CHAPTER 1

1. Now in the fifteenth year of Athlyi’s reign over the Athlians, the spirit of the Lord came upon him.

2. Being filled with the Holy Ghost he prophescied saying, “To the sun, in the sun, with the sun and the fuel of today shall a used to be.

3. “How beautiful the ships. How powerful, but the fuel of today shall a used to be. How speedy the airships the world around, around and around with no need for refuel.

4. “Hot shall be the houses. The pots a-boiling and bright the lights; but where are the wires? They used to be.

5. “The power of today is electric, but tomorrow shall be siprick.

6. “Satter, the mighty comet shall pass with the end of her tail two miles from the earth and the roaring of her passing, killing.

7. “I heard a cry saying, ‘Where is thy scenery as a star, O Satter. Behold thou art lands over lands. Pass quickly for we perish beneath thee.’

8. “New lands when Satter comes back. A buggy from Tokio to Los Angeles. A bicycle from London to Anguilla.

9. “The Atlantic and Pacific shall prepare to receive their wilderness and it shall be seen them adorning as a bride to receive her groom.

10. “New animals, new furs, a strange people and the winter of today shall a used to be.

11. “The ice in the north and the ice in the south shall disappear. Then shall continents which are submerged arise and the whole earth shall bloom.

12. “O Sun, thou outlet of the inter-planetical fumes, shine on. For with thee, of thee, by thee, he shall sit in his parlor in Athlyi, Africa, and see his daughter flirting in Chicago, U. S. A. He shall rebuke her with his mouth and she shall hear him, then reply with the wave of her hand and he shall see her.

13. “In his parlor he shall see a rooster treading in the moon and the bees on the roses in Venus.

14. “The laborers in Mars, strike-breakers on earth and my daughter in college in Jupiter.

15. “How hard it is when ye know not how, but he that is in me shall know the mysteries of mysteries which are hidden from him in these days.

16. “But I shall feed him with my own hands so that he takes one bite at a time and one swallow at a time else he be choked.

17. “My boys shall remind you of the things I have forgotten, for I have seen so far, but those that cometh after me, of me, with me and upon our God shall see farther even than I.

18. “Verily, Verily, I am the seed,” saith Athlyi, “but the Lord, God of Ethiopia, is the sower, and ye are trees of me that shall bring forth fruit a million fold.

19. “But he that beareth not is he that has not me in his heart and shall therefore receive no reward of me.

20. “I have not reached the height but they that are of me shall extend me. I have, however, dug deep and laid the foundation of eternal salvation. I have made thick the walls. I have sunk deeper the center pillars and lined them with steel. The reinforcements I have made of steel for I am conscious of the height that shall be attained on me. A development beyond words.

21. “I am black. Made in the image and likeness of the God of our fathers and is of the Lord, our God unto thee.

22. “He that establishes himself in me is with God and dwelleth upon an efficient foundation, but he that buildeth not on me establishes himself on nothing of consequence for the children of Ham.

23. “La Alpha Elijah cr toco coruse, ninky mose zezom la jobijem.”

CHAPTER 2.
HELD OUT HIS MORSEL.

1. And it came to pass that Athlyi sat in the sanctuary of the House of Athlyi with his left hand under his chin and the morsel in his right hand, apparently he was present in person but in the spirit he was not.

2. His mind went afar and entered the characteristic of the human tie.

3. Suddenly he stretched forth his morsel and uttered saying, “Sons of Athlyi, arise! Lift your heads and take heed. Let the sublimity of my words reign in your hearts and in the hearts of your offsprings forever.

4. “Verily, Verily, I say unto you, poverty is of the devil but it is better that ye choose to be poor than to live in the richness of the richest with a woman whose heart is contrary to thine.

5. “The deeds of a contrary couple are destructive and their destiny is Hell everlasting.

6. “I plead a divorce, my beloved, because I leadeth thee south but thou goeth north. I point east but thy desire is west. Depart therefore that ye find a man who seeth and goeth in thy own direction that it be well with thee; for a tug-o-war in the mind is horror to the soul. Moreover the treasury of the richest is not sufficient to supply the consumption of the contrary spirit.

7. “For a man no height is too high to achieve in me. No obstacle is too great for him to remove when conscious that his woman is with him indeed.

“Blessed is the household where the couple can map out the future with patience, peace and understanding, but a quarrelsome woman is a road to hell. Let so be said even of the man.”

8. And Athlyi reached out his morsel again and said, “Hear ye, O daughters of Athlyi! Verily I say unto you, the hopes and salvation of a woman is in the man, whose trust is in the Lord, our God, in me.

9. “But he that is not in me is far from God and has nothing of consequence for a brag.

10. “For I am this rock, the spring and power grounded in God. Dwell in me, with love and righteousness in faith, patience, cleanness and constructiveness. My spirit in thee shall never die.

11. “Verily I say unto all nations, the Athlians are not too proud to sacrifice whatever is necessary to obtain justice and to establish peace on earth, for where righteousness is lacking there is no tranquility.

12. “Our motto is Peace. Our standard is Right. Our hopes are Salvation.”

1. The spirit of the Lord moved within Athlyi. Being full with the Holy Ghost the Shepherd spake saying:

2. “Thou giveth the fat of thy life to the devil. Now that thou art drained and can no longer stand, ye cometh to God with your bones. ‘But I shall not accept them,’ saith the Lord, ‘for I am God who giveth thee to eat and to drink. I am he who supplies the necessities of life. Shall my reward be that ye dump your garbage on me?’

3. “‘Unto him whom thou giveth the fat of thy life dump also thy bones, that ye bear in fullness the consequence of your wickedness for the body of the wicked shall be cast into the grave and his soul in hell eternal. For the spirit of the body that abideth in earthly hell shall be a prisoner in hell everlasting’.”

4. And the word of the Lord came to Athlyi saying, ‘He that giveth unto me the fat of his life by his usefulness for the welfare of the living, when I the Lord shall transform him from this earth, I shall exalt him into heaven everlasting where he shall live forever with me in peace and splendor.

5. ‘Whosoever I forgive shall rise to serve me, but whosoever I have not forgiven shall not rise.

6. ‘He that passeth away in me shall dwell with my saints in glory,’ saith the Lord. ‘But the spirit of the body of him that passeth away in the devil shall not enter my fold, but shall dwell in everlasting torment.’

7. And Athlyi spake saying, “Life without pleasure within capacity is displeasing to God, but in your amusements dance ye mild else ye offend the Master.

8. “The clean should not accept the invitations of the unclean to gossip with them for the Lord abideth in the clean in spirit.”

CHAPTER 4.
SHALL SUFFER.

1. And it came to pass that Athlyi spake saying, “I shall be dragged about, mocked, scorned, and persecuted because of this gospel, which the Lord, God of Ethiopia, has commanded unto you through me. Many of you who follow me this day will desert your Shepherd because of fear. But blessed are the brave and faithful. They shall be rulers over rulers.

2. “Thine enemy shall shed your blood because of this Holy Piby, but the blood of thy veins shall richen the soil for the gospel. I am Messiah unto Ethiopia, therefore my word shall reign forever and ever.

3. “I shall be cast into prison for your sake, but my spirit shall go out of jail and fight for Ethiopia.

4. “Nations shall perish because of my persecution, for I am not a mere man but a Messiah upon the earth. Whosoever persecuteth me, committeth a crime against the holy ghost, in which there is no forgiveness, therefore the consequence is hell eternal.

5. “The Athlians, God’s selected people, who are of never dying faith and perseverence shall increase in power. Their women shall breed like rabbits and the Green Pasture shall aid in their protection. Verily the Athlians shall be numberless upon the earth and the Spirit of the Lord shall guide them.”

6. And Athlyi spake saying, “It shall come to pass that the devil will make hollow ground in the pathway of the Athlians, but they shall march upon him with the Holy Piby and he shall step back and fall into his own ditch.

7. “Verily I say unto you, if a hay stack can stop a blazing fire then shall the workers of the devil impede the advancing Athlians whose development has no boundary, but the mocker shall perish.

8. “Thou despiseth me when I was weak, now that I am strong, ye come?

“Verily, verily, neither my milk nor my cream shall be for thee, but shall be for those who supported me in my tender age.

9. “Yea, it shall be said of Athlyi, ‘In spite of all obstacles, he climbed with the burdens of Ham, and when he reached the top, the Heaven and the earth shouted, Behold! He has conquered, and an angel of the Lord descended and crowned him.’

10. La jobijem dilt ze larky inty met. Zeth Athlyi.

11. And Athlyi spake saying, “Forgive twice but in the third offense thou shalt not forgive.”