CHAPTER 12.THE GUIDING LIGHT.
1. Now when Athlyi started for Newark, there appeared a spotlight on the sleeve of his coat.
2. When Athlyi saw the light he tried to cover it with his hat but the light could not be covered.
3. Then he looked up and yelled joyfully, “It’s the light of the Lord. Surely it cannot be covered. The light of the Lord our God I shall follow this day. Indeed I will not stray.”
4. Athlyi journeyed to Newark and the light with him.
5. But when he turned contrary to the will of God, the light would not follow but stood on another street.
6. Now when Athlyi saw the light would not go he turned and went the way the light pointed him.
7. And it came to pass when Athlyi reached the city of Newark he prepared a house for the Lord our God and when he was making ready for the first sermon, a little girl opened the door and stared plumply into his face and uttered “Gaathly”. “Is your name Gaathly?” the Shepherd asked.
8. The child then raised her voice and again said “Gaathly,” and went out.
9. Straightway a light flashed and Athlyi looked around. He beheld over the altar a hand, writing on the wall the name Gaathly.
10. When Athlyi saw the hand on the wall he became very fearful but embroiled with joy.
11. He then rushed into the inner chamber and proclaimed before his wife Miriam and his daughter Muriel, the name of Gaathly saying, “Behold, a hand wrote it and the child revealed it as the Lord had promised.”
13. From that day unto this the holy house founded upon the Gospel of God through Athlyi is known as the Gaathly.
1. And it came to pass on the third Saturday night of the seventh month of the year nineteen hundred and twenty-seven, the word of the Lord came to Athlyi saying, “Tomorrow, thou shalt with thine own blood set apart the Athlians from the rest of the world’s inhabitants, that I may glory in them and nourish them.
2. “I shall send my angels and they shall dwell among the Athlians and teach them new things. Verily, the women as well as the men shall develop great in science.
3. “Fear not, because of the inventions of today,” saith the Lord, “for greater shall come out of my people, the Athlians. They shall school Ethiopia. Consequently the sons and daughters of Ham shall be a burning light unto all the earth.”
4. On the next day which was Sunday, while the Shepherd Athlyi preached before the people who came out to Gaathly, the spirit of the Lord came upon him and he then bit the top of his fingers, so that the blood spouted.
5. Then with his blood he marked a line between the Athlians and the rest of the earth’s inhabitants as the Lord had commanded him.
6. Then came forth the Shepherdmiss Muriel, daughter of Athlyi, who fell upon her knees saying, “Let thy blood fall upon me that I bear it through the ages.” The Shepherd let his blood fall upon her.
7. Then came forward also Sister Mary Howard, stear of the nourishers and saints. She bound up the Shepherd’s wound.
9. “I am a witness of this blood,” the Stear uttered, but the Shepherd answered saying, “All Athlians are witnesses of this blood, and I shall be their Shepherd forever. Even in the spirit I shall be with them and I shall be quick to answer those who called upon me in sincerity; but those who seeketh me empty in heart shall not find me.
10. “Happy shall be the aged who sacrifice the days of His youth within this blood. His tree shall grow mighty in the green pasture. He shall not want, but flourish.
11. “But verily I say unto you, only through concretation can anyone come beyond this blood and become an Athlian.
12. “For unto the Athlians, there is but one God, one Law, and one Shepherd.
13. “I am the lover of Justice, the light and guide unto perfect salvation,” saith Athlyi.
14. “Whosoever believeth in me shall in life enjoy salvation and inherit eternal happiness in the kingdom of God who sent me.
15. “But he that believeth not in me shall be a victim of slavery and oppression at the hands of Europe all the days of his unbelief.
16. “For he that receiveth me not, his heart despiseth the gift of God, the father, who sent me.
17. “For thus saith the Lord our God, ‘I shall not send Japeth to Ham, neither will I send to Sham, Japeth. But in time of peril I shall appoint from among them a saviour whose word shall reign forever.’
18. “‘They that refuseth their own in me, shall find no other. But slavery and oppression shall overcome them. They shall live in disgrace and die in dishonor!
19. “‘For I am the almighty powerhouse,’ said the Lord, ‘the spring of salvation, but a people without a king has no connection with me.’
20. “Fear not, O ye Athlians, for I, Athlyi, am your Shepherd. I am not of the flesh but of the spirit of God, the Father, who sent me to gather the children of Ethiopia that they be saved from peril. In the bosom of the Lord I shall forever hold my grip, therefor thou shalt be an everlasting light and power upon the earth.”
1. And it came to pass that the spirit moved in Athlyi and he became full with the holy ghost.
2. And he cried out saying, “Hear me, O children of Ethiopia. There is not a heaven nor a hell but that which ye make of yourselves and for yourselves.
3. “In heaven there are few while in hell there are many. But those who are in heaven are the champions of time who have conquered over sin and slothfulness.
4. “The fool slights the things in life and seeketh heaven after death. Verily, Verily I say unto you, he shall not find it. But the spirit of him that establishes a heaven on earth shall dwell in heaven everlasting.
5. “Unto him that is empty in love, faith, righteousness and industry there is no heaven.
6. “Heaven is a splendor. A source of peace and happiness, where the spirit of God is visable in its appearance.
7. “He that passeth from this heaven is exalted into heaven eternal. Beyond strife and death, where pain and sorrows are unknown.
8. “Hell is a dark and shabby place; a den of thieves, murderers, gamblers, drunkards, liars, blasphemers, hypocrites, underminers, voodoers, fortune tellers, begrudgers, raggedmen, yellers, backsliders, lazymen, deceivers, loafers, jormandizers, leppydoes, hoers, hoerlets, poverty, lice and diseases.
9. “Consequently the victims of the devil eat the fruit of the tree they have sown and therefore live in disgrace among men.
10. “Woe be unto the spirit of him that passeth from this hell. He shall be lowered into eternal hell where peace and happiness are unknown.
11. “He that is of the devil shall be segregated from the children of God; but he that is of God weareth the badge of the master, and the doors of heaven shall be opened unto him.
12. “Lo, I heard a cry in hell,” saith Athlyi, “calling upon me in God.
13. “And I looked and beheld a man striving to conquer hell and escape from his horrible condition.”
14. And Athlyi spoke unto his saying, “Who art thou?”
15. “‘I am Amos who persecuted thee and lied about you. Now I would rather be a sweeper in the Gaathly than to be a prince in the palace of kings who believeth not in thee.’
16. And Athlyi spoke unto him saying, “Thou doeth thyself this harm for there is no hell for him who believeth in me.”
17. And Amos reached out crying, “Forgive me, O Athlyi! and redeem me from this misery. For I believe that thou art a man of God with power to save.”
18. Then Athlyi reached down and lifted him up saying, “Arise, and stand above the devil and his hell. Thy faith in me shall bear thee up, but he that is weak in faith shall fall through his faith.
19. “For I am not of myself but of God, the father, who is in me. He that gives himself up to me wholeheartedly, I shall nurse him at my breast and he shall be strong.
20. “There shall be no devil to conquer him, neither shall there be any hell to hold him; for they, that are of me, shall help him that is in me. They that helpeth not their brother in me are not of me; likewise he who is not in harmony with the law of this gospel is not of me.
21. “He that cometh unto me halfway, I shall not receive him,” saith Athlyi, “for he is weak in himself in me and shall therefore fall in himself.
22. “He that withholds from me, that which he is able to give, shall lose it without compensation; but he that soweth in me wholeheartedly shall reap a reward ten fold. For I am of good soil and God, the father in me, shall water that which is sown in me.
23. “In the lives of those that are in me,” saith Athlyi, “there is but one God, one Shepherd, and one Gaathly. The Holy Law is of God and is God with those in me.
24. “They that are of me shall help those that are in me. They shall march together to defend their dignity and create projects to supply their necessities in life.
25. “At the sound of the bugle of war all Athlians shall gather around their rulers. Then, at the Shepherd’s command go forward to defend their rights.
26. “Knowing that our reward is Heaven everlasting if our enemy we shall conquer, it is therefore the sole spirit of the Athlians to die in honor rather than to live as dependable dogs in disgrace, subject to the dictation of others who are not in me.”
27. Then Athlyi called his Cledgers around him and placed his hands upon the right shoulder of each saying, “Blessed are the creators in me. They shall set with me in heaven eternal and return with me to inspect the earth and crown the worthy.
28. “He that is not clean, industrious and thrifty is not in me, for I am a lover of cleanness, lord of industry and a builder of commerce, that men may be happy in me.
29. “For he that liveth a productive life in me seeketh, and shall obtain heaven terrestrial and heaven eternal.
30. “Go ye out upon the earth, beneath the earth, upon the waters, beneath the waters and upon the trees. Gather in the blessings of God and develop them in me that ye prove yourselves worthy of compensation. For weakness and poverty is of the devil but richness and power is of God.
31. “But where there is no love, righteousness, and faith in your transactions the glory of heaven shall vanish and the misery of hell shall occupy the soul.”
1. And it came to pass that on the twenty-eighth day of the eighth month of nineteen hundred and twenty-seven (according to the English years but the fourteenth year according to the Athlican years) a young man twenty-two years of age came into the Gaathly begging for money.
2. The Shepherd looked upon the young man and said, “Thou art in the bloom of youth and power, but because thou art not of me, ye must beg.
3. “Go ye however through the highways and into corners, even so behind closed doors and gather men unto me, that they be lifted up from hell unto salvation.
4. “Then shall ye not be a beggar of me, but a sower and a reaper in me.
5. “For as many as believe and walk in me shall be saved. I shall relieve them of their miseries. I shall banish their sorrows. I shall defend them. I shall be a light in their darkness. I shall raise them up when all hopes are dead.
6. “I shall harden my heart against backsliders. The hypocrite, the liar, and the thief, I despise.
7. “Be aware of gospels that are not of God through Ethiopia. For it shall rob and destroy as many as accept it.
8. “Verily I say unto you, he that is not of me is not for your salvation. For I am he, whom the Lord, God of Ethiopia, had promised thee from creation, that ye may stretch forth thy hands direct unto the father through me and be saved.
9. “Before me there was none unto Ethiopia, but with me there is another and you, in me, in him are one with God; and the offspring of my vein and the offspring of his vein are cousins.
10. “Take heed! O ye children of Ethiopia. For I, Athlyi zigy sobcok tee. Whosoever cometh after me and is not of me is not for your salvation, but seeketh to destroy your civilization in God through me.
11. “Prophets shall rise and wise men shall spring out of you, but they that build not upon this foundation in me, in righteousness are deceivers of you.
12. “They shall come up to you with unjust gospels, which seeketh to destroy the offsprings of our father, Ham, doctrines which were before me.
13. “But it shall be as a man pleading with an electrician to go back to the tallow candle age, but the electrician shall laugh him to scorn.
14. “For I am greater than all gospels that were before my coming. I am richer. I am higher. Test me and be ye convinced that I, in the bosom of the God of Justice, have laid a foundation sufficient to hold all the builders that cometh after me in righteousness.
15. “I shall banish the devil. I shall clear up his hell and it shall bloom like a garden of brimigen. Then shall the rivers of peace flow out and the children of all the earth shall sit around the table of salvation in the House of God enjoying in life the splendor of true love and justice in me. For I am not myself, but God in me unto you.
16. “But verily I say unto you, I shall cut my heaven from him that knoweth and doeth not according to this gospel.
17. “The wise will prepare for battle even though there may not be any fight.
18. “The fool will quarrel but he that quarrels with a fool is a damn fool.
19. “Hear me, O thou Athlians! Be ye wise and live. I go to prepare a place for you beyond this heaven.
20. “Whosoever walketh in my blood within the principles of this gospel shall dwell with me in heaven everlasting, but he that walketh another way shall not find me.
21. “‘I will blow my trumpet throughout the Kingdom of Athlyi in Africa’, saith the Lord our God, ‘and my people the Athlians shall blow it unto the world.
22. “‘Then shall the inhabitants of the earth respect me, for I am a God of salvation, a conqueror of evil’.”
23. And it came to pass that Athlyi issued an order saying, “A real minister of Athlicanity must bear a diploma from the Athlican School of Athlicology and the graduation process shall embody ordination.
25. “God be with you my beloved. Let there be unity in spirit while ye are absent one from another. Wheresoever it is one Athlian there is the Shepherd in him, and whatsoever heareth an Athlian heareth also the Shepherd, and whatsoever an Athlian seeth, seeth the Shepherd also, for the Athlians are an amalgamation instituted by God which no man can separate.”