1. The following meeting after the Shepherd was confirmed, there came to
him men and women to be concretized, and he concretized them with water.
2. And the Shepherd taught the form Solemnityfeast, which the Christians
call sacrament, and he taught the form of baptism also concretation and
the period of concord according to the Athlican faith.
3. Let the people be baptized with water by submersion for the remission
of their iniquities in the name of one God, his Holy Law and the Holy
Ghost.
4. Let the people be concretized also with water that they be binded
into one united band from one generation to another and let them pledge
their lives loyally to the cause of actual work for the upbuilding of
Ethiopia and for the rescue of suffering humanity; suffer them to wash
their hands against the slothful and fruitless life of the past.
5. Then shall the parson give to them a hand of fellowship, bringing
them forward into a new and ever productive life.
6. Let the people assemble once a month on their knees before the Altar
at Solemnityfeast, then shall the parson and ordained cleffs administer
to them bread and water, saying, eat in remembrance of your pledge to
God, yielding yourselves into actual work for the welfare of your
generation through the upbuilding of Ethiopia and for the rescue of
suffering humanity.
7. Drink in remembrance of your baptism when thy sins hath been washed
away, bid far the devil and his iniquities; arise and go in the name of
one God, his Law and the Holy Ghost.
8. For as much as angel Douglas binded the heaven and earth for the
rescue of Ethiopia and her posterities, suffer the children of Ethiopia
to assemble for three days’ celebration, beginning from the setting of
the sun on the twenty-ninth day of the seventh month unto the setting of
the sun of the first day of the eighth month of the year, which shall be
known throughout the world as the period of concord in accordance with
the celestial and terrestial concord led by the mighty angel Douglas.
9. Hear, oh generations of Ethiopia, for I, Athlyi, speak not as a mere
man but with authority from the kingdom of God.
10. Verily, I say unto you, the first and second days of the concord
thou shall not eat the flesh of any animals, nor large fishes, neither
shall ye drink of their blood or of their milk; thy victuals shall be of
fowl and tiny fishes; devote thyself in communing with the Lord God of
Ethiopia.
11. Be aware of improper conduct, for the angels of heaven are
participating in the concord.
12. On the third day, which is the last day of concord, let there be a
great feast and joviality among the people.
13. Let the atmosphere be teemed with balloons of colors carried in the
hands of the people; let also the possessions of all Ethiopia’s
generations be adorned with the colors.
14. During the concord the house of Athlyi shall order the release of
the people from all Athlican factories, or other enterprises so that
they can commune with the Lord their God.
15. In time of concord let the Athlican ships fly the colors of the
Great Negro Civilization wheresoever they are; pray that the captains
thereof are of the Athlican faith so as to celebrate concord in its
fulness.
16. Hear ye, O’ generations of Ethiopia, for I, Athlyi, speak unto you,
for as the Lord God of Ethiopia liveth, this is a serious affair which
must not be forsaken.
17. The Holy finger print of the Almighty God signed the issue in the
name of his Majesty, his Law, and for the sake of suffering humanity.
18. And it came to pass that one of the new comers into the Athlican
faith who sat in the midst of the audience spake, saying, may I ask his
holiness, what is the principal belief of the Athlians.
19. Straightway the Shepherd answered saying, the fundamental belief of
the Athlican faith is justice to all, but hear ye, also, the Athlian’s
creed:
THE ATHLIAN’S CREED.
20. We believe in one God, maker of all things, Father of Ethiopia and
then in his Holy Law as it is written in the book Piby, the sincerity of
Angel Douglas and the power of the Holy Ghost. We believe in one
Shepherd Athlyi as an anointed apostle of the Lord our God, then in the
Afro Athlican Constructive Church unto the most Holy House of Athlyi. We
believe in the freedom of Ethiopia and the maintenance of an efficient
government recorded upon the catalog of nations in honor of her
posterities and the glory of her God, the establishment of true love and
the administration of justice to all men, the celebration of concord,
the virtue of the Solemnityfeast and in the form of baptism and
concretation as taught by our Shepherd Athlyi.
We believe in the utilization of the power and blessings of God for the
good of mankind, the creation of industries, the maintenance of colleges
and the unity of force, then in the end when earth toil is over we shall
be rewarded a place of rest in the kingdom of heaven, there to sing with
the saints of Ethiopia, singing Hallelujah, hosanna to the Lord our God
for ever and ever—Amen.
21. Then the Athlians shouted hosanna to the Lord God, surely the Lord
has sent us not only a Shepherd but a saviour.
22. Straightway the Shepherd Athlyi spake saying upon those words the
Afro Athlican Constructive Church stands firm over which the hosts of
hell nor the armies of the earth shall not prevail.
23. And the Shepherd being full with the Holy Spirit recited from his
heart saying:
24. Father, thou God of all, closer to thee even though afar we stray;
thou hast called us back, now all in one we come, children of Africa:
Closer, oh God, to thee; closer to thee.
25. And he began to tell his followers about the wonderful works of God;
how he hath sent apostles of the twentieth century, to save Ethiopia and
her generations from the oppressive feet of the nations that they prove
themselves fruitful for the good of their children and the glory of
their God.
26. Know ye that I am not the only one sent by the Lord our God to
rescue the children of Ethiopia, for before me there were two others
sent forth to prepare the minds of the people for the great things that
shall come to pass.
27. I saw an angel resembling a mighty Negro, and upon his head were
horns of a great structure and on his breast was a map of life.
28. I heard a great voice uttered from the end of the world saying,
behold the map of the new Negroes, by this shall ye know the apostle of
the twentieth century whom the Almighty God hath commanded to save
Ethiopia and her posterities.
29. At the sound of the mighty voice the structure descended from the
head of the angel and stood upon the ground and the map surrounded it,
then was the writing plain to be understood.
30. And the Shepherd showed the people a copy of the map, and said
behold the map as I have seen it, straightway at midnight I reproduce
the mystery.
31. Then the Athlians shouted for joy and the Shepherd spake with a loud
voice saying thou sun that shines upon the waters of the utmost world,
that gives light to the earth, stand thou still over mountains of Africa
and give light to her righteous armies.
32. Where are those; there is none to compare with the Athlians in
united spirits and a determination; a people lovers of freedom and of
justice, fearless of death.