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that shall never end. The prophet Isaias foretells the coming of the Prince of peace and immediately adds: " His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace. He shall sit upon the throne of David and upon his kingdom, to establish it and strengthen it with judgment and justice from henceforth and forever." Now who is this Prince of peace, and what is His kingdom? Who but Christ? " For„" says St. Jerome, "so accurately has Isaias written of the Redeemer that he deserves the name of Evangelist rather than Prophet." Every Christmas Day, moreover, the universal Church proclaims the newborn Redeemer in these same words, and St. Matthew in the fourth chapter of his gospel quotes them as a prophecy fulfilled in the person of Christ. The Angel Gabriel's words in announcing Christ's coming were practically identical: " And the Lord God shall give Him the throne of David, His Father, and of His kingdom there shall be no end." At His birth an angel proclaimed: " Peace on earth to men of good will." Christ's first words to His disciples ever were: " Peace be to you," and His last, " My peace I leave you." Can we doubt, then, to whom these words apply, taught as we are by the Church, the inspired writers, the angels, and by Christ Himself, that He and He alone is the Prince of peace? And being the Prince of peace, His promised kingdom must be the Church, for that and that alone did Christ come to establish. She alone is on the earth, while not of the earth. But such precisely is the nature of Christ's kingdom, for the prophet foretells: " He