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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