Nor could they, if they would, allow these writings to be corrupted.

Be they true or false, fact or fiction, the books of the New Testament are the words of the Apostles of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

In the next chapter we will inquire into the truth of their story.
FOOTNOTES: [65] The Family Christian Almanac for 1859, p.

57, American Tract Society, New York.
[66] Acta Concitia, sub voce Laodicea, Canon iv.

Lardner vi.p.