The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-24

settled in Virginia, still keeping the
fact of the letter secret. Descend l
ants of the family moved farther !
south. still followed by misfortune; !
finally as the last member lay on her |
deathbed she called a neighbor woman
Thompson and gave the letter to her
and relating its history. The ThOmp-
son woman attempted to have it pub
lished was rewarded when it appeared
i'm the Rome. Ga, Tribune, Oct. 81,
1891. 1t was republished in the Bal
ton. Ca, Citizen, and Miss Fannie
WortOman. of Marion, Ind, clipped
it from the paper stating that during
the time she had retained the letter
in her possession or without having
it published or attempting to, she
had had a series of bad luck, which
she attributes to her failure to secure
publicity for the letter. 1t is my
PRAYER that this letter be published
Here is the letter:
Nhosoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed | command you
to go to the church, keep holy the
Lords day without any manner OF
work. You shall not idle and mis-
mend your time in bedecking your
self in superfluities of costly apparel
and vain dressing, for | would have
that day kept holy that your sins
may be forgiven. You will not break
nv commandments but observe and
keep them, they being written by my
hand and spoken by my mouth. You
will not only go to church yourself,
but also your maidservant and man
servant, observe my words and learn
nv commandments. You shall finish
YOUR work every Saturday at six
o'clock in the afternoon at which hour
! the preparations for the Sabbath be-
gin. l advise you to fast five Fri
days in the year beginning on Good
| Friday and continuing the Friday
| following. in remembrance of the five
blood wounds | 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, bap-
tism and then the supper of the Lord
and then be made a member thereon,
and in so doing, l will give you a
long life and many blessings, your
land shall be replenished and bring
forth abundance, and l will comfort
YOU in the greatest temptation, and
surely he that doeth to the contrary
shall be cursed. l will also send hard
ness of heart on them, and especially
on hardened and impenitent unbe-
levers. He that gives to the poor
shall find it profitable. Remember to
keen holy the Sabbath day. For the
seventh day | have taken as a resting
day to myself. And he that hath a
! copy of this letter from my own
mouth and keepeth it without pub
fishing it to others shall not prosper,
but he that publishes 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 they shall be
hardened, and they that believe not
this writing and my commandments
will have my plague upon you, ana
YOU will be consumed with your chill
! dren, goods. cattle and all other world
" enjoyments that l have given you.
! DO not ONCE lHlllh VI "h''' A"
suffered for you in this world ana
| in the world to come. WhosoeVer
shall have a copy of this letter and
have copy in the house, nothing
shall hurt them, neither pestilence'
lightning nor thunder, and il any
woman be in birth and put her trust
in me she shall be delivered OF her
child. You shall have no more news
of me except through the Holy Scrip
lures. until the day of Judgment. All
goodness and prosperity shall be in
the house where copy of this letter
shall be found. Amen.
This letter has been copied IRON
the Hickman County News" Con
treville, Tenn.
Respectfully, Mrs. l.. GleaVe'
Miles.