Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-07-21
MYSTERIOUS LETTER PURxxsHED
BY RBQUES.

Newspapers throughout the United
States are printing what Is alleged
to be letter written by Christ.
In this letter was all injunction
that 1t should be published to the
world by whoever found 1t, together
with statement that misfortune and
bad luck would follow the person
having possession of 1t in the event
that 1t was not given publicity
There was likewise a promise that
whoever may have 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
alter His CrucihAiun. signed by tho
angel Gabriel ninsty-nine years after
the SAVERS birth and presumably
deposited by him under a stone at
the foot of the cross.
On this stone appeared the follow
ing: "BLESSED IS HE WHO SHALL
TURN ME OVER"
No che 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:
Whosoever works on the Saba 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
and vain dressing for l have ordered
i. a 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
them' they being written by my hand
ana 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
Tor the Sabbath begins. l advise YOU
TO fast five days in the year, begin.
ning on good Friday and continuing
inc I'VE days following In remem
Drance 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 Holv
sacrament, that Is to say Baptism
and then the supper OF the Lord. and
he 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 album
dance and l will comfort you in the
greatest temptation, and surely he
that doeth to the contrary shall be
cursed.
Il Will also send hardness of heart
on them, and especially on hardened
ana unpenitent unbelievers. He that
hath given to the poor shall find Il
profitable. Remember the Sabbath
DAY, Tor the seventh day have
'aRen as a resting day unto myself.
ana ne that hath copy Of this
letter written by my own hand and
spoken by my own mouth and keen.
etb II without Publishing It TO others
shall not prosper, but he that pub.
lisheth 1t to others shall be blessed
by me and II their sins be as MANY
as stars by night, and IL they truly
believe they shall be pardoned and
they that believe, not this writing
ana my commandments will have nv
plagues upon You and you will be
consumed with your children, goods
ana cattle and all other worldly en-
Joyments that I have given you. Do
put once think of what l have suffered
ior you, II you do 1t will be we'll for
you In this world and In tho world
which Is to come.
'Whosoever shall have n copy Of
this letter and keep it in their house.
nothing shall hurt them, neither pes-
tilence thunder nor lightning, and IL
a woman be in birth and put her
trust In me she shall be delivered
N her child. You shall hear no more
news OF me except through the Holy
Scriptures, until the day Of judg-
ment. All goodness and prosperity
shall be in the house wherever q copy
az this letter shall be found.
Finished"
The story goes that the little child
who found it passed 1t to one who
became a convert to the Christian
faith. He failed to- have the letter
published. He kept 1t, however, as
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 finally one
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, a
daughter, approached her death bed
and called a neighIbor, Mrs. Thomp-
son, giving her the letter and relating
It's history for more than a thousand
years. The Thompson woman began
the attempt to have it published and
1t first appeared in the Rome, Ca,
Tribune on October 31st, 1891. It
then appeared in the Dalton, Ca,
Citizen and Mrs. Workman, now liv-
ing in Marion Ind c1inned II and