we do not wish to spend time in vain; but what little we have seen by a casual reading

convinces us that much more awaits the careful searcher. We trust the reader has

received some help from these articles, and that the Apocryphal books of the O.T. have

assumed a more kindly appearance. Another useful office filled by the Apocrypha is that

of bridging the gulf between Malachi and Matthew, so supplying material that enable us

to understand the changed conditions that we find upon opening the pages of the N.T.

This, however, hardly falls under our title, "The Volume of the Book" and must await

another series.