The Oldest Book in the Library

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3 жыл бұрын

In this episode I open and read from a treasured folio published in 1622
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@TonyMcCollum 3 жыл бұрын

Malcolm, I discovered you a couple of months ago and now you're one of my favorite things on the internet. Thank you so much for inviting us into your study, and your life.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

@DanielKellyFolkMusic 3 жыл бұрын

"A grieved spirit is no argument of a faithless mind", than you for sharing these wonderful words Malcolm.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@gpat64 3 жыл бұрын

I am always delighted when the wisdom of some person from long, long ago can leap from the pages of a book and speak afresh to people centuries later. You have done an excellent thing in gifting this wisdom to all of us lucky enough to have been sitting with you this evening. God bless.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@EveyQV 3 жыл бұрын

These are excellent words to hear while chair bound as I am and in considerable pain. Wading through suffering can put one in a mindset to question one's beliefs. It is good to know "a grieved spirit...is no argument for a faithless mind."

@Liam-yr4uf 3 жыл бұрын

A very singular book to have in one's possession. Fascinating! To hear, and indeed feel connected, to those words from 400 years ago is a great thing!

@crispincain5373 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, Malcolm, I needed to hear this

@MalcolmGuitespell 4 ай бұрын

Glad you heard it!

@Ianjcarroll 2 жыл бұрын

So incredible were some of the early writers and commentaries. I just found this channel, and its already one of my favorites.

@MalcolmGuitespell 2 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

@amicus1766 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, that was a lovely passage from Hooker, a great pastoral thing for him to write and you to share. I love your videos and appreciate your spirit in sharing with us.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks

@aljurje 3 жыл бұрын

What can I say, thank you for sharing with us such great wisdom of the old!

@crazyivan779 3 жыл бұрын

Great piece!

@wtscanlon 3 жыл бұрын

The context is very similar to a part of a speech Teddy Roosevelt gave to a men’s club around 1906 I think. “....than to take rank among those poor spirits who never dared much nor suffered much, for they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat”. Part of one of my favorite speeches byRoosevelt.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks that’s an interesting connection

@ddogwithtwods4487 3 жыл бұрын

Great stuff, you can never really appreciate the sweet without ever tasting the bitter 🤔 Wise words, thank you for sharing 🙂

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@ericdingler672 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing find! It found a great home with you. 👍💨💨💨

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@MarkEGreen-rf4on 3 жыл бұрын

Evening Malcolm, thank you for reading that profound and wonderful passage. There is much wisdom in this, and any guilt l might feel in doubting my faith at times, is assuaged. It is quite amazing that a book can be that old and, presumably, still in its original binding. God bless.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks glad this was helpful. Yes still in its original binding as far as I know

@sirvelociraptor2590 3 жыл бұрын

Very good video Malcolm! Something a family member of mine may benefit from hearing

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Good I hope they find it helpful

@kcrcbest 3 жыл бұрын

wooow very cooool thanx

@alicehornbeck4038 3 жыл бұрын

Your dog has felt the seriousness of your voice and intent, and has come to comfort you. You and your dog are correct. It is a very serious wisdom.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

thanks! George is a great comfort to me

@EveyQV 3 жыл бұрын

@@MalcolmGuitespell Before a back injury set me in my chair unable to walk far, I had the whimsical frequent experience of encountering two greyhounds on my morning walks. One of these became so exuberant in her enthusiasm to see me that I could not help but feel a childlike joy. Day after day this creature made me laugh. She seemed uncertain as to which end of her should arrive first and so approached with both at once, tail wagging. What a wonderful thing dogs are! It delights me any time we see yours!

@timhower3628 3 жыл бұрын

Great talk like always. A fan from the far North.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@JohnRutherford205 3 жыл бұрын

Writers like Hooker are part of the reason why I flirt with Anglicanism. Suffering from depression and anxiety as a result of my very real physical illness I used to very often feel as if I was abandoned by the Almighty. This turned, somewhat naturally into a question as to whether or not the Almighty exists at all, which turned again naturally into the simplest answer "I don't know." I find it very difficult to have faith in, well, anything really. I had no fixed religious education as a child, growing up in a religiously divided house(a Catholic father and a Protestant mother), and no really religious friends until university. I'd like, I suppose for there to be a God, but I just struggle to bring myself to believe in Him. I'm going to read the full text of this sermon. Thank you.

@MalcolmGuitespell 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. Yes do read the full sermon you might find Hooker’s account of different kinds of certainty very helpful