. Clark, in Atlanta Journal.)
(The following clipping was sent
to The Courier by a Georgia reader
for publication. AS to the claim Of
Christ as the author, we, Of course,
simply lay it aside as SO much
stuff" If the possessor of the letter
believes it, what matter? LAS he
believes, SO be it." In it there is
much Of what might technically be
termed rot" Take it for what it.
Is worth, which IS not a great deal.)
There is in the possession of an
Atlanta man, a w. H. Pasco, who
lives at 62 Mcdaniel street, and who
works for the Southern Saw Works,
a letter which he believes was writ
ten by the Christ. So firmly does
hn hOJinN0 th{p that 1@ tr fyI;,r ~
obey its mandates, and wherever he
goes has it published, for fear If he
does not the curse pronounced in it
for failure thus to do will fall on his
head.
The letter, which is said to have
been written more than two thou
sand years ago, fell into the hands
Of a family living in Virginia, who
have kept it in their possession from
the time they got it until 1879, it
having been handed down from ia
Their to son and so on.
At that time a copy Of it was
given to Mrs. M. +. Towson, a near
neighbour, and she gave a copy to
Rev. P. G. Fletcher, Of Rome, Ga. A
copy of the letter also got into the
hands of Mrs. w. w. Gillian, who. up
to the time of her death lived near
Cowpens, S. G.
w. H. Pasco fell into possession
Of a copy Of the letter while on a
trip recently to Spartanhurg, S. c.,
and prizes the same very highly. He
says that all those who have a copy
of the letter prize it very highly and
believe the letter to have been writ
ten by Christ Himself, never for q
moment doubling its genuineness.
The preface to the letter is as fol-
lows:
"This letter was written by Jesus
Christ, and found under a great stone,
round and long, at the foot Of the
cross, Is miles from Iconium, near
the village called Messopotamia.
Upon that stone was written and en-
graved: Blessed is he that shall
turn me over All the people that
saw 1t prayed God earnestly and de-
sired that He would make known to
them the meaning Of this writing
that they might not attempt in vain
to turn 1t owe In the meantime
there came a little child about six
years old, and turned 1t over with
out help, to the admiration Of all
the people that stood by, and under
this stone was Cubasses' family and
in this letter was written the Com.
mandments of Jesus Christ, signed
by the Angel Gabriel n%inety-nine
years after our Saviour's birth"
The Wonderful Letter.
The letter itself reads as follows:
whatsoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. I command you
to go to church and keep the Lords
day holy without any manner Of
work. You shall not idle nor mis-
spend your time in bedecking your
selves in superfuities of costly ap
parel and vain dressing, for I have
ordered it a day of rest. I will have
the day kept holy that your sins MAJ
be forgiven you. You shall not only
90 to church yourselves, but also
your servant and maid servant. Oh
serve my words and learn my com
mandments. You shall finish YOU
labor every Saturday at 6 o'clock II
the afternoon, at which hour the
preparation Of the Sabbath begins
l advise you to fast five Fridays II
the year, beginning at Good Friday
and continuing the five Fridays fol
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