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 Some maintain that just as the Synagogue of God the Father was superseded by the Church of God the Son, so that of the Son must in time give way to the religion of God the Holy Ghost.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
