THE WORD OF THE LORD.
1. And it came to pass in the year of nineteen hundred and twenty-four
and the twelfth day of the ninth month, the word of the Lord, God of
Ethiopia came to Athlyi saying,
2. “I am God, the creator, father of Ham, Canaan, Nimrod and Ethiopia.”
3. “Why calleth thou my holy temple, Church?” sayeth the Lord unto
Athlyi.
4. “Will thou also destroy the righteousness, of my holy name?”
5. “Will thou even so teach that I am a God who confers honor upon the
envious in mind; the lying, inhuman, murdering, plunderous, oppressive
and adulturous characters in my name?”
6. And the Lord continued to say, “Athlyi! Oh Athlyi! I say unto you
again. Why calleth my holy temple, ‘Church’? Will thou also teach that I
have commanded to destroy the offsprings of Ham in Canaan?”
7. Athlyi answered saying, “Father, behold the House of Athlyi.”
8. “This I have created,” saith the Lord, “Verily I shall dwell in the
High place at the House of Athlyi and shall give light to the Shepherd
and the Shepherd to his Apostles and his Apostles to all people who
shall constitute the auxiliaries of my most holy House of Athlyi.”
9. “But why calleth thou these auxiliaries, ‘Church’?” he continued.
10. Athlyi hesitated and the Lord our God, who stood in the midst of a
brilliant light, like unto a circle pointed to Athlyi and said,
11. “I have commanded thee but thou art carried away by those who
polluted the righteousness of my name.”
12. At this saying Athlyi advanced towards the Lord with open arms and
cried out, “O God of Ethiopia, I pray, redeem me, wash me clean and
separate me from all gospels that pollute the righteousness of thy name
that those in me unto thee may be clean and free from all things
abominable in thy sight.”
13. “Thou art the supreme sage; pray! Give me to nurse at thy breast the
milk of wisdom that I may know and understand thee.”
14. And it came to pass that the Lord, our God of Ethiopia spoke saying,
“Reach out and touch me.”
15. Athlyi reached out and with the first finger of his right hand
touched the personality in the light, straightway his heart became in
motion and the eyes of Athlyi lit up like a torch. Evidently he had
increased in wisdom, a man matchless in spirit.
16. And the Lord, God of Ethiopia, spoke unto Athlyi saying, “Thou art a
star in my crown. Go ye through the lands that men may dwell in thee and
see clear the impediments in the paths of their lives.”
17. Now when the Lord has commanded Athlyi to carry the light unto
others he departed and the light of his eyes lit up the near and distant
darkness, and the word of his mouth brought freedom to the enslaved.