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.”
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 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.