Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-21
LETTER Published
RY RB9UES.
NEWSPAPERS throughout the limited

Newspapers throughout the United
States are printing what is alleged
to be letter written by Christ.
In this letter was al injunction
that 1t should be published to the
world by whoever found it, together
with a statement that misfortune and
bad luck would follow the person
having possession OF it in the event
that 1t was not given publicity.
There was likewise a promise that
whoever may have a copy of this in
his or her possession will prosper
and be followed by good fortune
According to the history of the let
ter 1t was written by Christ just
after His CrucitXion. signed by the
angel Gabriel ninety-ninc years after
the Savier's birth and presumably
deposited by him under Il stone at
the foot Of the cross
On this stone appeared the follow
ing: "BLESSED IS He WHO SHALL
TURN NE OVER"
No one knew what the Inscription
meant. or seemed to have sufficient
curiosity to investigate, until the
stone was turned over by little
child and the letter which follows
was discovered:
whatsoever works on the Sabba III
day shall be cursed. l command YOU
to go to church and keep holy the
Lords day. without any manner of
work. You shall not idle or mis-
spend your time in bedecking your.
self in superiluities of costly apparel
ana vain dressing for | have ordered
!, day of rest. l will have that day
Kept holy that your sins may be for
given you
You will not break my command
ments, but observe them and keep
thcnl, they being written by my hand
and spoken from my mouth. You
snail not only go to church yourself.
out also your man servant and maid
servant. Observe my words and
learn my commandments.
You shall finish your work every
saturday at six O'clock in the after
noon at which hour the preparation
lor the Sabbath begins. | advise Won
TO last five days in the year, begin
nlhg on good Friday and continuing
inc live days following in remem
brancc OF the five bloody wounds
received for you and mankind
You shall love one another and
cause them that are not baptized to
come 10 church and receive the Holy
sacrament, that is to say Baptism,
ana then the supper of the Lord, and
nc made a member thereof, in so do
ing VIII give you long life and
many blessings. Your land shall he
replenished and bring forth in abun-
dance and l will comfort you In tho
greatest temptation, and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall he
cursed.
VIII also send hardness of heart
on them, ard especially OH hardened
ana unpenitent unbelievers. He that
hath given to the poor shall find It
profitable. Remember the Sabbath
day, for the seventh day I have
taken as resting day unto: myself,
ana he that hath copy of this
letter written by my own hand and
spoken by my own mouth and keen
etb 1t without publishing 4 10 others
snail ndt prosper, but no that pub
lisheth 1t to others shall be blessed
by me and If their sins DO as many;
as stars by night, and If they truly
believe they shall be pardoned and
they that believe not this writing
ana my commandments will have nv
piaeoeS upon you and you will he
consumed with your children, goods
anu cattle and all other worldly ell
loSmonts that l have given you. DO
nut once think of what have suffered
Tor you, If you do it will be we'll for
you IN this world and in the world
which is to come.
whatsoever shall have n COPY Of
this letter and keep it in their house.
nothing shall hurt them, neither pes
thence thunder nor lightning, and if
Il woman be in birth and put her
trust Iii me she shall be delivered
gu her child. You shall hear no moro
news OF me except through the Holy
scriptures, until the day of judg-
ment. All goodness and prosperity
shall be III the house wherever a COPY
Of this letter shall be found.
Finished"
The story goes that the little child
who found it passed ii to one who
became a convert to the Christian
faith. He failed To have the letter
published. Hc kept it, however, as
a sacred memento of Christ and it
passed down to different generations
OF his family for more than one thou
sand years.
During this period the family suf-
fered repeated misfortunes, moved to
different countries until iinaill o,.n
OF them came to America, bringing
the letter with them. They settled
in Virginia, then moved farther
south, still followed by misfortune,
when finally the last member, Il
daughter, approached her death bed
and called neighbor, Mrs. Thomp-
son, giving her the letter and relating
it's history for moro than thousand
years. The Thompson woman began
the attempt to have it published and
it first appeared in the Rome, Ga,
Tribune on October 31st, 1891. It
then appeared in the Dalton, Ga,
Citizen and Mrs. Workman, now liv-