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
Mrs. Charles Sherman have copy
OF a letter which It is claimed was
written by Christ after his crucihxion
was countersigned By the angel
Gabriel 80 years after the savior's
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 II 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 inn
measurably.
Beg for Publication.
This latter clause has set the su-
perstitions people on the run TO the
newspapers throughout the country
begging for the publication of the let
ter so that they may insure their own
good fortune 1t has brought about
a situation similar to that Of a few
years ago when people everywhere
We're receiving through the mails
copies OF a bishops prayer" guar
anteed TO bring them great good
fortune If they would recite ii for
three days and send copies OF it TO 12
others with similar request
The story runs that the stone
bearing the incription, blessed be
he that shall turn me over, was
moved By a little child who found the
letter beneath IL Up to that time
no one knew what the incription
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 it 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 I command
you to 20 to church and keep holy
the Lords day without any manner
of wor'i You shall not idle OF mis-
spend your time in bedecking your
self IN superhuities of costly apparel
aud 1t vain dressing, for I have or
dered 1t a day of rest | viii have that
day kept holy that your sins may be
forgiven you.
You viii not break my command
menis. hut observe and keep them
spoken from my mouth You shall
not only go 10 church yourselves,
hut also your man servant and maid
servant Observe my words and
learn my commandments
"You shall finish your work every
Saturday at o'clock in the afternoon
nt which hour the preparation
for the sabbath begins. advise.
you to fast FIVE days in the year, be-
ginning on Good Friday and contin-
uing the five days following in re-
membrance Of the five bloody wounds
I received for you and mankind
You VIII Live Long.
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 a member thereof, and in so
doing | viii give you long life and
many blessings Your land shall be
repienished and bring forth abund-
ance and I will comfort you IN the
greatest temptation and surely he
h1f fA ht uao hp
cursed
~ viii also send hardness Of the
heart on them and especially on
hardened and unpenitent unbelieN-
ers. He that hath given to the poor
shall find it profitable Remember
TO keep tie sabbath day. for the
seventh day ! have taken as resting
day to myself.
And he that hath a copy of this
letter, written by my own hand and
spokeA by my own mouth, and keep
eth ii without publishing 1t to others
shall not prosper. but ha that pub
lisheth it to others shall be blessed
by me and II their sins be as many
as the stars by night and if they
truly believe, they shall be pardoned
and they that believe not that writing
and my commandments will have my
plaques upon you and you will be
consumed with your children, goods
and cattle and all other worldly en-
joyments that I have given you. Dc
but once think of what / have suf-
fered for you in this world and in
the world which is to come.
Whosoever shall have copy OF
this letter and keep it in their house
nothing shall hurt them, neither pes
thence, thunder nor lightning. and
if any woman be in birth and put heI
trust in me she shall be delivered OF
her child. You shall hear no more
news Of me except through the holy
scriptures until the day of Judgment
All goodness and prosperity shall b,
In the house where a copy of this
letter shall be found. Finished