Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1914-05-17
[,uRIOUS LETTER" IS
 CREDITED TO CHRIST
T.. Possession Said to Bring Good us Juck Provided It Is ''Passed
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 ,o,thwest are printing, usually at ,,o renuest of subscribers, what pur .orts to be a letter written by Christ. rbis is revival of a-Well, fad of fifteen years ago. In this letter mos an injunction that 1t should be unublished" to the world by who- over found it, together with the statement that misfortune and bad 1uck would follow the person having nossession of it in the event that 1t was aot given publicity.
 There is likewise a promise that whoever may have copy of this let fer in his or her possession will pros ner and be followed by good for tune. The promise and the predic- tion seem to have had such effect on so many persons that the spread Of this letter bids fair to equal that of the famous "chain prayer" which swept ever this country and Eng land a few years ago.
 According to the story, or legend, the original letter was found some- time in the early days of Christian ity bv child. Here is the letter, Or command, as it appears ill the publi- cations:
 "Whosoever works on the Sabbath day shall be cursed. 1 command you to go 70 church and keep holy the Lords Day without any manner of work. You shall not idle or misspend vour time in bedecking yourselves in opportunities of costly apparel and vain dressing, for 1 have ordered it a day of rest. I will have that day kept holy that your sins may be for given you.
 You will not break my command 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 also your manservant and maid serv- ant. Observe my words and learn my commandments.
 You shall finish your work every Saturday at o'clock in the after noon, at which hour the preparation for the Sabbath begins. l advise you to fast five Fridays in the year, be- ginning on Good Friday and contin- ung the Fridays following in re- membraace of the five bloody wounds l received for you and mankind.
 You shall love one another and cause them that are not baptized to come to church and receive the holy saerament-that is to say, baptism and then the supper of the Lord, and be made member thereof, and in so doing l 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 teNptation, and sure shall be cursed.
 'I will also send hardness of the heart on them, and especially on hardened and unpenitent unbeliev- CTS. He that hath given to the poor shall find it profitable. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day, for the seventh day l have taken as rest ing day to myself.
 And he that hath copy of this letter. written by my own hand and spoken from my own mouth, and keepeth it, without publishing it to others, shall not prosper, but he that publisheth it to others shall be bless ed by me, and if their sins be as many as the stars at night, and if they truly believe they shall be par doned, and they that believe not this Writing and my commandments will nave my plaques upon you, and you Will be consumed with your children, goods, cattle and all other worldly en1oyments that I have given you. Do but once think of what I have suffered for you-if you do, it will De well for you in this world and Ill the world which is to come.
 "Whosoever shall have copy of thls letter and keep it in their house, nothing shall hurt them; neither pes tllence, lightning or thunder; and if any woman 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 Scripture until the day of judgment. All goodness and prosperity shall De in the house where copy of this letter shall be found. Finished"
 From the hands of the child who found it the letter is said to have