The Holy Piby, passage 148

11. For I, the Lord, hath anointed mine apostles that they may ordain and give authority to ordain.

The Holy Piby, passage 344

3. “I shall be cast into prison for your sake, but my spirit shall go out of jail and fight for Ethiopia.

The Holy Piby, passage 102

21. Forget not the assembling of thyselves and unitedly working for the upbuilding of Ethiopia and her generations.

The Holy Piby, passage 231

7. “He that passeth from this heaven is exalted into heaven eternal. Beyond strife and death, where pain and sorrows are unknown.

The Holy Piby, passage 43

21. Mothers of Ethiopia, the convention has triumphed, your sorrows have brought joy to Ethiopia, your tears have anointed her soil with a blessing, your cries have awakened her children throughout the earth, yea in the corners of the unknown world are they aroused, and is prophesying, saying prepare ye the way for a redeemer.

The Holy Piby, passage 170

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.”

The Holy Piby, passage 213

7. Then came forward also Sister Mary Howard, stear of the nourishers and saints. She bound up the Shepherd’s wound.

The Holy Piby, passage 194

13. “Whosoever seeth an Athlian, seeth me, for I am in him and he is of me. Whosoever followeth an Athlian followeth me also,” saith the Lord.

The Holy Piby, passage 254

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 267

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 294

4. Then upon the head of the natural man did Elijah place a crown and on the front part of the crown there was a brilliant star whose light extended from heaven to the earth.

The Holy Piby, passage 2

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 apostles anointed and sent forth by the Almighty God to lay the foundation of industry, liberty and justice unto the generations of Ethiopia that they prove themselves a power among the nations and in the glory of their God.

The Holy Piby, passage 282

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 222

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!

The Holy Piby, passage 78

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 130

23. And the Shepherd being full with the Holy Spirit recited from his heart saying:

The Holy Piby, passage 55

1. And it came to pass that the mighty angel robed in four colors descended from among the great heavenly host.

The Holy Piby, passage 185

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 shall go forth as Athlians with light and power, modeling all men according to my righteous principles,” saith the Lord.

The Holy Piby, passage 42

20. And when the two angels had joined the multitude and the mighty angel had finished his performance the said angel who was robed in colors turned to the heavenly host and said:

The Holy Piby, passage 128

21. Then the Athlians shouted hosanna to the Lord God, surely the Lord has sent us not only a Shepherd but a saviour.

The Holy Piby, passage 12

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 221

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.’

The Holy Piby, passage 156

9. Let the people take interest in the apostles, but he that boost not the green pasture to provide for the people is not worthy of compensation.

The Holy Piby, passage 306

6. “Satter, the mighty comet shall pass with the end of her tail two miles from the earth and the roaring of her passing, killing.

The Holy Piby, passage 82

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:

The Holy Piby, passage 31

9. And the angels of the Lord answered him saying, a twig that is made by the Holy Spirit, an instrument to lead men is great in the sight of God, over which the armies of the earth or the hosts of hell shall not prevail.

The Holy Piby, passage 312

12. “O Sun, thou outlet of the inter-planetical fumes, shine on. For with thee, of thee, by thee, he shall sit in his parlor in Athlyi, Africa, and see his daughter flirting in Chicago, U. S. A. He shall rebuke her with his mouth and she shall hear him, then reply with the wave of her hand and he shall see her.

The Holy Piby, passage 168

14. And it came to pass that the Lord, our God of Ethiopia spoke saying, “Reach out and touch me.”

The Holy Piby, passage 171

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 351

11. And Athlyi spake saying, “Forgive twice but in the third offense thou shalt not forgive.”

The Holy Piby, passage 338

5. ‘Whosoever I forgive shall rise to serve me, but whosoever I have not forgiven shall not rise.

The Holy Piby, passage 214

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 304

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 13

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 was God.

The Holy Piby, passage 335

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?’

The Holy Piby, passage 217

13. “I am the lover of Justice, the light and guide unto perfect salvation,” saith Athlyi.

The Holy Piby, passage 235

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 77

1. O God of Ethiopia, thy divine majesty; thy spirit come in our hearts to dwell in the path of righteousness lead us, help us to forgive that we may be forgiven, teach us love and loyalty on earth as to heaven, endow us with wisdom and understanding to do thy will, thy blessing to use that the hungry be fed, the naked clothed, the sick nourished, the aged protected and the infant cared for. Deliver us from the hands of our enemies that we prove fruitful, then in the last day when life is o’er, our bodies in the clay, or in the depths of the sea, or in the belly of a beast, O give our souls a place in thy kingdom forever and forever. Amen.

The Holy Piby, passage 165

11. “I have commanded thee but thou art carried away by those who polluted the righteousness of my name.”

The Holy Piby, passage 138

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 67

3. Be ye concretize and ever united, for by the power of unity ye shall demand respect of the nations.

The Holy Piby, passage 364

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

The Holy Piby, passage 167

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.”

The Holy Piby, passage 120

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 205

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.”

The Holy Piby, passage 343

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.

The Holy Piby, passage 349

“Verily, verily, neither my milk nor my cream shall be for thee, but shall be for those who supported me in my tender age.

The Holy Piby, passage 100

19. Woe be unto a race of people who forsake their own and adhere to the doctrine of another. They shall be slaves to the people thereof.

The Holy Piby, passage 341

8. “The clean should not accept the invitations of the unclean to gossip with them for the Lord abideth in the clean in spirit.”

The Holy Piby, passage 83

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: