A Sword We Can All Possess

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SINCE the days of William the Conqueror (1066 A.D.) English kings have been crowned in famous Westminster Abbey.
There once came to the throne of England a young prince named Edward. He was only a lad, but like Josiah, the boy king of Israel, he loved the Word of God.
We are told that at his coronation, Edward the Sixth was presented with swords as King of England, France and Ireland. Looking about him he remarked, “There is yet another sword to be delivered to me.” The noblemen and ladies and all the distinguished guests surrounding him looked very surprised and puzzled.
“I mean,” said the young king, “the sacred Bible, which is the sword of the Spirit, and without which we are nothing, neither can we do anything.”
Since then every monarch who has come to the throne of England has been presented with a Bible, carried on a cushion.
What a mighty sword is the Word of God! It is “quick [living] and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Heb. 4:1212For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
ML-11/22/1970