O my Lord God, defend this realm from papistry, and maintain Thy true religion, that I and my people may praise Thy holy name, for Thy Son Jesus Christ's sake." And with these words on his lips, and these prayers for England in his heart, the good young king died.

Who knows if by his piety and his prayers he may not have brought more blessing to his country than many a battle and many a law of less Godfearing monarchs?
What he would have done for England had he been spared to manhood, it is not possible to say.

A diary which he kept during his life affords abundant proof that even at his tender age he possessed not a little of the sagacity and knowledge necessary to good kingship; and a manhood of matured piety and wisdom might have materially altered the course of events in the history of England of that time.
One boon at least he has left behind him, besides his unsullied name and example.

Scattered about the counties of England are not a few schools which bear his name.

It is possible that a good many of my readers are to be found among the scholars of the Bluecoat School, and of the King Edward Grammar Schools in various parts of the country.