Evening journal., 1912-10-14
CHRIST WROTE
AFTER DEATH
akron Family Asserts ParCh-
ment Was Counter signed
By Angel Gabriel
FOUND UNDER STONE
BEARING INSCRIPTION

AKRON. Ohio, Oct 14--Mr and
MIS-. Charles Sherman have a copy
Of letter which it is claimed was
written by Christ after his crucifxion
was countersigned by the angel
Gabriel 80 years after the Saviors
birth and by him deposited under
a stone which bore the incription:
blessed be he who shall turn me
over There are three distinct feat
ures of the document Il deiterates
the command that the Sabbath shall
be kept holy, repeats the eleventh
commandment" that Christians shall
love one another and concludes with
the amazing statement that whoever
shall find the letter and not make
public its contents will suffer much
III fortune, while whoever causes IT
20 be published will be blessed i'm
measurably.
Beg for Publication.
This latter clause has set the SUI
Derstitious people on the run to the
newspapers throughout the country
hegging for the publication of the let
ter SO that they may insure their own
good fortune. IL has brought about
situation similar to that of a few
years ago when people everywhere
were receiving through the mails
copies of a bishops prayer guar
anteed to bring them great good
fortune If they would recite IL for
three days and send copies of Il to IL
others with a similar request
The story runs that the stone
bearing the incription, BLESSED he
he that shall turn me over was
moved by little child who found the
letter beneath IL. Up to that time
no one knew what the incriptlon
meant and none attempted to turn
It over. The child became a convert
to the Christian faith. The letter
was not published, but was handed
down through generations OF the
same family. Misfortune followed
misfortune because the letter was not
published, until one Of the descend
ants of the child who found the let
ter brought IL TO this country and
secured its publication, which re-
suited in an era of sensational sue
cess
Keep the sabbath.
The letter reads as follows;
Whoever works on the sabbath
day shall be cursed. l command
you TO 20 to church and keep holy
the Lords day without any manner
of wor You shall not idle or mis-
snond your time in hedecking your
self I'm sunerhuites of costly apparel
t4 ia. IrAuufnu 1 hoNa Ar-
t a day OF rest ] viii have that
tcpt holy that your sins may be
IN you
vii not break my commands
ut observe and keep then
om my mouth. You shall
go TO church yourselves
vcrr man servant and maid
Observe my words and
cninman1ments
cu shall finish your work every
stuidav a. O'Clock In the afternoon
Wnich hour the nrop1ra' ioi
for the Sabbath begins I advise
you to fast FIVE aays in the year be-
ginning on Good Friday and contln-
uirr fho FIVE davis fon9winr g. TO.
membrance Of the FIVE bloody wounds
received FOR YOU and mankind
You VIII Live Long,
"You shall love one another and
cause them that are not baptized tc
come to church and receive the holy
sacrament. that is 70 say. baptism
and then the supper OF the Lord. and
be made a member thereof, and In SC
doing / will give you long life and
many blessings Your land shall be
replenished and bring forth abund.
ance and l will comfort you in tn,
greatest temptation and surely h,
that doeth to the contrary shall b,
cursed
Il will also send hardness of tn,
heart ON them and especially OF
hardened and unpenltent unheliey
ers He that hath given to the pooi
shall find il profitable Remember
to keep tie Sabbath day, for th,
seventh day / have taken as a resting
day to myself
"And he that hath a copy OF thii
letter. written by lny own hand an,
spOkcA by my own mouth. and keep
eth It without publishing Il to other
shall not prosper, but he that pub
lisheth il to others shall be blesse,
by me and If their sins be as man.
as the stars by night and If the.
truly believe. they shall be pardoned
and they that believe not that writin
and my commandments will have m
plaques upon you and you will b
consumed with your children, good
and cattle and all other worldly en-
joyments that ! have given you. ID
but once think of what l have sui
fered for you in this world and
the world which is to come.
whatsoever shall have a copy Z
this letter and keep it in their hous
nothing shall hurt them. neither pes
thence, thunder nor lightning. an
II any woman be in birth and put he
trust in me she shall be delivered 4,
her child. You shall hear no MOI
news OF me except through the hol
scriptures until the day OF judgmen
All goodness and prosperity shall I