While the proofs have been marshalled around the principal fact, those to establish the subsidiary question of our Four Gospels and the Book of Acts have been largely centered upon the “Memoirs” mentioned in the confessedly genuine writings of Justin Martyr. Justin, in his First Apology, so called, written before the year one hundred and fifty of our era, and probably ten years earlier, has given a graphic account of the usages in the churches generally. In this account he says that, on the “day called Sunday,” Memoirs of Christ were read with the Prophets, in all their assemblies. Hence, when it is ascertained that these Memoirs were our Canonical Gospels, we make a long stride toward the conclusion of their undoubted authenticity and genuineness. To all questions of evidence which arise, the author applies legal principles and presumptions derived from experience and constantly acted upon in courts of justice. He asks of the reader a patient perusal to the end, for he confidently believes that the vital fact of Christ’s Resurrection, with all the grand consequences which necessarily follow it, is as susceptible of proof, from undoubted historical facts and solid argument, as any other event in history. The work is written for busy men in all the walks of life, and the writer has endeavored to make himself understood. CHARLES R. MORRISON. MANCHESTER, N. H., August, 1882. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I. SOURCES OF EVIDENCE 7 II. ADMISSIONS AND PRESUMPTIONS 12 III. PAPIAS AND JUSTIN MARTYR 14 IV. THE MEMOIRS INTENDED BY JUSTIN MARTYR 18 V. QUOTATIONS AND CITATIONS 23 VI. JUSTIN’S USE OF THE FOURTH GOSPEL 30 VII. NO OTHERS PROVED 34 VIII. PRESUMPTION OF PERMANENCY 43 IX. THE MEMOIRS OF THE YEAR ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY 45 X. ASCENDING THE STREAM 50 XI. STILL ASCENDING THE STREAM 57 XII. IN THEIR PROPER REPOSITORIES 63 XIII. INTEGRITY OF THE GOSPELS 67 XIV. THE CREDIBILITY OF THE EVANGELISTS 74 XV. THE APOCALYPSE AND THE FOUR EPISTLES 81 XVI. HIS PREDICTIONS CONCERNING HIMSELF 89 XVII. ORDER OF EVENTS 101 XVIII. SUFFICIENCY OF THE PROOFS 110 (_False Assumptions._) XIX. SUFFICIENCY OF THE PROOFS 120 (_Affirmative Evidence._) XX. LOGICAL RESULTS 134