Welcome to Tuesday Book Chat.
This is where we encourage book lovers to answer our bookish question of the week.
Today’s question is:
What’s the oldest book you own?
We look forward to hearing your thoughts. Please join in the conversation by commenting on this post or on the blog post shared in our Australasian Christian Writers Facebook Group.
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This is a hard one but I think it would be the bible mum gave day for an Engagement gift March 1946. I have a few other books of hers and dads that may be older. Also have a couple children’s books with nursery rhymes and stories that maybe older but not sure. As for Christian books of my own.
I have a couple of anniversary books I got when I was about 4 or 5. One is an arch book.
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Interesting that you pose this question now. I’m looking at a small volume my mother gave me dated 1925 in the Pioneer Women series about one of my forebears, Elizabeth Fry. Born in 1790, at age 17 she visited Newgate Prison in London with her father. Thus began a heartfelt journey of ministering to women in prison, improving their health, sanitation, food and spiritual condition. She was instrumental in ensuring women sent to Botany Bay were properly cared for by a nurse and a chaplain. Before they left London bound for Australia she personally visited them and led them to Christ. “She was a woman of great influence, high position and commanding personality, and as such could not fail to make herself felt wherever she went.” Her last words: “Since my heart was touched at 17 years old, I believe I have never awakened from sleep, in sickness or in health, by day or by night, without my first waking thought being how best I might serve my Lord.” An inspiration indeed!
Thanks for commenting
On my shelf, I have one of my grandfather’s Bibles that was printed in 1952, but I know that as a family we have several books from the 1800s, including a copy of ‘All of Grace’ by C. H. Spurgeon from 1897.
The older books once belonged to my great, great grandfather.
Thats really great. I realise I have a book from around 1940 which mum got as a Sunday School Prize. she became a Christian due to the King’s speech asking people to go to church to pray. We also have one signed by Paul White (A jungle book that was dads).