Bisbee daily review., 1921-01-28
ALLEGED LETTER FROM SAVIOR
 CIRCULATED

In plain envelope. addressed to the editor of the Review. the follow ing story was received yesterday. It was clipped from the Arizona Gazette of the date of January 19. 1921 The story follows; Country papers thrOnshonI the United States are printing what iS alleged to be a letter written by Christ. In this letter was an injunc- ton that il should be published to the world by whoever found il together with the statement that misfortune and bad luck would follow the person having possession Of it in the event that it was not given publicity. There was likewise promise that whoever may have a copy or this in his or her possession will prosper and be followed by good fortune. According to the history of the let ter il was written by Christ just after His crucifixion, signed by the Angel Gabriel ninety-nine years after the Ssvior's birth and presumably deposi- ted by him under stone at the foot of the cross.
 On this stone appeared the legend Blessed is he who shall turn me over"
 No one knew what the inscription Imeant. or 'seemed to have sufficient icuri0sity 10 investigate until the stone was turned over by a little child and the letter which follows was discov- tered:
 .'Whosoever works on the Sabbath day shall be cursed I command you to go to church and keep holy the Lords day. without any manner of work You shall not idle or misspend your time in bedecking yourself in lsuperfluities of costly apparel and vain dressing. for l have ordered it d day of rest I will have that day kept holy that your sins may be for igiven 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 not only go to church yourselves. but also your man servant and maid ser want. Observe my words and learn my commandments.
 | "You shall finish your work every Saturday at 6 o'clock in the afternoon at which hour the preparation for the Sabbath besins advise you to fast five days in the year, beginning on Good Friday and continuing the five days following in remembrance Of the five bloody wounds received for you and for 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 ! so doing I will give you long life and many blessings Your land will be iteplenished and bring forth abundance and I will comfort you in the great est temptation, and surely he that dOeth to the contrary shall be cursed.
 Il will also send hardness of the heart on them and especially that hath given to the poor shall find it profitable. Remember to keep the Sabbath day. for the seven day have taken as resting day 10 mys-n
 And he that hath s. copy or this letter written by my own hand and spoken by my own mouth and keep eth it without publishing it to others shall not prosper, but he that publish eth it to others shall be blessed by me, and if their sins De as many as stars by night. and if they truly be- lieve not this writing and my con- mandment will have my plague upon you and you will be consumed with your children, goods and cattle and all other worldly enjoyments that I have given yOu- Do but once think of what I have suffered or you; if you do. it will be well for you in this world and in the world which is to come.
 Whoever shall keep a copy of this letter and keep it in the house, noth- ing shall hurt them, neither pesti- fence, thunder or lightning 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 lures until the Day of Judgment All goodness and prosperity shall be in the house where a copy of this letter shall be found finished"
 The story goes that the little child who found it passed it to one who be- came a convert to the Christian faith
 He failed to have the letter published. He kept it, however, as a sacred me mento of Christ and it passed down to different generations of his family for more than 1000 years
 | During this period the family sui fered repeated misfortunes. migrated
 to different countries. until finally
 one of them came to America, bring ing the letter with him. Tney settled ! in Virginia then moved further south
 still followed by misfortune, when fi-
 nally the last member, daughter. . approached her deathbed and called q
 neighbor. Mrs. Thompson. giving her the letter and related its history for more than 1000 years. The Thomp- son woman began the attempt to have | it published and it first appeared in
 the Rome (Ga) Tribune on October 31, 1S91 It then appeared in the Dalton (GaD. Citizen and Mrs Worth man. now living in Marion. Ind.
 clipped it and kept in her possession for many years without an effort to
 have it published She was followed by misfortune, which she attributed