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Such words must have cast a holy silence upon all

The Bible was his constant study and delight

who heard them. Search all of English history and you will

and he memorized whole passages. Most mature

not find anything spoken by any English monarch that

Christian workers must have recognized that there

is even faintly comparable. Obviously he was a “planting

was more than natural obedience and teachableness

of the Lord” raised up for such a time in a land that was

that prepared the youthful prince to receive and

kept in darkness by the blind religious leaders. This boy

appropriate the teachings of his able and spiritually-

had the mark of God on him and the world would soon

minded instructors. There was at work in his heart

witness the results.

and mind of this dear boy the influence of the Holy

In the long and varied history of England, it may
be said without fear of contradiction that no other
monarch approached his or her coronation with such

Spirit who always presides whenever the Word of
God is understood and believed.
Read more about this fascinating young king

spiritual perception and with such solid conviction as

that enabled the reformation to begin in his

to the authority and power of the Word of God; more

country in the book The British Josiah available from

amazing still is the fact that this king was only nine

Amazing Discoveries.

years of age at the time of his coronation. After the
devout young king had thus expressed himself, he
commanded that the Bible be brought and carried it
before him with the greatest reverence.
The day before Edward’s coronation at the Westminster Abbey there was the procession from the
Tower to the Palace of Westminster. Only the higher
clergy and nobility were in the procession, and now for
the first time Edward made his public and official entry
among the people as their ruler. He rode on horseback
and was dressed in a gown of cloth of silver embroidered in gold with a belt set with rubies, diamonds,
and pearls. His uncle Edward Seymour, now the duke
of Somerset, rode on his left. As the king entered Mark
Lane—the city frontier—a peal of cannon sounded
from the arsenal in the tower...
Love and loyalty gushed out from all directions and
many joined in the refrain, “God save the king” ...This was
the first monarch of England in recent centuries to be
crowned without the authority of the pope in Rome...
During Edward VI’s reign, great reforms were initiated and the moral corruption began to be checked.
In the six short years of his reign, the nation “had been
revolutionized.’”
John Knox, the Scottish reformer, described him as
“that most godly and virtuous king that has ever been
known to have reigned in England.”

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