FOR THE MOVEABLE AND IMMOVEABLE FEASTS; TOGETHER WITH THE DAYS OF FASTING AND ABSTINENCE, RULES TO KNOW WHEN THE MOVEABLE FEASTS AND HOLY-DAYS BEGIN. EASTER-DAY, on which the rest depend, 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 happen upon a Sunday, Easter-Day is the Sunday after. Advent-Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the Feast of St. Andrew, whether before or after. A TABLE OF FEASTS, TO BE OBSERVED IN THIS CHURCH THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. OTHER DAYS OF FASTING, ON WHICH THE CHURCH REQUIRES SUCH A MEASURE OF ABSTINENCE AS IS MORE ESPECIALLY SUITED TO EXTRAORDINARY I. The Forty Days of Lent. II. The Ember-Days at the Four Seasons, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after September 14, and 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. In addition to the above, the first Thursday in November (or, if any other day be appointed by the Civil Authority, then such day) shall be observed as a Day of Thanks giving to Almighty God, for the Fruits of the Earth, and all other Blessings of his Merciful Providence. A TABLE TO FIND EASTER-DAY, FROM THE PRESENT TIME TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE. THIS Table contains so much of the Calen dar as is necessary for the determining of Easter; to find which, look for he Golden Number of the year in the first column of the Table, against which stands the day of the Paschal Ful Moon; then look at the third column for the Sunday Letter, next after the day of the Full Moon; and the day of he month standing against that Sunday Letter is Easter-Day. If the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday, hen (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is Easter-Day. To find the Golden Number, or Prime, add 1 to the year of our Lord, and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden Number; but if nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden Number. To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter, according to the Calendar, until the year 1899, inclusive, add to the year of our Lord its fourth part, omitting fractions, divide the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any num ber remain, then the Letter standing against that number in he small annexed Table is the Sunday Letter. 0123456 A G 2 F 3 E D B NOTE. That in all Bissextile or Leap Years, the Letter found as above will be the Sunday Letter from the intercalated day exclusive, to the end of the year. ANOTHER TABLE TO FIND EASTER, TILL THE YEAR 1899, INCLUSIVE. SUNDAY LETTERS. TO make use of the preceding Table, find the Sunday Let ter for the Year in the 15 uppermost line, and the Golden Number, umn of Golden Num-| 6 Mar. 31 April 1bers, and against the 22 Prime, in the same) line, under the Sun 31 April 1 day Letter, you have 8 24 25 or Frime, in the col 14 15 21 14 IX. April 16 17 18--19 20 21 22 the Day of the Month X. April 9 on which Easter fall XI. Mar. 26! eth that year. But, Note, That the name XIII. April 2 3 4-5 6 7 8 of the Month is set on 25 the left hand, or just 15 with the figure, and 31 April followeth not as in 22 other Tables, by de 8 31 Aprilscent, but collaterally. A TABLE OF THE DAYS ON WHICH EASTER WILL FALL FOR THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS, BEING THE TIME OF TWO CYCLES OF THE MOON. A TABLE OF THE MOVEABLE FEASTS, ACCORDING TO THE SEVERAL DAYS THAT EASTER CAN POSSIBLY NOTE. That in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the number of Sundays after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter-Day had fallen one day later than it really does. And, FROM THE YEAR 1900 TO THE YEAR 2199, INCLUSIVE. GOLDEN OF THE SUNDAY GOLDEN OF THE SUNDAY THE Golden Numbers in the foreNUMBER MONTH LETTER NUMBER MONTH LETTER going Calendar will point out the days of the Paschal Full Moons, till the year of our Lord 1900; at which time, in order that the Ecclesiastical Full Moons may fall nearly on the same days with the real Full Moons, the Golden Numbers must be removed to different days of the Calendar, as is done in the annexed Table, which contains so much of the Calendar then to be used, as is necessary for finding the Paschal Full Moons, and the Feast of Eas ter, from the year 1900, to the year 2199, inclusive. This Table is to be made use of, in all respects, as the first Table, before inserted, for finding Easter till the year 1899. GENERAL TABLES FOR FINDING THE DOMINICAL OR SUNDAY LETTER, AND THE PLACES OF THE GOLDEN NUMBERS IN THE To find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for any given year of our Lord, add to the year its fourth part, omitting fractí ns, and also the nun.ber, which, in Table I., standeth at the top of the column wherein the number of hundreds contained in that given year is found; divide the sum by 7, and if there be no remainder, then A is the Sunday Letter; but if any number remain, then the Letter which standeth under that number at the top of the Table, is the Sunday Letter. |