Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-07-02

CLAIMS Christ
wrote Letter
Country papers thr0ugout the south
west are printing, usually at the re-
quest Of subscribers, what purports
to be q 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 person having
possession OF 1t In the event that 1t
was not given publicity.
There is likewise q promise that
that whoever may have a copy of this
letter in his or her possession will
prosper and be followed by good for
tune. The promise and the prediction
seem to have had such effect on many
persons that the spread Of this letter
bids fair to equal that Of the famous
"chain prayer" which swept over this
country and England q few years ago.
A number Of pers0as have sent cop
les Of the letter to the Beacon Journal
with requests that 1t be printed. In
many cases the explanation has been
given that Il MAS sent the writer by
some friend, while in other instances
it is clipped direct from . newspaper
by the sender.
One of the latest of those to furnish
q copy Of 1t to the Beacon Journal ID
Mrs. b. w. Brown, CORTLAND, Arizona.
formerly Of Summit county, Ohio.
Contents OF Letter.
According to the history Of the let
ter as It Ia variously recorded It was
written by Christ just after His cruel.
ixion, signed by the Angel Gabriel 50
years after the SaviOr's birth, and pre-
sumably deposited by him under Z
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 this IN
scription meant, or seemed to have
sufficient suriosity to investigate, un'
til the stone va turned over by 9
child and the letter, which follows
was discovered:
whatsoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. l command you
to 90 to church and keep holy the
Lords day without any manner OF
work. You shall not idle or misspend
your time in bedecking yourselves IN
superfluities and costly apparel and
vain dressing, for I have ordered 1t q
day Of rest. l will have that day kept
holy that your sins may be forgiven
you.
"You will not break my command
ments, but observe and keep chem.
they being written by my hand and
spoken from my mouth. You shall
not only 90 to church yourselves, but
also your man-servant and maid-serv.
ant. 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. l advise you to fast
five Fridays in the year, beginning on
Good Friday and continuing tine Fri
days following in remembrance Of the
five bloody wounds l received for you
and mankind.
Shall Love One Another.
"You shall love one another and
cause them that are not baptized to
come to church and receive the holy
sacrament-that is to say, baptism,
and then the supper Of the Lord, and
be made q member thereof, and In SO
doing l will give you long life and
many blessings. Your land shall be
replenished and bring forth abund-
ance and / will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, and surely he
that doth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
II will also send hardness of the
heart on them, and especially on hard.
ened and unpenitent unbelievers. He
that hath given to the poor shall find
1t profitable. Remember to keep holy
the SABBATH day, for the seventh day |
have taken as q resting. day to my.
self.
"And he, that hath . copy Of this
letter, written by my own hand and
spoken from my own mouth, and
.keepeth It, without publishing 1t to
others, shall not prosper, but he that
publisheth 1t to others shall be bless.
ed BY me, and If their sins be as many
the stars at night, and II they truly
believe they shall be %pardOned, and
they that believeth not this writing
and my commandments will have my
plaques upon you, and you will be
consumed with your children. goods,
cattle and ali other worldly enjoy
ments that I have given you. Do but
oncs think Of what l have suffered for
you-if you do. II will be we'll for you
in this world and i'd the world which
10 To- come.
Should savs Copy.
"Whosoever shall have Q copy OF
letter and keep It in their house,
nothing shall hurt them, neither pest