Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1915-04-23
letter FROM Christ f'6uhd

States are pruning WnaC Is alieSeu
to be letter written by Christ.
In this letter was an injunction
that it should be published to the
world by whoever found it, to-
gether with the statement that
misfortune and bad luck would
follow the person having possession
of it in the event it was not given
publicity; there was likewise a
promise that whoever may have a
copy of this in his OF her posses
sion, will prosper and be followed
by good fortnue.
According to the history of the
letter, it was written by Christ
| lust after his cruci6xion, and signed
w the Angel Gabriel, SO years
after the Savior's birth, and pre-
sumably deposited by him under a
stone at the foot of the cross On
his stone appeared the legend,
Blessed is he who shall turn me
,ver 4" No one knew what the in
scription meant, or seemed to
nave sufficient curiosity to investl-
gate, until the stone was turned
over by a little child, and closed:
Whosover works on the Sabbath
Law shall he cursed. | command
you to go to church and keep holy
The Lords day, with out any man
ner of work.
You shall not idle or misspend
;our time in bedecking yourself in
vain dressing, for | have ordered 1t
day of rest. | will have that day
kept holy that your sins may be
forgiven you. You will not break
| ny commandments, bnt observe
md keep them; they being written
by my hand, and spoken by mouth
You shall not only 90 to church
.ourself, but also your man serv-
md and maid sci want.
Observe my words and learn my
commandments. You shall finish
YOUR work every Saturday at 6
a'clock in the afternoon, at which
aour the preparation for the Sab
bath begins.
| advise you to feast five days in
he year. beginning Good Friday
and continuing the five days follow
ing, in remembrance of the five
bloody wounds I 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 Sacrament, that is to say
baptism and then the Supper of
The Lord, and be made a member
thereof, and in point, | will give
you long life and many blessings,
YOUR land shall be replenished and
bring forth abundance, and | will
comfort you in the greatest tenn
ptations and surely he that doeth
TO the contrary shall be accused:
81 will also send hardness of
heart on them and especially
on hardened and unpenitent be-
levers. He that has given to the
poor shall find it profitable. Re-
member and keep the Sabbath day,
for the seventh day | have taken
as a resting day to myself.
"And he that hath a copy of
this letter by my own hand and
spoken by my own mouth, and
keepeth it without publishing it to
! others, shall not prosper, but he
who pubIisheth it to others shall
be blessed by me and if their sins
be as many as the stars by night,
and if they truly believe, they shall
be pardoned, and they that be-
lieve not this writing and my com
mandments, will have my plaques
upon you and you will be consum-
| ed with your children, goods and
cattle and all other worldly enjoy
ment that | have given you Do
but once think of what I have suf-
fered for in this world and in the
world which is to come.
"Whosoever shall have a copy of
this letter and keep it in their
house, nothing shall hurt them,
and if any women 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 Scrip,
ture. until the day of Judgment:
All goodness and prosperity shall
be in the house where copy Of
this letter shall be found finished. Z"
The story goes that the little
child who found it passed it to one
who became a convert to the
Christian faith. He failed to have
the letter published, but kept it,
however, as a sacred menento of
Christ, and it has passed down to
different generations of of his fam
lily for more than 1000 years. Dur
ing this period, the family suffered
repeated misfortunes, migrated to
different countries until finally
one of them came to America,
bringing the letter with him. They
eattIed in VIRGINIA and later moved