The Chain Letter Again
By Editor
The Chain Letter Again.—We note from various exchanges which come to us that the chain-letter scheme is being pretty thoroughly worked in all parts of the country. That letter asks that the recipient offer a certain prayer. This prayer is said to have been written by Bishop Lawrence. The receiver is also asked to copy this prayer and send it to nine other persons. He is told that he who will not do this will be afflicted with some misfortune, that one person who failed to do this met with a horrible accident, while he who does it will find great blessing. We have before said that the thing is a mere superstition on the face of it, and advise all our readers to let the chain break with them whenever they are thus afflicted. We have also stated before that we believed Bishop Lawrence had nothing to do with the matter at all. To confirm this, we wrote to the bishop, enclosing a copy of the letter and prayer, and received the following reply from his secretary: Office of the Bishop, the Diocesan House, Boston, October 24, 1906. DEAR SIR: Bishop Lawrence has had nothing to do with the endless prayer chain which is being circulated through the mails. He hopes that those receiving them will destroy them and stop their circulation. Denials to this effect have been published in the Associated Press, in the local press, and in the church papers. You are quite at liberty to publish a denial to this effect if you wish to. Yours sincerely,
REGINALD MOTT HULL, Secretary. We say again that we hope the readers of the SIGNS OF THE TIMES will pay no regard to requests of this kind.