The Alaska daily empire., 1913-12-27
LETTER SAID TO
 BE FROM LORD
O-O-

] Fred Hermann, of this city, has giv- en The Empire a clipping from the Times, Cripple Creek, Colo. which con tains an account of what is purported to be letter written by Christ, and deposited by Him under a stone at the foot of the cross. Mrs. Fannie Wort man of Marion. Ind, according to, the account, claimed the letter was hand ed down from one family to another until it finally found it's way to Amer ica, and that misfortune always at tended those who kept it from being
 The letter itself lays stress upon Keeping the Sabbath holy, and com mands that whosoever receives a copy of the letter to make it known or else prosperity shall not follow. The doc ument reads:
 "Whosover works on the Sabbath day shall be cursed. 1 command you to go to church and keep holy the Lords day without any manner of work You shall not idle or misuse your time in bedecking yourself in superfluities of costly apparel and vain dressing, for I have ordered it a day of rest. I will have that day kept holy that your sins may be forgiven you.
 ssVO,, will not brooly r,,v pd ments, but observe and keep them, they being written by my hand and spoken from my mouth. You shall not only go to church yourselves, but al so your man-servant and maidservant. Observe my words and learn my com tmandments. D>....sD oa. You. shall finish your work every Saturday at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, at which hour the preparation for the Sabbath begins. I advise you to fast five Fridays in the year, beginning on Good Friday and continuing the Fri days following, in remembrance of the ! five bloody wounds freceived for you and mankind. AAAAA e1 l. B. ",You, shah love one another and cause them that are not baptized to come, to- church and receive the holy sacrament--thatr,is to say, baptism [ and then the SupperSof. the Lord, and be made a member thereof, and in so so doingI will give you long life and many blessings. Your land shall be replenished and bring forth abundance and I will comfort you in the greatest . temptation, and surely he that doeth to the contrary shall be cursed.
 q will also send hardnes of the heart on them, and especially on hard ened and unpenitent unbelievers. He that hath given to the poor shall find it profitable. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, for the seventh day have taken as a resting day to my self. se..-.. ... -......
 And he that hath copy of this let ter, written by my own hand and spok-
 
 en from my own mouth, and keepeth it, without publishing it to others, shall not prosper, but he that publisheth it to others shall be blessed by me, and if their sins be as many as the stars at night, and if they truly believe that they shall be pardoned, and they that believe not this writing and my com mandments will have my plaques upon you, and you will be consumed with your children, goods, cattle aud all other worldly enjoyments that I have given'y Do but once think of what l have suffered for you-if you will, it will be well for you in this world and in the world which is to come.
 b. "Whosoeyer shall have a copy of this letter and keep it in their house, noth- ing shall hurt them, neither pestilence, lightning or. thunder, and if any wom- an be in birth and put her trust in me she shall be delivered of her child You shall hear no more news of me, except through the Holy Scriptures, un- til the day of judgment, All goodness and prosperity shall be in the house where copy of this letter shall be found. Finished" -.