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- 7. JAVA / PROGRAMMING “Taking heritage forward successfully is one of the biggest challenges for our customers. Natale and Markus outline the methodology and the technologies that will power your journey.” —Ashesh Badani SVP Products, Red Hat Inc. Modernizing Enterprise Java Twitter: @oreillymedia facebook.com/oreilly While containers, microservices, and distributed systems dominate discussions in the tech world, the majority of applications in use today still run monolithic architectures that follow traditional development processes. This practical book helps developers examine long-established Java-based models and demonstrates how to bring these monolithic applications successfully into the future. Relying on their years of experience modernizing applications, authors Markus Eisele and Natale Vinto walk you through the steps necessary to update your organization’s Java applications. You’ll discover how to dismantle your monolithic application and move to an up-to-date software stack that works across cloud and on-premises installations. • Learn cloud native application basics to understand what parts of your organization’s Java-based applications and platforms need to migrate and modernize • Understand how enterprise Java specifications can help you transition projects and teams • Build a cloud native platform that supports effective development without falling into buzzword traps • Find a starting point for your migration projects by identifying candidates and staging them through modernization steps • Discover how to complement a traditional enterprise Java application with components on top of containers and Kubernetes Markus Eisele is the developer adoption program lead for Red Hat in EMEA. He has been working with Java EE servers from different vendors for more than 14 years. He is a Java Champion, former Java EE Expert Group member, and founder of Germany’s number-one Java conference, JavaLand. Natale Vinto is a software engineer with more than 10 years of expertise on IT and ICT technologies and a consolidated background on telecommunications and Linux operating systems. Today, Natale is a developer advocate for OpenShift at Red Hat, helping people within communities and customers have success with their Kubernetes and cloud native strategy. ISBN: 978-1-098-12156-3
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- 12. To my family. None of this would be possible without them. —Markus To Fabrizio Scarcello, modernizer, innovator, dear friend. —Natale
- 14. Table of Contents From Platform to Ecosystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii 1. Revisiting Enterprise Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 From Public to Private. Why Clouds? 2 What “Cloud Native” Means 3 Kubernetes-Native Development 4 Containers and Orchestration for Developers 4 Container-Native Runtime 4 Kubernetes Flavors 5 Managing Development Complexity 5 DevOps and Agility 8 Summary 9 2. The Path to Cloud Native Java. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Cloud Native Workshop 11 Architecture 12 Create an Inventory Microservice with Quarkus 13 Create Quarkus Maven Project 14 Create a Domain Model 17 Create a RESTful Service 19 Run the App in Dev Mode 20 Create a Catalog Microservice with Spring Boot 23 Create a Maven Project 23 Create a Domain Model 26 Create a Data Repository 28 Create a RESTful Service 29 vii
- 15. Create a Gateway Service with Vert.x 33 Create a Vert.x Maven Project 34 Create an API Gateway 36 Create a Frontend with Node.js and AngularJS 41 Run the Frontend 42 Summary 44 3. Travel Light on Your Pathway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Three-Tier or Distributed System 45 Technology Updates, Modernization, and Transformation 46 The 6 Rs 47 Divide and Containerize 50 Kubernetes as the New Application Server? 50 Define Your Target Platform 54 Mandatory Migration Steps and Tools 56 Create an Application Portfolio 57 Prepare for Big Things 57 Summary 59 4. A Kubernetes-Based Software Development Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Developers and Kubernetes 61 What Kubernetes Does 62 What Kubernetes Doesn’t Do 63 Infrastructure as a Code 63 Container Images 64 Dockerfile 65 Building Container Images 66 Run Containers 67 Registry 68 Deploying to Kubernetes 69 Pod 69 Service 71 Deployment 73 Kubernetes and Java 76 Jib 76 JKube 78 Summary 83 5. Beyond Lift and Shift: Working with Legacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Managing Legacy 86 Assessing Applications for Migration 86 Assessing Functionality for Migration 91 viii | Table of Contents
- 16. Migration Approaches 92 Protecting Legacy (Replatform) 92 Build Something New (Refactor) 95 Challenges 98 Avoiding Dual-Writes 98 Long-Running Transactions 99 Removing Old Code Too Quickly 99 Integration Aspects 99 Summary 100 6. Building Kubernetes-Native Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Find the Right Balance Between Scalability and Complexity 101 Functional Requirements for Modern Architectures 102 API-Driven 103 Discovery 104 Security and Authorization 104 Monitoring 105 Tracing 106 Logging 106 CI/CD 107 Debugging Microservices 110 Port Forwarding 111 Quarkus Remote Development Mode 112 Telepresence 113 Summary 115 7. Tomorrow’s Solutions: Serverless. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 What Is Serverless? 117 Architectural Evolution 118 Use Cases: Data, AI, and Machine Learning 119 Use Cases: Edge Computing and IoT 120 Knative: Serverless for Kubernetes 121 Event-Driven Serverless Architectures 123 Function as a Service for Java Applications 126 Functions Deployment for Java Applications 127 Boson Function CLI (func) 127 Summary 136 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Table of Contents | ix
- 18. From Platform to Ecosystem Unless you’ve been in deep seclusion for the past few years, you can’t have missed the fact that the enterprise world has been moving toward adopting cloud technologies. This includes approaches such as microservices, Kubernetes, Linux containers, and so much more. However, despite the fact that Java has been the mainstay of enterprise developers for over two decades, it hasn’t been immediately obvious that it has such a significant role in this new cloud world. Java and the frameworks and stacks built with it are often viewed as monolithic, and slow to start, consuming a lot of memory or disk space, and the dynamic nature of Java itself seems to fly in the face of Kubernetes’s immutability assumptions. For the many millions of Java developers out there, this could pose a serious problem, espe‐ cially if we need to try to re-create in another language the richness of the Java eco‐ system of IDEs, third party libraries, etc., which have helped to make developers so incredibly productive over the years. Fortunately, the Java community of developers and vendors has met the challenge of cloud native Java head on. Changes in the Java language, frameworks, etc. have been made and adopted quickly, allowing Java developers to bring their skills to this new frontier. These include technologies such as Quarkus, GraalVM, Eclipse Vert.x, Spring Boot, and OpenJDK. However, using them efficiently within a cloud environment is not always obvious. Where does CI/CD come into play? What about Linux container images and Kuber‐ netes? Monitoring, observability, health checking of your microservices, and so much more can appear to be a daunting challenge, even for the most experienced developer. xi
- 19. Fortunately, in this book, Markus and Natale have provided the answers. Within these pages, you’ll be taken through a journey of understanding and appreciation of what’s happening within the Java world to better embrace cloud and also those technologies within the cloud that may not be familiar and yet are important to ensure your dis‐ tributed microservices function well. Whether you’re an experienced Java developer or a relative novice, this book is a great starting point for your journey into the cloud and beyond! — Mark Little Vice President, Middleware Engineering, Red Hat xii | From Platform to Ecosystem
- 20. Preface We wrote this book for developers who are looking to bring their monolithic, Java- based models successfully into the future. The roadmap for the book is as follows: • Chapter 1 presents the fundamental technologies and concepts we will use throughout the book. • Chapter 2 walks you through a complete microservices-based architecture imple‐ mentation, using different Java frameworks for different components. We’ll give an overview on how to split the typical monolithic approach into a more diverse and heterogeneous environment. • Chapter 3 presents some basic migration strategies and shows you an evaluation path for the target development platform. • Chapter 4 discusses how Java developers can benefit from Kubernetes capabilities to modernize and enhance their apps. • Chapter 5 explores proven patterns, standardized tools, and open source resources that will help you create long-lasting systems that can grow and change with your needs. • Chapter 6 demonstrates essential tasks in Kubernetes, such as logging, monitor‐ ing, and debugging apps. • Chapter 7 analyzes how Java developers can create modern applications follow‐ ing a serverless execution model. We outlined some of the most common use cases and architectures that Java developers are likely to work with today and tomorrow. xiii
- 21. Conventions Used in This Book The following typographical conventions are used in this book: Italic Indicates new terms, URLs, email addresses, filenames, and file extensions. Constant width Used for program listings, as well as within paragraphs to refer to program ele‐ ments such as variable or function names, databases, data types, environment variables, statements, and keywords. Constant width bold Shows commands or other text that should be typed literally by the user. Constant width italic Shows text that should be replaced with user-supplied values or by values deter‐ mined by context. This element signifies a tip or suggestion. This element signifies a general note. This element indicates a warning or caution. Using Code Examples Supplemental material (code examples, exercises, etc.) is available for download at https://oreil.ly/modernentjava. If you have a technical question or a problem using the code examples, please send email to bookquestions@oreilly.com. xiv | Preface
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- 23. Email bookquestions@oreilly.com to comment or ask technical questions about this book. For news and information about our books and courses, visit http://oreilly.com. Find us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/oreilly. Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/oreillymedia. Watch us on YouTube: http://youtube.com/oreillymedia. Acknowledgments We both want to thank Jason “Jay” Dobies for his wild passion for getting through our German/Italian English. He not only helped us to be better writers but also gave valuable insight as an early reader. Thank you for having been part of this journey. Everybody says writing a book isn’t easy. We did know that before we started. What we bluntly underesti‐ mated was the fact that we started writing at the beginning of a pandemic. We both went through more ups and downs than expected, and it is only because of our families and friends that we even got an opportunity to finish this book. We also can’t praise the O’Reilly team enough for their patience, flexible deadlines, and open ears when we needed them. Thank you, Suzanne McQuade, Nicole Taché, and Amelia Blevins! Thank you, Red Hat. For providing an amazing place to work, learn, and grow. We love open source and sharing knowledge as much as probably everybody else in this company. To the many “Hatters” for their support on the way! Technical reviewers catch you at your weakest. Whenever we tried to sneak a little detail by them, they found it and asked the right questions. Thank you all for your dedication and inspirations along the way: Sébas‐ tien Blanc, Alex Soto, and Marc Hildenbrand! The heart of this book is not only the com‐ bined experience accumulated by us but first and foremost an example. This example was initialy created by Madou Coulibaly and Alex Groom. They used this to teach many developers how to effectivly build cloud native applications and allowed us to use their consise example as the base. #stayHealthy #wearAMask #protectYourLovedOnes xvi | Preface
- 24. CHAPTER 1 Revisiting Enterprise Development Enterprise development has always been one of the most exciting fields of software engineering, and the last decade has been a particularly fascinating period. The 2010s saw highly distributed microservices gradually replace classic three-tier architectures, with the almost limitless resources of cloud-based infrastructure pushing heavy‐ weight application servers toward obsolescence. While developers are challenged with putting the pieces of the distributed world back together, plenty of voices ques‐ tion the necessity for this complex microservices world. The reality is that most appli‐ cations are still well-crafted monolithic applications that follow a traditional software development process. However, the way we deploy and operate software has changed equally fast. We have seen DevOps growing into GitOps, expanding developers’ responsibilities beyond the application code including the required infrastructure. Building on Markus’s book Modern Java EE Design Patterns (O’Reilly), this book puts more perspective on mod‐ ernization than just modularization. We want to help you understand the various pieces that lead to a modern Kubernetes-native development platform and how to build and maintain applications on top of it. This book aims to step back and evaluate the success factors and drivers for applica‐ tion modernization and cloud native architectures. We focus on modernizing Java- based Enterprise Applications, including a selection process for which applications are suitable for modernization and an overview of tools and methodologies that help you manage your modernization efforts. Instead of talking about patterns, this book provides a set of examples to help you apply everything you’ve learned. That said, this book isn’t discussing monolithic versus distributed applications exten‐ sively. Rather, our goal is to help you understand how to seamlessly move your appli‐ cations to the cloud. 1
- 25. You can use this book as a reference and read chapters in any order. We have organ‐ ized the material, though, starting with higher-level concepts to implementation in iterations. First, it’s important to start by looking at the different definitions of clouds and how we build applications for them. From Public to Private. Why Clouds? The differences between public clouds, private clouds, hybrid clouds, and multiclouds were once easily defined by location and ownership. Today, these two are no longer the only relevant drivers for the classification of clouds. Let’s start with a more com‐ prehensive definition of the different target environments and why they are used. A public cloud environment is usually created from resources not owned by the end user that can be redistributed to other tenants. Private cloud environments solely dedicate their resources to the end user, usually within the user’s firewall, data center, or sometimes on premises. Multiple cloud environments with some degree of work‐ load portability, orchestration, and management are called hybrid clouds. Decoupled, independent, and not connected clouds are commonly referred to as multiclouds. Hybrid and multicloud approaches are mutually exclusive; you can’t have both simul‐ taneously because the clouds will either be interconnected (hybrid cloud) or not (multicloud). Deploying applications to a cloud, regardless of the type of cloud, is becoming more common across enterprises as they seek to improve security and performance through an expanded portfolio of environments. But security and performance are only two of many reasons to move workloads into hybrid or multicloud environ‐ ments. The primary motivation for many is the pay-for-what-you-use model. Instead of investing in costly on-premises hardware that is hard and expensive to scale out, clouds offer resources when you need them. You don’t have to invest in facilities, util‐ ities, or building out your own data center. You do not even need dedicated IT teams to handle your cloud data center operations, as you can enjoy the expertise of your cloud provider’s staff. For developers, the cloud is about self-service and flexibility. You don’t have to wait for environments to be promoted, and you can choose infrastructure components (e.g., databases, message brokers, etc.) as the need arises to free you from unnecessary wait times and ultimately speed up development cycles. Beyond these primary advan‐ tages, you can also find custom features for developers in some cloud environments. OpenShift, for example, has an integrated development console that provides devel‐ opers with direct edit access to all details of their application topology. Cloud-based IDEs (e.g., Eclipse Che) provide browser-based access to development workspaces and eliminate local environment configuration for teams. 2 | Chapter 1: Revisiting Enterprise Development
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- 33. The Holy Piby (Copyright 1924) Distributed by THE SUB HOUSE OF ATHLYI 8 Seventh Ave., Newark, N. J., U. S. A. THE HOUSE OF ATHLYI 253 Nyembane St., Kimberly, South Africa THE GAATHLY ATHLIRECTORY 43 Bond St., Kingston, Jamaica, B. W. I. Published in the U. S. A. January, 1924
- 35. CONTENTS FIRST BOOK ATHLYI SECOND BOOK AGGREGATION THIRD BOOK THE FACT OF THE APOSTLES FOURTH BOOK PRECAUTION
- 36. 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 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 Piby is strictly holy, dedicated to the cause of saving souls for God upon which the Afro Athlican Constructive Church is built, therefore articles not agreeable shall not be entered upon or under the covers thereof. Help to build Athlican colleges, prepare your sons and daughters for a high position in Athlican organization.
- 37. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. ATHLYI CHAPTER II. AGGREGATION CHAPTER III. THE FACTS OF THE APOSTLES
- 38. THE FIRST BOOK OF ATHLYI CALLED ATHLYI 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, consequently she bore children unto him and they became the father and mother of all men. 5. And God called the man Adam and the woman Eve. They were of a mixed complexion. 6. And it came to pass that God commanded the man to give names to all things that are made.
- 40. 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 was God. 5. Now when the time had appeared for God to return, the supreme angel commanded the chariot of heaven to meet him. 6. And when the chariot appeared unto Elijah, he ascended and returned to his throne in heaven where he reigned from the beginning and shall unto the end, king of kings, and God of gods. 7. Had the men in the days of Elijah’s visit on earth taken a right record of his administration, long before this day the inhabitants of this earth would have known him as God of all men. 8. For in Elijah do the heavenly host worship as God of the universe and in him do I, Athlyi, believe as the only God. 9. He is the Lord of righteousness and of love, an industrious God, jealous, brave, omnipotent, omnipresent, a king of sympathy and of justice, giver of power and salvation, upon this God, and him only, his Law and the Holy Ghost shall the Athlians build their church. 10. We shall endeavor to please and serve him, for he is our God. We shall worship him with all our hearts and with all our souls, for unto us there is none so good as the Lord, our God.
- 41. 11. When the Lord God of Ethiopia is with us in the battle far that to which we are entitled, show me the foe so powerful to set us down? Verily I say unto you there is none. 12. But who can be so good as to please the conscience of the people that they say ye are of God? Who will pay such a price? Will you? Then, if so, lay down and let the public trod upon your head for a good name. 13. Verily I say unto you for this the Athlians are bad, but on the scale of justice, let them not be found wanting. Then shall they please the Lord God, maker of heaven and earth, and great shall be their reward in the Kingdom of heaven.
- 42. THE SECOND BOOK OF ATHLYI CALLED AGGREGATION 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. 3. And behold two angels of the Lord resembling two saints of Ethiopia appeared before Athlyi and he inquired of them what is the cry? 4. And they answered him saying, Ethiopian mothers who have been dead a thousand years pleading before Elijah for the redemption of suffering Ethiopia and her posterities who by the feet of the nations are trodden. Convention in Heaven.
- 43. 5. There is a great convention in heaven, saith the angels of the Lord, unto you this day we are sent by the Lord to felicitate, for thou art appointed shepherd to lead Ethiopia’s generations from the oppressive feet of the nations, and there are appointed also prophets to prepare the way before thee. 6. And it came to pass when Athlyi heard these sayings he feared with great astonishment and turned his face from the angels of the Lord. 7. And there appeared unto him his divine highness Jesus Christ, Prince of the Kingdom of God, and said quickly behold the messengers of my Father. 8. At this saying Athlyi turned again to the angels of the Lord and said, thy will be done, O God of Ethiopia, but how can I be shepherd to lead millions of millions even from the end of the earth when as I am but a twig before the eyes of men? The Heavens Open. 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. 10. And it came to pass that the angel who had the less to say lifted her eyes to heaven and stretched forth her arms over the earth and cried, blessed be thou Ethiopia, glory be the Father, thou Elijah, Hosanna, Hosanna to Jehovah, praise ye Douglas the convention have triumph. 11. There appeared a beautiful light on earth and when the light flashed Athlyi looked toward the heaven, and behold the heaven was open and there was a great host of saints robed in blue, millions of millions as far as his eyes could see there was a mighty host. 12. When Athlyi sought the angels of the Lord they were not and he heard a voice say Athlyi and another Athlyi, and he looked up and saw the two angels ascending towards the celestial host. Ethiopia Anointed.
- 44. 13. And when the two messengers of the Lord were midways they cried out unto the earth saying, blessed be thou Ethiopia for this day thou art anointed, thou art blest with a blessing, be ye forever united and stand up, let the world know your God. 14. And when the two angels of the Lord neared the multitude the whole host roared with a thunder of joy that shook the earth like a mighty earthquake. 15. And it came to pass that an angel robed in four colors came forward to receive them and the whole celestial multitude stood and quietly formed an aisle. 16. And when the two messengers appeared before the heavenly host they bowed to the multitude and turned themselves around and bowed also to the earth. 17. Then came forward the mighty angel robed in four colors and placed a gold ring upon their heads, and came forward also two mothers of Ethiopia, each with a star in their right hand, and pinned them on the left breast of the two messengers of the Lord. 18. And it came to pass that heaven and earth shook three times and the two angels marched up the aisle and joined with the multitude. Rejoicing in Heaven. 19. There was great rejoicing in heaven and singing hosanna to Elijah; praise ye Douglas; blessed be thou Ethiopia forever and forever; the people at the end of the known world, and world unknown shall look for the coming of thy children with food and with raiment. 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: 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
- 45. they aroused, and is prophesying, saying prepare ye the way for a redeemer. Shepherd Anointed. 22. For unto Ethiopia this day a Shepherd is anointed, yea, as a shepherd gathers his sheep so shall he gather unto God, the generation of Ethiopia even from the end of the earth and lead them high, a nation among nations. 23. Then shall the inhabitants of the earth know that the Lord our God has not forsaken Ethiopia, and that the mighty is weak against his command, and unto no nation has he given power forever. 24. Verily I say unto you, woe be unto the persecutors of the shepherd for he is anointed by the Lord our God, therefore one drop of his blood or the least of his apostles whom he has anointed to administer the law to the generations of Ethiopia, or the blood of a prophet within the law, shall break to pieces the oppressors of Ethiopia. The Mighty Angel. 25. When the mighty angel had finished speaking to the heavenly host he then turned to the earth and said: Children of Ethiopia, stand, and there flashed upon the earth a great multitude of Negroes knowing not from whence they came; then shouted instantly the whole heavenly host, behold, behold Ethiopia has triumphed. 26. And it came to pass that the mighty angel spoke to the multitude of Negroes, saying, woe be unto those who say to the shepherd, thou fool, or to the least of an apostle anointed to administer the law, for it is not the desire of the shepherd but the will of the Lord who is God. Dominion Over the Shepherd.
- 46. 27. For as much as the Lord has dominion over the shepherd and the shepherd over his apostles and the apostles over all the generations of Ethiopia; then shall the Lord our God administer to the shepherd and the shepherd to his apostles and the apostles to all the children of Ethiopia. 28. Woe be unto an apostle who is anointed to administer the law and neglect or deny it. Verily he shall be cast out and the hand of the Lord shall come upon him with sorrow and disgrace. 29. Woe be unto those who saith I will not be united, neither will I follow the shepherd, they shall be as sheep without a shepherd only to be destroyed by the wolf of the field. 30. Woe be unto those who saith I hearken not to the voice of the shepherd but go the way of the majority, for in the majority the spirit of the Lord will not be found. 31. Woe be unto those who saith I will not worship in the house of the Lord subsidiary to the house of Athlyi. Purification. 32. For as much as the house of Athlyi is founded by the holy spirit to purify the children of Ethiopia and to administer the holy law commanded to them by the Lord God of all mercies, that they in the end shall be ushered in the kingdom of his Divine Majesty by faith through consecration in love, justice and by the pledging of life’s loyalty to a prolific and defensive cause for the welfare of mankind. Let not the least or the greatest of the children give a deaf ear to the saying of the shepherd thereof, for through the mouth of the shepherd cometh the word of the Lord to the adherents of the Holy Law.
- 47. 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 give in thy hands and in thy care the Lord’s articles. 5. Verily no man shall take away that which the Lord giveth, for the word of the Lord who is God, will not come unto any save he who is appointed by the Father. Athlyi Robed. 6. The angel of the Lord robed Athlyi in four colors and commanded him to put forth his right hand and the messenger presented in his right hand a staff and in his left hand the Holy Law saying, Go and administer this law through thine apostles unto the children of Ethiopia and command them to rise from the feet of their oppressors. Great is the penalty if there be any failure on your part to deliver the law; the hand of the Lord shall come upon thee with horror and thou shalt regret the day ye was born. 7. The angel of the Lord hesitated, then said to Athlyi, swear before the Lord God that thou wilt administer the law unto the children;
- 48. then Athlyi lifted his eyes to the heaven and said, the heaven and earth bear witness to my saying I will. 8. Then the messenger of the Lord touched Athlyi on his left breast with the first finger of his right hand saying, be thou brave, then disappeared from the presence of the shepherd.
- 49. 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 children of Ethiopia, may we show gratitude to our God by being submissive to his teachings through these his humble servants, and submitting ourselves in obedience to his holy law that we a suffering people may reap the fruit thereof. When as it was the intention of others to keep us forever in darkness, by our faithfulness to the law we shall in time prove to the nations that God has not forsaken Ethiopia. THE HOLY LAW—COMMANDMENTS. I. 1. Love ye one another O children of Ethiopia, for by no other way can ye love the Lord your God.
- 50. II. 2. Be thou industrious, thrifty and fruitful, O offsprings of Ethiopia, for by no other way can ye show gratitude to the Lord your God, for the many blessings he has bestowed upon earth free to all mankind. III. 3. Be ye concretize and ever united, for by the power of unity ye shall demand respect of the nations. IV. 4. Work ye willingly with all thy heart, with all thy soul and with all thy strength to relieve suffering and oppressed humanity, for by no other way can ye render integral service to the Lord your God. V. 5. Be thou clean and pleasant, O generation of Ethiopia, for thou art anointed, moreover the angels of the Lord dwelleth with thee. VI. 6. Be thou punctual, honest and truthful that ye gain favor in the sight of the Lord your God, and that your pathway be prosperous. VII. 7. Let no people take away that which the Lord thy God giveth thee, for the Lord shall inquire of it and if ye shall say some one hath
- 51. taken it, ye shall in no wise escape punishment, for he that dieth in retreat of his enemy the Lord shall not hold him guiltless, but a people who dieth in pursuit of their enemy for the protection of that which the Lord God giveth them, shall receive a reward in the kingdom of their Father. VIII. 8. Thou shalt first bind up the wound of thy brother and correct the mistakes in thine own household before ye can see the sore on the body of your friend, or the error in the household of thy neighbor. IX. 9. O generation of Ethiopia, shed not the blood of thine own for the welfare of others for such is the pathway to destruction and contempt. X. 10. Be ye not contented in the vineyard or household of others, for ye know not the day or the hour when denial shall appear, prepare ye rather for yourselves a foundation, for by no other way can man manifest love for the offsprings of the womb. XI. 11. Athlyi, Athlyi, thou shepherd of the holy law and of the children of Ethiopia, establish ye upon the law a holy temple for the Lord according to thy name and there shall all the children of Ethiopia worship the Lord their God, and there shall the apostles of the shepherd administer the law and receive pledges thereto and
- 52. concretize within the law. Verily he that is concretized within the law shall be a follower and a defender thereof, moreover the generations born of him that is concretize within the law are also of the law. XII. 12. O generation of Ethiopia, thou shalt have no other God but the Creator of heaven and earth and the things thereof. Sing ye praises and shout hosanna to the Lord your God, while for a foundation ye sacrifice on earth for his divine majesty the Lord our Lord in six days created the heaven and earth and rested the seventh; ye also shall hallow the seventh day, for it is blessed by the Lord, therefore on this day thou shall do no manner of work or any within thy gates. The Shepherd’s Prayer by Athlyi. 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.
- 53. 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 were: Rev. J. H. Harris, Sister R. J. Hamilton, Brother J. Reid, Rev. and Mrs. J. Barber, Brother C. C. Harris, Sister Leila Best, Sister Thurston, Brother H. Pope, Rev. and Mrs. Flanagan, Brother Charles McLaurin, Sister Letica Johnson, Brother and Sister Adam Costly, Brother and Sister W. D. Sullivan, Sister Sarah Johnson, Brother G. W. Roberts, Rev. J. J. Derricks, Rev. A. J. Green, Rev. W. Barclift, Sister Bertha Johnson, Her Holiness the Shepherdess Miriam, Her Holiness Shepherdmiss Muriel, Brother F. L. Redd. These are those who followed the shepherd from place to place. 3. And it came to pass that his holiness, the shepherd, traveled to Springfield, Mass., U. S. A., there he concretized with water, and the names of his stars who followed him around were: Sister Sylvie Randall, Brother and Sister Eugene Kitchen, Brother and Sister Joseph Rutherford, Rev. R. G. Gaines, Brother J. When, Sister Ellen Fragier, Sister Minnieolo Walker, Sister M. A. Bryant, Irene Chambers, E. Dempsey. From there he traveled all around South America and the West Indies, preaching of the law and concretation by water for the sake of suffering humanity. 4. Moreover in the year of 1919 Athlyi, after he was anointed shepherd, paraded the streets of Newark with a host of Negroes, protected by riding officers of the city and accompanied by a
- 54. Salvation Army carrying banners, proclaiming a universal holiday for Negroes and foretelling of their industrial and national independence.
- 55. 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 songs of praises and offered thanksgiving to the Lord God of Ethiopia. 4. And it came to pass that a committee was appointed from among them to confirm the Shepherd, and the names of those appointed and consolidated were Sister Rachel Hamilton, Rev. James Barber, Sister Gilby Rose, Bro. C. E. Harris and Bro. James Reed. 5. The committee decorated the Shepherd in four colors and committed in his right hand a staff so as to confirm the authority conferred upon him by the heavenly officials. 6a. Now when the Shepherd was adorned and anointed by prayer, the Athlyians shouted with great joy and cried Lead on, Shepherd of the Athlyians. 7b. And it came to pass after the performance, the Shepherd stood up, and he was in four colors which were blue, black, red and green, and he explained the meaning of the colors and of the staff. 8. Saying Ethiopia’s generations shall respect the heaven while for a foundation they sacrifice on earth; moreover a king sits on the
- 56. throne of his organized government, but a shepherd must seek his sheep and prepare a pasture for them that they be fed. 9. Then the Shepherd commanded his followers to stand, and he taught them saying great is his divine majesty, the Lord God of all mankind, Father of Ethiopia; who is greater than the Lord God? Even from the beginning of the world hath he prepared for his children unto the end. 10. The sun, the moon, the stars, the wind, the rain, the land and the sea hath he given free to mankind; who is so philanthropic, so magnificent, who can give such a gift? There is none so great as the Lord our God. 11. Let all the generations of Ethiopia hear the voice of Athlyi, for in his hands the law is given unto them. 12. Let not the devil persuade you that you turn your back against the Lord God of Ethiopia. 13. Woe be unto you should the heavenly father because of your ingratitudes turn against thee, revengely the hands of thy enemies shall come upon thee with horror. 14. Let the Athlyians walk in the path of righteousness and all impediments shall be their foot stool and the Spirit of the Lord shall dwell with them for ever and ever. 15. Blessed are the industrious hearts for they are those who use the blessing and the power of God for the good of mankind. Great shall be their reward in the kingdom of heaven. 16. Blessed are those who seek the Lord and by actual work prove to the nations that they have found him; for the power of God shall be as two kings feeling in darkness for an electric switch and he that found it immediately there was light throughout his palace and all the people rejoiced because of its splendor, but in the palace of him that found it not, there was no light, therefore his people wandered and became the servants of others. 17. Blessed are a people who seek their own, beautify and maintain it, for in their barns there shall be plenty; great shall they be among men. The Lord shall glory in them and their daughters shall be the wives of mighty men. 18. Woe be unto a people, a race who seek not their own foundation; their wives shall be servants for the wives of other men,
- 57. and their daughters shall be wives of poor men and of vagabonds, and there shall be tears because of privation, then in the end hell everlasting for there shall be no reward in the kingdom of heaven for slothful nor the unconcerned. 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. 20. Verily I say unto you O children of Ethiopia, boast not of the progress of other races, believing that thou are a part of the project for at any time thou shall be cast over the bridge of death both body and soul. 21. Forget not the assembling of thyselves and unitedly working for the upbuilding of Ethiopia and her generations. 22. Then shall the nations of the earth respect thee and thy commodities shall be for their gold and their commodities for thy gold, but there shall be none to fool thee neither shall ye be their slaves. 23. For thy emblem shall rank among their emblems; thy ships among their ships and thy men of war among their men of war; great shall be thy name among the nations. 24. The Lord God, Father of Ethiopia, shall glory in thee, with thee shall all the angels rejoice, great is thy reward in the kingdom of heaven. 25. Thy daughters shall work with clean hands and in soft clothing, thy sons shall enjoy the fruit of their colleges.
- 58. 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. 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
- 59. 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.
- 60. 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
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