The most valuable thing that this world affords

I always find this a very striking excerpt from the Coronation service. These are amazing words to address to the monarch on such a splendid occasion 

'When the Queen is again seated, the Archbishop shall go to her Chair; and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, receiving the Bible from the Dean of Westminster, shall bring it to the Queen and present it to her, the Archbishop saying these words:

Our gracious Queen:
to keep your Majesty ever mindful of the law and the Gospel of God
as the Rule for the whole life and government of Christian Princes,
we present you with this Book,
the most valuable thing that this world affords.

And the Moderator shall continue:
Here is Wisdom;
This is the royal Law;
These are the lively Oracles of God.'

http://www.oremus.org/liturgy/coronation/cor1953b.html


The Bible: the words of the King of Kings, better than all the wealth of a king or queen of England and better than an empire!