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Rh above-described books? Remember, too, that nothing was written in those days but the most important affairs of life, because only a few men could write, and the means of writing were limited. Now, the existence of these writings was never denied for twelve to fourteen hundred years afterward. Their intent and spirituality may have been denied, but the facts never were. Now what ought we to think of a man who would deny events that occurred two thousand years ago, that were recorded in the records of kings and historical writers, when he had not one single record to prove it? How can he know that such records are false? He would have no history, no records of those days to prove it; and if they were false, is it not reasonable to think that they would have been proved so then?