WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS. DECEMBER HATH XXXI. DAYS. MORNING EVENING PRAYER. 1 Lesson. 2 Lesson. 1 Lesson.2 Lesson. f 1 Isaiah 14 Acts--2 Isaiah 15 Heb.-7 2 g -16 8 3 A -18 -19 -9 4 b --20, 21 -5 -22 -10 5c -23 11 6 d Nicolas, Bp. -257 to v. 30 -26 -12 7 e -2717 0. 30 -28 -13 8 f Conception of -29 -8 So James 1 9 g (Vir. Mary. -31 -9 -91 -32 10A -33 -3 11 b -35 4 12 C 37 -12 -38 5 13 d Lucy, V. & M. -39 -13 401 Peter 1 -41 -14 -42 -2 -43 -151 -44 -3 16 g O Sapientia. -45 -16 -46 4 17A -47 -17 -48 18 b -49 -18) 5012 Peter 1 19 C -51 19 -52 -2 20/d -Fast. -53 -20 -54 3 21 e S. Thomas, Ap. -21 1 John 1 22f -55 -22 -56 -2 -57 -23 -58 3 24 A Fast. 4 25 b Christmas Day. 26 c S. Stephen, M. 27 d S. John, Evan. 28 e Innocents' Day. -25 -5 61 -26 -622 John-63 -27 -643 John 31 A Silvester, Bp. -65 -28 -66 Jude 14 e 151f 238 29/f 308 For the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts; together with the Days of Fasting and Abstinence, through the whole Year. RULES to know when the Moveable Feasts and Holy-days begin. EASTER: DAY on which the rest depends is always the First Sunday after the Full Moon which happens upon, or next after the Twenty-first Day of March; and if the Full Moon happens upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of Saint Andrew, whether before or after. Septuagesima Nine Eight Sunday is Weeks before Easter. Seven Six (Five Weeks is after Easter. Seven Weeks Eight Weeks The Days of the Feasts of A TABLE of all the Feasts that are to be observed in the Church of England throughout the Year. All Sundays in the Year. The Nativity of S. John Baptist. S. James the Apostle. S. Bartholomew the Apostle. S. Matthew the Apostle. S. Luke the Evangelist. S. Simon and S. Jude the Apostles. S. Andrew the Apostle. S. Thomas the Apostle. S. John the Evangelist. The Holy Innocents. Monday and Tuesday in Easter-Week. Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun-Week. The Days of the Feasts of A TABLE of the Vigils, Fasts, and Days of Abstinence, to be observed in the Year. S. John Baptist. S. Peter. S. James. or Vigils { S. Matthew. before Easter-Day. before S. Simon and S. Jude. Ascension-Day. S. Andrew. S. Thomas. All Saints. be kept upon the Saturday, and not upon the Sunday next before it. I. The Forty Days of Lent. The First Sunday in Lent. II. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being {The Feast of Pentecost. the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after September 14, & December 13. III. The Three Rogation-Days, being the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, before Holy Thursday, or the Ascension of our LORD. IV. All the Fridays in the Year, except CHRISTMAS-DAY. Certain Solemn Days, for which particular Services are appointed. I. The Fifth Day of November, being the Day kept in Memory of the Papists' Conspiracy. II. The Thirtieth Day of January, being the Day kept in Memory of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First. II. The Nine and twentieth Day of May, being the Day kept in Memory of the Birth and Return of King Charles the Second. IV. The Twenty-fifth Day of October, being the Day on which His Majesty began his happy Reign. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, From the present Time till the Year 1899 inclusive, according to the foregoing Calendar. Golden Days of the SundayNumber. Month. Letters. 14 March-21 с TEI HIS Table contains so much of the Calen3 D dar as is necessary for the determining of -23 E Easter; to find which, look for the Golden 11 -24 F Number of the Year in the First Colunin of -25 G the Table, against which stands the Day of 19 -26 the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the Third 8 Column for the Sunday Letter, next after the -28 Day of the Full Moon, and the Day of the 16 -29 Month standing against that Sunday Letter is 5 30 E Easter-Duy. If the Full Moon happens upon a 31 Sunday, then (according to the First Rule) the 13 April G next Sunday after is Easter-Day. 2 To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the Year of our Lord, and then divide 10 с by 19; the Remainder, if any, is the Golden D Number; but if nothing remaineth, then 19 is 18 E the Golden Number. 7 F To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, ac cording to the Calendar, until the Year 15 A 1799 inclusive, add to the Year of our 0 -10 B Lord its Fourth Part, omitting Fracti G 11 ons; and also the Number 1 : Divide F 12 -12 the Sum by 7; and if there is no Re-3 1 -13 mainder, then A is the Sunday Let14 F ter: But if any Number remaineth, 9 -15 G then the Letter standing against that B 16 А Number in the small annexed Table 17 17 B is the Sunday Letter. 6 -18 For the next Century, that is, from the Year 19 D 1800 till the Year 1899 inclusive, add to the -20 E current Year only its Fourth Part, and then -21 F divide by 7, and proceed as in the last Rule. -22 Note, that in all Bissextile or Leap-Years, 23 the Letter found as above will be the Sunday -24 B Letter, from the intercalated Day exclusive to -25 с the End of the Year. 1 -14 -22 I XX Apr. 16 -17 -18 19 5 -17 -11 12 April 2 3 4 5 Apr. 23 -24 -25 19 April 9 -10 -11 12 April 2 3 Mar. 28 29 -17 -18 19 -17 -18 19 4 5 Mar. 26 -27 -28 22 Apr. 16 -10 -11 12 4 5 -20 -14 -15 · 6 7 8 -23 -24 -25 -13 -15 6 Mar. 31 April 1 -20 -21 -13 14 8 -30 -31 April 1 -20 -21 -22 6 · 7 8 -30 31 -25 -13 -14 -15 6 7 8 -23 -24 1 -25 -13 -14 -15 Mar. 30 -31 April 1 20 -21 -22 -13 7 8 -31 April 1 -30 TO O make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Letter for the Year in the upperniost Line, and the Golden Number, or Prime, in the Column of Golden Numbers, and against the Prime, in the same Line under the Sunday Letter, you have the Day of the Month on which Easter falleth that Year. But Note, that the Name of the Month is set on the Left Hand, or just with the figure, and followeth not, as in other Tables, by Descent, but Collateral. Sund. after Trin. 15 Advent Sunday. 1786 A Feb. 12 Mar. 1 Apr. 16 May 21 May 25 June 4/21 Dec. 3 1787 2 11 6 4 Feb. 21 -8 13 -17 May 27 25 -2 1788 3 22 FE 1 Jan. 20 6 Mar. 23 Apr. 27 -11 27 Nov. 30 1789 4 3 D 4/Feb. 8 -25 Apr. 12 May 17 -21 S124 -29 1790 5 14 C 3 Jan. 31 17 -9 13 -23 25 28 1791 6/25 B 6 Feb. 20 Mar. 9 -29 June 2 June 12 22 1792 7 6 AG 4 5 Feb. 22 -8 -13 May 17 May 27|25 Dec. 2 1793 817 F 2 Jan. 27 -13 Mar. 31 -5 -9 -1926 -1 1794 9/28 E 5 Feb. 16 Nar. 5 Apr. 20 -25 -29 June 8 23 Nov. 30 1795 10 9] D 13 -1 Feb. 18 -5 -10 -14 May 24 25 -29 1796 11/20] CB 2 Jan. 24 -10 Mar. 27 1 15 26 1797|12| 1 A Feb. 12 Mar. 1 Apr. 16 -21 -25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1798 13 12 G 4 Feb. 21 -8 15 -17 May 2725 -2 1799 14 23 1 Jan. 20 -6 Mar. 24 Apr. 28 -2 -1227 1 1800|15| 4 E 4 Feb. 9 -26 Apr. 13 May 18 -22 June 1/24 Nov. 30 1801|16|15 D 3 -1 5 -10 -14 May 24 25 -29 1802 17 261 C 5 14 Mar. 3 -18 -23 -27 June 6123 28 1803 18 7 B + -6 Feb. 23 10 15 -19 May 29241 -27 1804 19 18 AG 3 Jan. 29 -15 1 -20|26| Dec. 2 1805 1 0 F Feb. 10 -27 -14 19 -23 June 2/24 -1 1806 2 11 E 3 -6 11 -15 May 25 25 Nov. 30 1807 322) D 2 Jan. 25 -11 Mar. 29 3 -99 1808 4/ 3 CB 5 Feb. 14 Mar. 3 Apr. 17 -22 -26 June 523 -27 1809 5 14 A 3 Jan. 29 Feb. 15 -2 -7 -11 May 21 26 Dec. 3 1810 6/25 G 6 Feb. 18 Mar. 7 -22 31 June 1023 1811 7 6 F 4 -10 Feb. 27 14 -19 -23 -224 -1 1812 8|17| ED3 Jan. 26 -12 Mar. 29 S -7 May 17 26 Nov. 29 1813 9 28 C 5 Feb. 14 Mar. 3 Apr. 18 -23 -27 June 6 23 -28 1814 10 9 B -6 Feb. 23 10 15 -19 May 29 24 -27 1815 11 20 A 2 Jan. 22 -8 Mar. 26 Apr. 30 -1427 Dec. 3 1816 12 1 GF5 Feb. 11 -28 Apr. 14 May 19 -23 June 2/24 -1 1817 13/12 E 3 2 11 -15 May 25 25 Nov. SO 1818 14 23 D 1 Jan. 18 4 Mar. 22 Apr. 26 Apr. 30 -10 27 29 1819 15 4 C 4 Feb. 7 -24 Apr. 11 May 16 May 20 3024 -28 1820 16 15 BA 3 Jan. 30 -16 -2 -7 11 -21 26 Dec. 3 1821|17|26 G 6 Feb. 18 Mar. 7 -22 -27 31 June 1023 -2 1822 18 71 F 3 -3 Feb. 20 -12 -16 May 26 25 1 1823 19 18 E 2 Jan. 26 -12 Mar. 30 -8 -18 26 Nov. 30 *1824 1 0 DC 5 Feb. 15 Mar. 4 Apr. 18 -23 -27 June 6 23 18251 2 11 B 3 Jan. 30 Feb. 16 3 -8 -12 May 22 25 -27 1826 3 22 A 2 -92 -8 Mar. 26 Apr. 30 -14 27 Dec. 3 1827 4 3 G 5 Feb. 11 -28 Apr. 15 May 20 24 June 3 24 1828 5 14 FE3 -3 -20 -6 11 -15 May 25/25 Nov. 30 1899 6 25 D 5 15 Mar. 4 19 -24 -28 June 7 23 29 1830 7 6 C 4 -7 Feb. 24 11 16 -20 May 30 24 1831 8 17 B 3 Jan. 30 16 12 -22 ! 25 1832 9128 AG 6 Feb. 19 Mar. 8 -22 -27 31 June 10 23 Dec. 2 1833 10 9 F 3 3 Feb. 20 -12 -16 Day 26 25 1834 11 20! 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