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.”

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Questions and answers concerning the works of God among the children of Ethiopia and the principles of Athlianity:

Q1. What is the house of Athlyi?

A. A house created by the Almighty God through his apostle Athlyi, giver of the gospel and the law commanded by the Lord for the salvation of Ethiopia’s posterities.

Q2. What is the right wing to the house of Athlyi?

A. The Afro Athlican Constructive Church.

Q3. What is the left wing to the house of Athlyi?

A. The Athlican green pasture.

Q4. Can there be any other Church or denomination save the Afro Athlican Constructive Church upon the Law or the Gospel commanded by God to save the generations of Ethiopia?

A. No.

Q5. What is Athlicanity?

A. The Law and the Gospel administered by Athlyi.

Q6. Why can no other church be established upon this gospel?

A. Because the Athlicanity is sent by the Lord our God not to teach confusion and hatred but to set up a real religious and material brotherhood among the children of Ethiopia.

Q7. What is the Holy Piby?

A. A Holy book of God written unto the generations of Ethiopia.

Q8. Do the Athlians believe in Jesus Christ?

A. As a true servant sent by God to seek and to save the lost house of Israel.

Q9. Who did Athlyi, Marcus Garvey and colleagues come to save?

A. The down-trodden children of Ethiopia that they may raise to be a great power among the nations and in the glory of their God.

Q10. What is the Dictuary?

A. The most holy place in the Afro Athlican Constructive Church or in the house of Athlyi, where the Shepherd or his apostles occupies to administer the gospel.

Q11. What is God’s holy law to the children of Ethiopia?

A. A written document handed to Athlyi by an angel of the Lord whose name was Douglas.

Q12. What is the difference between God’s holy law to the children of Israel and God’s holy law to the children of Ethiopia?

A. There is much difference, the holy law to the Israelites was given to Moses, but God’s holy law given to the children of Ethiopia was handed to Athlyi by a messenger of the Lord our God, notwithstanding in the law given to the Israelites there are ten commandments, but in the law given to the children of Ethiopia there are twelve.

Q13. What Church is already established on God’s holy law given to the children of Ethiopia?

A. The Afro Athlican Constructive Church.

Q14. By what other name shall this church be known?

A. The House of Athlyi.

THE SHEPHERD’S COMMAND BY ATHLYI.

1st. Let all literature for the instruction of Athlian’s children be of a constructive nature, looking toward Ethiopia.

2nd. Let the eye of a star be the eye of the Shepherd and the ear of a star be the ear of the Shepherd, for they are his stars.

3rd. Fight for that which is yours and ye shall obtain it, for there is nothing hard against the power of God.

APPLICAN BOOKS

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(If ye understandeth not the Athlican words ask an Athlian minister.)

TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. The numbering was not adjusted when numbers were skipped. 2. All spelling errors were left uncorrected. 3. Silently corrected typographical errors in punctuation and capitalizaton.