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 shall sit  upon  the  throne  of  David  and  upon  his  kingdom," and  Christ  before  Pilate  declared:  "A  King indeed am  I,  but  My  kingdom  is  not  from  hence." Now  the  kingdom  of  peace  "can  never  end,"  and "  there  shall  be  no  end  of  peace."  For  the  same  reason, therefore,  that  every  kingdom  divided  against itself,  shall  be  brought  to  destruction,  the  kingdom of  peace,  the  Church  of  Christ,  shall  endure  forever.

The prophet  Daniel  goes  farther,  and  teaches  that the true  Church  not  only  can  never  be  overcome  but must eventually  conquer  all  her  adversaries. "In those days,"  he  writes,  "  the  God  of  heaven  will  set up  a  kingdom  that  shall  never  be  destroyed,  and  His kingdom  shall  not  be  delivered  up  to  another  people, and  it  shall  break  in  pieces  and  consume  all  other kingdoms,  and  itself  shall  stand  forever." Many admit indeed  the  perpetuity  of  the  Christian  faith, but of  the  original  institution  of  Christ  they  find  only the relics  in  the  hundred  and  one  sects  of  to-day. Let them  remember  that  there  can  be  only  one  true, and that  wholly  true,  Church;  that  she  can  never  be delivered  up  to  her  enemies;  that  she  must  break  in pieces  and  consume  all  other  churches;  and  that  she herself shall  stand  forever.

Brethren, for  a  clearer  insight  into  this  truth, compare for  a  moment  the  Synagogue  of  the  Old Law with  the  Church  of  the  New. Some maintain that  just  as  the  Synagogue  of  God  the  Father was superseded  by  the  Church  of  God  the  Son,  so that  of  the  Son  must  in  time  give  way  to  the  religion of God  the  Holy  Ghost. The Synagogue  having