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PREFACE
PREFACE
The Holy Piby, a book founded by the Holy Spirit to deliver the gospel commanded by the Almighty God for the full salvation of Ethiopia’s posterities. In time the Piby shall contain all worthy prophecies and inspirations endowed by God upon the sons and daughters of Ethiopia, but no article shall be permitted to enter the Piby save that which is in accordance with the gospel of the twentieth century, preached by his Holiness, Shepherd Athlyi, apostle Marcus Garvey and colleague, the three apostl
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CHAPTER I. THE CREATION.
CHAPTER I. THE CREATION.
1. From the beginning there was God and he spake and all things were made that are made. 2. The sixth day God made man for his glory, and all things were given unto him for his possession and for his use the woman hath God made of man and for the glory of the man that she serve him and raise up seed unto him. 3. And God rested the seventh day and hallowed it that men should do also. 4. Now when the man saw the woman that was made of him and for his glory, he loved her and married with her, conse
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CHAPTER II. DEAD BECAME ALIVE.
CHAPTER II. DEAD BECAME ALIVE.
1. And it came to pass that God entered the body of an unknown dead and the dead became alive, then did he walk about the earth in person. 2. He dwelt among men and wrought many miracles so that the kingdom of heaven might be verified. 3. He suffered persecution and privation as an example of what ministers of the gospel must suffer to maintain the kingdom of God among men. 4. And it came to pass that God gave his name Elijah, and he called upon the name of the Lord God even though he himself wa
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CHAPTER 1. HEAVEN GRIEVED.
CHAPTER 1. HEAVEN GRIEVED.
1. For as much as the children of Ethiopia, God’s favorite people of old, have drifted away from his divine majesty, neglecting life economic, believing they should on spiritual wings fly to the kingdom of God, consequently became a convenient for the welfare of others. 2. Therefore the whole heaven was grieved and there was a great lamentation in the Kingdom of God. Ethiopian mothers whose bodies have been dead a thousand years, weeping for their suffering generations and would not be comforted
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CHAPTER 2. PRESENTATION OF THE LAW.
CHAPTER 2. PRESENTATION OF THE LAW.
1. And it came to pass that the mighty angel robed in four colors descended from among the great heavenly host. 2. When the Athlyi saw the angel descending he feared with great fear and hid behind the root of a tree. 3. But the angel of the Lord came up unto him and said, Athlyi, come forth for the Lord has made thee shepherd of his anointed children of Ethiopia. 4. And Athlyi answered saying, who are thou? I am Douglas, a messenger from the Lord, replied the angel. I am sent to robe thee and to
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CHAPTER 3. GOD’S HOLY LAW TO THE CHILDREN OF ETHIOPIA.
CHAPTER 3. GOD’S HOLY LAW TO THE CHILDREN OF ETHIOPIA.
Great and manifold are the blessings bestowed upon us the oppressed children of Ethiopia, by His Divine Majesty, Lord God Almighty, King of all mercies, when by his most holy command his divine highness, Christ, Prince of the heavenly kingdom, descended and anointed us that we may be prepared to receive these noble men, servants of God and redeemers of Ethiopia’s posterities, his honor, Marcus Garvey and colleague, his holiness the shepherd Athlyi, supreme minister of God’s holy law to the child
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CHAPTER 4. THE LAW PREACHED.
CHAPTER 4. THE LAW PREACHED.
1. Now in the year of 1917 A. D., Shepherd Athlyi first went about the city of Newark, New Jersey, U. S. A., telling of the law and preaching concretation saying, I come not only to baptize but to concretize for the rescue of suffering humanity, for verily I say unto you, first seek ye righteousness toward men and all things will be added unto you, even the kingdom of God. 2. There came to him many to be concretized and he concretized them with water, men and women. And the names of his stars we
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CHAPTER 5. ATHLICANITY PREACHED.
CHAPTER 5. ATHLICANITY PREACHED.
1. For as much as the doctrine preached by Athlyi gained favor in the hearts of the people, and that it was efficient for the salvation of Ethiopia’s generations: On the thirteenth day of the seventh month, in the nineteen hundred and eighteenth year the followers of Athlyi assembled at the Israel Memorial A. M. E. Church, West Kinney Street, Newark, New Jersey, U. S. A. They declared themselves Athlyians by name and in faith: 2. And they consolidated themselves within the faith. 3. They sang so
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CHAPTER 6.
CHAPTER 6.
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. L
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CHAPTER 7.
CHAPTER 7.
1. Now in the year of nineteen hundred and nineteen on the thirtieth day of the seventh month, when the Athlians were celebrating concord in the city of Newark, New Jersey, U. S. A., and on the third day of the period a paper was read by the Rev. Bonfield telling of Marcus Garvey in New York City. 2. And the Shepherd hesitated, then spake, saying: 3. I almost believe this is one of the apostles of the twentieth century, but where is the other? for I look for two, however by the map of life I sha
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CHAPTER 8. ATHLYI SENT ABROAD.
CHAPTER 8. ATHLYI SENT ABROAD.
1. And it came to pass that the word of the Lord came to Athlyi saying get thee into foreign countries and provide stars of the Law and of the gospel of the twentieth century. 2. Go the way of the Atlantic and return by way of the Pacific, and Athlyi obeyed the Lord. 3. And when he was in the Strait of Magellan, the Lord spake to him saying: 4. My holy house of Athlyi let her be of two wings, the Church to the right and a green pasture to the left. 5. Let the Church teach and the green pasture t
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CHAPTER 9. THE WORD OF THE LORD.
CHAPTER 9. 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
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CHAPTER 10. REJOICING IN THE LIGHT.
CHAPTER 10. REJOICING IN THE LIGHT.
1. And it came to pass on the following day the Lord called Athlyi; and when Athlyi appeared before the Lord, the light of his eyes connected with the light that surrounded the divine personality. 2. And there appeared a light matchless in its beauty. Straightway the whole celestial host shouted and there appeared millions of Angels dancing in the light singing, “Behold! Behold Ethiopia! The bride of the master. Her day has come at last! The Lord has received her hand. Her night has forever pass
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CHAPTER 11. RETURNED TO NEWARK.
CHAPTER 11. RETURNED TO NEWARK.
1. And it came to pass that the word of the Lord, God of Ethiopia, came to Athlyi saying, 2. “Arise in the morning, break not your fast, neither say ye a word to anyone. And thou shall return to Newark and I will go with thee and thou shall see me.” 3. “When thou shall have come to Newark prepare there a house, substitary to the House of Athlyi, where the children of Ethiopia shall assemble before me in united worship. I shall reach out my hands and bless them with increased blessings and they s
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CHAPTER 12. THE GUIDING LIGHT.
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 fo
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CHAPTER 13. ATHLYI BLEEDS.
CHAPTER 13. ATHLYI BLEEDS.
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 o
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CHAPTER 14. HEAVEN AND HELL.
CHAPTER 14. HEAVEN AND HELL.
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 un
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CHAPTER 14. THE BEGGAR.
CHAPTER 14. THE BEGGAR.
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
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CHAPTER 1. APOSTLES ANOINTED.
CHAPTER 1. APOSTLES ANOINTED.
1. Just at the time when the nations of the earth through their ill education and oppression, believed that they had ruined the children of Ethiopia for ever, and that they would be satisfied with the crumbs of life. 2. Behold the great God Almighty hath commanded his angels to anoint them that they be a new and prolific people upon the earth. 3. Then did the Lord God with his own hands ordain three apostles and sent them forth to save Ethiopia’s generation from doom. 4. Now when Marcus Garvey,
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CHAPTER 2. GOD SPOKE TO HIS APOSTLE.
CHAPTER 2. GOD SPOKE TO HIS APOSTLE.
1. Now in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three, the word of the Lord God of Ethiopia came to apostle Marcus Garvey saying, where is thy colleague? 2. And he answered, Father, behold he is with me. 3. Call together the children of Ethiopia, saith the Lord, that they may know my request, and send forth a mission unto the land of Ethiopia which I hath given to her children from the beginning of the world, that they prepare a foundation for all the posterities of Ethiopia, even unto the end. 4
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CHAPTER 3. STANDING BEFORE ELIJAH.
CHAPTER 3. STANDING BEFORE ELIJAH.
1. And it came to pass that on the night of the fifteenth day of the third month of the nineteen hundred and twenty-fourth year, Athlyi spake aloud, saying: 2. Behold I saw the heaven draped in black, and I saw Angel Douglas sitting in a mourning robe, moreover the celestial saints of Ethiopia were in deep sorrow. 3. And it came to pass that I continued to look, and behold I saw a natural man standing before Angel Douglas, and after a brief conversation, the mighty Angel conveyed him to the thro
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CHAPTER 4. APOSTLES EXALTED.
CHAPTER 4. APOSTLES EXALTED.
1. The following morning after Athlyi’s vision, Athlyi looked towards the rising sun and cried out saying, my God, my God, what shall happen to the apostles of the Twentieth Century? Father if it’s me, even I that shall pass from the presence of men grant that the Piby live forever that the children of Ethiopia, through the teaching of the Afro Athlican Constructive Church, may obtain salvation forever. 2. And it came to pass that the Lord spake to Athlyi, saying: 3. In the flesh did he go to pr
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CHAPTER 1
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 th
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CHAPTER 2. HELD OUT HIS MORSEL.
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.
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CHAPTER 3.
CHAPTER 3.
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 th
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CHAPTER 4. SHALL SUFFER.
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
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THE SHEPHERD’S COMMAND BY 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....
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