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The Book of Common Prayer

	1789 U. S. Book of Common Prayer

THE BOOK OF
COMMON PRAYER,
AND ADMINISTRATION OF
THE SACRAMENTS;
AND OTHER
RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH,
ACCORDING
TO THE USE OF
The Protestant
Episcopal Church
IN
THE
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA:
TOGETHER
WITH
THE
PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID.
Oxford;	1876
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CERTIFICATE.	from 1876 text.
I
DO hereby certify that this Edition of the Common Prayer Book, Articles,
Offices, &c., having been compared and corrected by the Standard Book
by a Presbyter duly appointed, as the Canon directs, is permitted to be
published accordingly.
HORATIO
POTTER.
Bishop
of New York.
July,
1876.
John
W Amerman, Printer, 47 Cedar-street, N. Y.
C E R T I F I C A T E.	Certificate
	from 1873 text.
WHITSUN-TIDE, 1873.
I HEREBY certify, that this Edition of "The
Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites
and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States of America," the Articles, Offices and
Metre Psalms and Hymns having been compared and corrected by the Standard
Book by a Presbyter of this Diocese, duly appointed, is hereby permitted
to be published accordingly.
WM. BACON STEVENS,
Bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania.
	Certificate
I CERTIFY that this edition of the Common	from 1854 text (published 1865):
Prayer Book, the Articles, Offices, Psalms in Metre, selected from the
Psalms of David, and Hymns, has been compared with, and corrected by,
the Standard Book, by a Presbyter appointed by me for the purpose. And
the same is permitted to be published, as an edition so compared and corrected,
as the Canon directs.
JONA.
M. WAINWRIGHT,
Provisional Bishop of the Diocese of New York
MONDAY
IN EASTER WEEK, 1854.
	Certificate
It is hereby certified that this edition of the Common Prayer Book, the	from 1849 text (published in 1878)
Articles, Offices and Metre Psalms and Hymns, is permitted to be published,
as an edition compared with, and corrected by the Standard Prayer Book by
a Presbyter duly appointed for that purpose, as the Canon directs.
On behalf, and by Order of the Standing Committee of
the Diocese of New-York.
WILLIAM BERRIAN, President.
BENJAMIN I. HAIGHT,Secretary.
NEW-YORK, February 8, 1849.
New	Certificate
York, May	from 1841 text (published 1843)
14, 1841.
I
DO hereby certify, that this Edition of the Book of Common Prayer, and
Administration of the Sacraments, &c., (having been compared with
a standard Book, and corrected by the same,) is permitted to be published
as an Edition duly compared and corrected by a suitable Person appointed
for that purpose, as the Canon directs.
BENJAMIN
T. ONDERDONK
Bishop of the Diocese of New-York.
New	Certificate
York, May	from 1818 text (published 1849)
1, 1818.
I
DO hereby certify, that this Edition of the Book of Common Prayer and
Administration of the Sacraments, &c., (having been compared with
a standard Book, and corrected by the same) is permitted to be published
as an Edition duly compared and corrected by a suitable Person appointed
for that purpose, as the canon directs.
JOHN
HENRY HOBART
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the State of New-York.
Philadelphia,	Certificate
November 1, 1821.	from 1821 text:
I
DO hereby certify, that this Edition of the Book of Common Prayer and
Administration of the Sacraments, &c., (having been compared with
a standard Book, and corrected by the same) is permitted to be published
as an Edition duly compared and corrected by suitable Persons appointed
for that purpose, as the Canon directs.
WILLIAM
WHITE,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
New	Certificate
York, Jan. 8,	from 1810 text:
1810.
I
DO hereby certify, that this Edition of the Book of Common Prayer and
Administration of the Sacraments, &c., (having been compared with
a standard Book, and corrected by the same) is permitted to be published
as an Edition duly compared and corrected by a suitable Person appointed
for that purpose, as the Canon directs.
BENJAMIN
MOORE,
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the State of New-York.
	One
	very old copy in my possession (published in 1800) has no certificate.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS.
1.
THE Ratification of the Book of Common Prayer.
2. The Preface.
3. The Order how the Psalter is appointed to be read
4. The Order how the rest of the Holy Scripture is appointed to be read.
5. Table of Lessons of Holy Scripture to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer
throughout the Year.
6. The Calendar.
7. Tables and Rules for the Moveable and Immoveable Feasts, together with
the Days of Fasting and Abstinence throughout the Year.
8. Tables for finding the Holydays.
9. The Order for Daily Morning Prayer.
10. The Order for Daily Evening Prayer.
11. The Litany.*
12. Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions, to be used before
the two final Prayers of Morning and Evening Service.
13. The Collects Epistles, and Gospels, to be used throughout the Year.
14. The Order for the Administration of the Lord’s Supper or Holy
Communion.
15. The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants, to be used in the Church.
16. The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children, in Houses.
17. The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of Riper Years, and able
to answer for themselves.
18. A Catechism; that is to say an Instruction to be learned by every
Person before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop.
19. The Order of Confirmation, or Laying on of Hands upon those that are
baptized, and come to years of Discretion.
20. The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony.
21. The Order for the Visitation of the Sick.
22. The Communion of the Sick.
23. The Order for the Burial of the Dead.
24. The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth, commonly called, The
Churching of Women.
25. Forms of Prayer to be used at Sea.
26. A Form of Prayer for the Visitation of Prisoners.
27. A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the Fruits
of the earth, and all the other Blessings of his merciful Providence.
28. Forms of Prayer to be used in Families.
29: Selections of Psalms, to be used instead of the Psalms for the Day,
at the discretion of the Minister.
30. The Psalter, or Psalms of David.
* "The Litany"
did not officially appear in the Table of Contents until 1871, but was
until then considered part of Morning Prayer; in the 1854 text it appears
as:
The
Litany, or General Supplication, to be used after Morning Service, on
Sundays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
THE
RATIFICATION OF
THE
BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.
By
the Bishops, the Clergy, and the Laity of the Protestant Episcopal Church
in the United States of America, in Convention, this Sixteenth Day of
October, in the Year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.
THIS
Convention having, in their present Session, set forth A Book of Common
Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies
of the Church, do hereby establish the said Book: And they declare
it to be the Liturgy of this Church: And require that it be received as
such by all the members of the same: And this Book shall be in use from
and after the First Day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand
seven hundred and ninety.
PREFACE.
IT
is a most invaluable part of that blessed liberty wherewith Christ
hath made us free, that in his worship, different forms and
usages may without offence be allowed, provided the substance of the Faith
be kept entire; and that, in every Church, what cannot be clearly determined
to belong to Doctrine must be referred to Discipline: and therefore, by
common consent and authority, may be altered, abridged, enlarged, amended,
or otherwise disposed of, as may seem most convenient for the edification
of the people, "according to the various exigencies of times and
occasions."
The Church of England, to which the Protestant
Episcopal Church in these States is indebted, under God, for her first
foundation and a long continuance of nursing care and protection, hath,
in the Preface of her Book of Common Prayer, laid it down as a rule, that
"The particular forms of Divine Worship, and the Rites and Ceremonies
appointed to be used therein, being things in their own nature indifferent
and alterable, and so acknowledged, it is but reasonable that upon weighty
and important considerations, according to the various exigencies of times
and occasions, such changes and alterations should be made therein; as
to those who are in places of authority should, from time to time, seem
either necessary or expedient.”
The same Church hath not only in her Preface, but likewise
in her Articles and Homilies declared the necessity and expediency of
occasional alterations and amendments in her Forms of Public Worship;
and we find accordingly, that, seeking to "keep the happy mean between
too much stiffness in refusing, and too much easiness in admitting variations
in things once advisedly established", she hath, in the reign of
several Princes since the first compiling of her Liturgy in the time of
Edward the Sixth upon just and weighty considerations her thereunto moving
yielded to make such alterations in some particulars, as in their respective
times were thought convenient; yet so as that the main body and essential
parts of the same (as well in the chiefest materials as in the frame and
order thereof) have still been continued firm and unshaken.
Her general aim in these different reviews and alterations
hath been, as she farther declares in her said Preface "to do that
which according to her best understanding, might most tend to the preservation
of peace and unity in the Church; the procuring of reverence, and the
exciting of piety and devotion in the worship of God; and finally the
cutting off occasion, from them that seek occasion. Of cavil or quarrel
against her Liturgy." And although, according to her judgment, there
be not "any thing in it contrary to the Word of God or to sound doctrine,
or which a godly man may not with a good conscience use and submit unto,
or which is not fairly defensible, if allowed such just and favourable
construction as in common equity ought to be allowed to all human writings;"
yet upon the principles already laid down, it cannot but be supposed that
further alterations would in time be found expedient. Accordingly, a commission
for a review was issued in the year 1689: but this great and good work
miscarried at that time; and the Civil Authority has not since thought
proper to revive it by any new commission.
But when in the course of Divine Providence, these.
American States became independent with respect to civil government, their
ecclesiastical independence was necessarily included; and the different
religious denominations of Christians in these States were left at full
and equal liberty to model and organize their respective Churches, and
forms of worship, and discipline, in such manner as they might judge most
convenient for their future prosperity; consistently with the constitution
and laws of their country.
The attention of this Church was in the first place
drawn to those alterations in the Liturgy which became necessary in the
prayers for our Civil Rulers, in Consequence of the Revolution. And the
principal care herein was to make them conformable to what ought to be
the proper end of all such prayers, namely, that "Rulers may have
grace, wisdom, and understanding to execute justice, and to maintain truth;"
and that the people "may lead quiet and peaceable lives, in all godliness
and honesty."
But while these alterations were in review before the
Convention, they could not but, with gratitude to God, embrace
the happy occasion which was offered to them (uninfluenced and unrestrained
by any worldly authority whatsoever) to take a further review of the Public
Service, and to establish such other alterations and amendments therein
as might be deemed expedient.
It seems unnecessary to enumerate all the different
alterations and amendments. They will appear, and it is to be hoped, the
reasons of them also, upon a comparison of this with the Book of Common
Prayer of the Church of England. In which it will also appear that this
Church is far from intending to depart from the Church of England in any
essential point of doctrine, discipline, or worship; or further than local
circumstances require.
And now, this important work being brought to a conclusion,
it is hoped the whole will be received and examined by every true member
of our Church. and every sincere Christian, with a meek, candid, and charitable
frame of mind; without prejudice or prepossessions; seriously considering
what Christianity is, and what the truths of the Gospel are; and earnestly
beseeching Almighty God to accompany with his blessing every endeavour
for promulgating them to mankind, in the clearest, plainest, most affecting
and majestic manner, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord and
Saviour.
THE
ORDER
How
the Psalter is Appointed to be Read.
THE
Psalter shall be read through once every month, as it is there appointed,
both for Morning and for Evening Prayer. But in February, it
shall be read only to the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth day of the month.
And whereas, January, March, May, July, August,
October, and December, have one-and-thirty days apiece; it is ordered
that the same Psalms shall be read the last day of the said months which
were read the day before; so that the Psalter may begin again on the first
day of the next month ensuing.
And whereas the 119th Psalm is divided into twenty-two
Portions, and is over long to be read at one time; it is so ordered, that
at one time shall not be read above four or five of the said Portions.
The Minister shall, instead of reading from the Psalter
as divided for Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, may read one of the Selections
set out by this Church.
And, on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, appointed
either by the Civil or by the Ecclesiastical Authority, the Minister may
appoint such Psalms as he shall think fit in his discretion, unless any
shall have been appointed by the Ecclesiastical Authority, in a Service
set out for the Occasion; which, in that case, shall be used and no other.

Proper Psalms on Certain Days.

Christmas-Day,	Morning,	Evening		Easter-Day,	Morning,	Evening,
	19,45,85	89,110,132			2,57,111	113,114,118
Ash-Wednesday,	6,32,38	102,130,143	Ascension-Day,	8,15,21	24,47,103
Good-Friday,	22,40,54	64,88	Whit-Sunday,	45,68	104,145

The minister may use one of the Selections, instead of any of the above Portions.

THE ORDER

How the rest of the Holy Scripture is Appointed to be Read.

THE Old Testament is appointed for the First Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer, so that the most part thereof will be read every year once, as in the Calendar is appointed. The New Testament is appointed for the Second Lessons at Morning and Evening Prayer. And to know what Lessons shall be read every day, look for the day of the month in the Calendar following, and there ye shall find the Chapters that shall be read for the Lessons, both at Morning and at Evening Prayer; except only the Movable Feasts, which are not in the Calendar; and the Immovable, where there is a blank left in the column of Lessons; the Proper Lessons for all which days are to be found in the table of Proper Lessons. And, on Days of Fasting and Thanksgiving, the same rule is to obtain as in reading the Psalms. And the same discretion of choice is allowed on occasions of Ecclesiastical Conventions and those of Charitable Collections. And Note, That whensoever Proper Psalms or Lessons are appointed, then the Psalms and Lessons of ordinary course appointed in the Psalter and Calendar, if they be different, shall be omitted for that time. Note also, That the Collect, Epistle, and Gospel, appointed for the Sunday, shall serve for the Week after, where it is not in this Book otherwise ordered.

¶ TABLESofLESSONSof Holy Scripture, to be read at Morning and Evening Prayer throughout the Year.

A TABLE OF LESSONS
FOR SUNDAYS.
SUNDAYS.	MORNING.	EVENING.
	1st	2d	1st	2d
	Lesson.	Lesson.	Lesson.	Lesson.
1	Isa.	Luke	Isa.	Rom.
S. in Ad.	1	1 to v.39	2	10
2	5	1 v.39	24	12
3	25	3 to v.19	28 to v.23	14
4	30	Matt. 3 to v.13	32	1 Cor. 1
1 S. af. Ch.	35	Luke 2 v.25	40	2
2	41	Mark 1 to v. 16	42	Heb. 2
1 S. af.Eph.	44	Matt. 2 v.13	45	1 Cor. 3
2	51	John 1 v.29	52 to v.13	13
3	54	Matt. 4 v.12	55	2 Cor. 4
4	57	Luke 4 v.14 to 33	59	5
5	61	Matt. 5	62	Gal. 2
6	65	6	66	3
Sep. Sund.	Jer. 5	7	Jer 22	Eph. 1
Sex. Sund.	35	Luke 7 v.19	36	2
Quin.Sund.	Lam. 1	Mark 6 to v. 30	Lam. 3 to v.37	3
1 S. in Lent	Jer. 7	Matt. 10	Jer. 9	4
2	Eze. 14	Luke 10 to v.25	Eze. 11	5
3	20 to v.27	Mark 9 to v. 30	20 v. 27	6
4	Mic. 6	Luke 19 v.28	Hab. 3	Philip. 1
5	Hag. 2 to v. 10	21	Zec. 13	3
6	Daniel 9	Matt. 26	Mal. 3 & 4	Heb. 5 to v. 11
Easter Day	Exod. 12 to v. 37	Rom. 6	Exod. 12 v. 37	Acts 2 v.2
1 S. af. Ea.	Isaiah 43	Acts 1	Isa. 41	1 Cor. 15
2	Hos. 13	3	Hos. 14	Colos. 1
3	Joel 3 v. 9	5	Mic. 4	3
4	Mic. 5	6	Nah. 1	1 Thess. 3
5	Zech. 8	8 v. 5	Zec. 10	4
S. af. Asc.	Joel 2	John 17	Zeph. 3	2 Thess.3 to v.17
Whitsund.	Deut. 16 to v. 11	Acts 4 to v. 36	Isa. 11	Acts 19 to v. 21
Trin. Sund.	Gen. 1	Matt. 3	Gen. 2	1 John 5
1 S. af.Trin.	3	Acts 9 to v. 32	6	1 Tim. 6
2	9 to v. 20	10	l5 to v.19	2 Tim. 2
3	37	11	42	3 & 4 to v. 9
4	43	14	45	Tit. 2 & 3 to v.10
5	49	15	50	Heb. 10
6	Exod. 3	17	Exod. 5	11
7	9	20	10	12
8	14	24	15	13
9	Num. 16	26	Num. 22	James 1
10	23	28	24	2
11	Deut. 4 to v. 41	Matt. 18	Deut. 5	3
12	6	20	7	4
13	8	23	9	5
14	33	25	34	1 Peter 1
15	Jos. 23	Mark 4	Jos. 24	2
16	Judges 4	13	Judges 5	3
17	1 Sam. 12	Luke 13	1 Sam. 17	4
18	2 Sam. 12	15	2 Sam. 19	5
19	l Kings 8 to v. 22	20	l Kings v.22 to 62	2 Peter 1
20	17	John 3	18	2
21	2 Kings 5	7	2 Kings l9	3
22	Daniel 6	8	Daniel 7	1 John 1
23	Prov 1	9	Prov. 2	2
24	3	10	9	3
25	11	12	12	4
26	13	15	14	Jude.
27	15	16	16	2 John.

A
TABLE OF LESSONS FOR HOLY-DAYS.
HOLY-DAYS.	MORNING.	EVENING.
St.	Prov.	Prov
Andrew	20	21
St. Thomas.	23	24
Nativity. 1 Lesson	Isaiah 9 to v.8	Isaiah 7 v. 10 to 17
2 Lesson	Luke 2 to v.l5	Titus 3 v. 4 to 9
St. Stephen 1 Lesson	Prov 28	Eccles. 4
2 Lesson	Acts 6 v.8 & 7 to v.30	Acts 7 v. 30 to 55
St. John. 1 Lesson	Eccles. 5	Eccles. 6
2 Lesson	Rev. 1	Rev. 22
Innocents.	Jerem. 31 to v. 18	Wisdom 1
Circumcision. 1 Lesson	Gen. 17 to v.15	Deut. 10 v.12
2 Lesson	Rom. 2	Colos. 2
Epiphany. 1 Lesson	Isaiah 60	Isaiah 49
2 Lesson	Rom. 11	John 2 to v. 12
Conversion St. Paul. 1 Lesson	Wisdom 9	Wisdom 6
2 Lesson	Acts 22 to v. 22	Acts 26 to v.24
Purification of Virgin Mary.	Wisdom 9	Wisdom 12
St. Matthias.	19	Ecclus. 1
Annunciation of Virgin Mary.	Ecclus. 2	3
Ash Wednesday. 1 Lesson	Isaiah 59	Jonah 3
2 Lesson	Luke 6 v. 20	2 Peter 3
Monday before Easter. 1 Lesson	Daniel 10	Hosea 11
2 Lesson	John 14
Tuesday before Easter. 1 Lesson	Daniel 11 to v. 30	12
2 Lesson	John 15
Weds. before Easter. 1 Lesson	Daniel 11 v. 30	13
2 Lesson	John 11 v. 45
Thursday before Easter. 1 Lesson	Daniel 12	Jerem. 31
2 Lesson	John 15
Good Friday. 1 Lesson	Gen. 22 to v.20	Isaiah 52 v.13 & ch. 53
2 Lesson	John 11	Philipp. 2
Easter-Even. 1 Lesson	Zec. 9	Exod. 13
2 Lesson	Luke 23 v. 50	Heb. 4
Monday in Easter Week. 1 Lesson	Exod. 16	Job 19
2 Lesson	Matt. 28	Acts 3
Tues. in Easter Week. 1 Lesson	Isaiah 26 to v. 20	Isaiah 12
2 Lesson	Luke 24 to v.13	2 Cor. 5
St. Mark.	Ecclus. 4	Ecclus. 5
St. Philip and St. James. 1 Lesson	7	9
2 Lesson	John 1 v. 43
Ascension 1 Lesson	2 Kings 2	Deut. 10
2 Lesson	Luke 24 v. 44	Ephes. 4 to v. 17
Mon. in Whitsun-Week 1 Lesson	Gen. 11 to v. 10	Num. 11
2 Lesson	1 Cor. 12	1 Cor. 14 to v. 26
Tues. in Whitsun-Week 1 Lesson	1 Sam. 19 v. 18	Deut. 30
2 Lesson	1 Thess. 5	Gal. 5
St.. Barnabas. 1 Lesson	Ecclus. 10	Ecclus. 12
2 Lesson	Acts 14	Acts 15 to v. 36
St. John Baptist 1 Lesson	Malac. 3	Malac. 4
2 Lesson	Matt. 3	Matt. 14 to v. 13
St. Peter 1 Lesson	Ecclus 15	Ecclus. 19
2 Lesson	Acts 3	Acts 4
St. James.	Ecclus. 21	Ecclus. 22
St. Bartholomew	24	29
St. Matthew.	35	38
St. Michael 1 Lesson	Gen. 32	Daniel 10 v. 5
2 Lesson	Acts 12 to v. 20	Jude v. 5 to 16
St. Luke.	Ecclus. 51	Job 1
St. Simon and St. Jude.	Job 24 and 25	42
All Saints 1 Lesson	Wisdom 3 to v. 10	Wisdom 5 to v. 17
2 Lesson	Heb.11v.32&Ch12tov.7	Rev. 19 to v.11

At this point from 1883 is inserted "A Table of Proper Lessons for the Forty Days in Lent", as it appears in the 1892 Book.

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JANUARY
CALENDAR	MORNING PRAYER	EVENING PRAYER
			1 Lesson.	2 Lesson.	1 Lesson.	2
						Lesson.
1	A	Circumci-
2	b	sion.	Gen. 1.	Matt. 1	Gen. 2
						Rom. 1
3	c		3	2	4
						2
4	d		5	3	6
						3
5	e		7	4	8
						4
6	f	Epiphany.
7	g		9	5 to v. 21	11
						5
8	A		12	5 v. 21	13
						6
9	b		14	6 to v. 16	15
						7
10	c		16	6 v. 16	17
						8
11	d		18 to v. 17	7	18 v. 17
						9
12	e		19 to v. 30	8 to v. 18	20
						10
13	f		21 to v. 22	8 v. 18	21 v. 22
						11
14	g		22	9 to v. 18	23
						12
15	A		24 to v. 32	9 v. 18	24 v. 32
						13
16	b		25 to v. 19	10	25 v. 19
						14
17	c		26 to v. 17	11	26 v. 17
						15
18	d		27 to v. 30	l2 to v. 22	27 v. 30
						16
19	e		28	12 v. 22	29 to v. 15
						1 Cor. 1
20	f		29 v. 15	13 to v. 31	30 to v. 25
						2
21	g		30 v. 25	13 v. 31	31 to v. 23
						3
22	A		31 v. 25	14	32 to v. 24
						4
23	b		32 v. 24	15 to v. 21	33
						5
24	c		34	15 v. 21	35
						6
25	d	Conversion
26	e	of St. Paul.	37	16	39
						7
27	f		40	17	41 to v. 37
						8
28	g		41 v. 37	18 to v. 21	42 to v. 25
						9
29	A		42 v. 25	18 v. 21	43 to v. 15
						10
30	b		43 v. 15	19	44 to v. 14
						11
31	c		44 v. 14	20 to v. 17	45 to v. 16
						12
A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR FEBRUARY
1	d		Gen.	Mat.	Gen.	1
			45 v. 16	20 v. 17	46	Cor. 13
2	e	Purification
				21 to v. 23		14
3	f	of V. Mary.
			47 to v. 13	21 v. 23	47 v. 13	15
4	g
			48	22 to v. 23	49	16
5	A
			50 to v. 15	22 v. 23	50 v. 15	2 Cor. 1
6	b
			Exodus 1	23	Exodus 2	2
7	c
			3	24	4 to v. 18	3
8	d
			4 v. 18	25 to v. 31	5	4
9	e
			6 to v. 14	25 v. 31	6 v. 14	5
10	f
			7	26 to v. 36	8 to v. 16	6
11	g
			8 v. 16	26 v. 36	9 to v. 13	7
12	A
			9 v. 13	27	10 to v. 12	8
13	b
			10 v. 12	28	11	9
14	c
			12 to v. 37	Mark 1	12 v. 37	10
15	d
			13	2	l4 to v. 15	11
16	e
			14 v. 15	3	15	12
17	f
			16	4 to v. 26	17	13
18	g
			18	4 v. 26	19	Gal 1
19	A
			20	5 to v. 21	21 to v. 18	2
20	b
			21 v. 18	5 v. 21	22 to v. 16	3
21	c
			22 v. 16	6 to v. 30	23 to v. 20	4
22	d
			23 v. 20	6 v. 30	24	5
23	e
			32 to v. 15	7 to v. 24	32 v. 15	6
24	f	St. Matthias
				7 v.24		Eph. 1
25	g
			33	8 to v. 27	34 to v.27	2
26	A
			34 v. 27	8 v. 27	40	3
27	b
			Lev.19tov.19	9 to v. 30	Lev.19v.19	4
28	c
			24	9 v. 30	25	5
29	d
			26 to v. 21	10 to v. 32	26 v. 21	Rom. 12
*
Note, that except in every leap year, February hath 28
days only.

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR MARCH
CALENDAR.	MORNING PRAYER.	EVENING PRAYER.
*				1 Lesson.	2 Lesson.	1 Lesson.	2
							Lesson.
	1	d		Nu. 11 to v. 24	Mark 10 v. 32	Nu. 11 v. 24
							Eph. 6
	2	e		12	11	13
							Phil. 1
	3	f		14 to v. 26	12 to v. 28	14 v. 26
							2
	4	g		16 to v. 36	12 v. 21	16 v. 36
							3
	5	A		17	13	20
							4
	6	b		21	l4 to v. 26	22
							Col. 1
	7	c		23	14 v. 26	24
							2
	8	d		25	15	27
							3
	9	e		30	16	31 to v. 25
							4
	10	f		31 v.25	Luke 1 to v.39	32
							l Thes. 1
	11	g		35	1 v. 39	36
							2
	12	A		Deut. 1 to v. 19	2 to v 40	Deut. 1 v.19
							3
	13	b		2 to v. 26	2 v. 40	2 v. 26
							4
	14	c		3	3	4 to v. 25
							5
	15	d		4 v. 25	4	5 to v. 22
							2 Thes. 1
	16	e		5 v. 22	5	6
							2
	17	f		7	6 to v. 20	8
							3
	18	g		9	6 v .20	10
							l Tim. 1
	19	A		11	7 to v. 36	12
							2,3
	20	b		13	7 v. 36	14
							4
14	21	c		15	8 to v. 26	16
							5
3	22	d		17	8 v. 26	18
							6
	23	e		19	9 tov..37	20
							2 Tim. 1
11	24	f		21	9 v. 37	22
							2
	25	g	Annun.		10 to v. 25
							3
19	26	A	of	24	10 v. 25	25
							4
8	27	b	V. M.	26	11 to v.29	27
							Titus 1
	28	c		28 to v. l5	11 v.29	28 v.15
							2,3
16	29	d		29	12	30
							Philemon
5	30	e		31	13	32
							Heb. 1
	31	f		33	14	34
							2
A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR APRIL
13	1	g		Joshua 1	Luke 15	Joshua 2	Heb.
							3
*2	2	A		3	16	4
							4
	3	b		5	17 to v. 20	6 to v. 12
							5
10	4	c		6 v. 12	17 v. 20	7 to v. 16
							6
	5	d		7 v. 16	l8 to v. 31	8 to v. 14
							7
18	6	e		8 v. 14	18 v. 31	9
							8
7	7	f		l0 to v. 15	l9 to v. 23	10 v. 15 to 28
							9
	8	g		10 v. 28	19 v. 23	22 to v. 21
							10
15	9	A		22 v. 21	20	23
							11
4	10	b		24 to v. 19	21	24 v. 19
							12
	11	c		Judg. 1 to v. 22	22 to v. 31	Judg. l v. 22
							13
12	12	d		2 to v. 11	22 v. 31	2 v. 11
							James 1
1	13	e		3 to v. 12	23	3 v. 12
							2
	14	f		4	24	5
							3
9	15	g		6 to v. 11	John 1 to v. 29	6 v. 11 to 25
							4
	16	A		6 v. 25	1 v.29	7
							5
17	17	b		8 to v. 22	2	8 v. 22
							1 Peter 1
6	18	c		9 to v. 22	3 to v. 22	9 v. 22 to 46
							2
	19	d		9 v. 46	3 v. 22	10
							3
	20	e		11 to v. 29	4	11 v. 29
							4
	21	f		12	5	13
							5
	22	g		14	6 to v. 22	15
							2 Peter 1
	23	A		l6 to v. 21	6 v. 22	16 v. 21
							2
	24	b		17	7 to v. 32	18
							3
	25	c	St.		7 v. 32
							1 John 1
	26	d	Mark.	19 to v. 22	8 to v.21	19 v. 22
							2
	27	e		20 to v. 26	8 v. 21	20 v. 26
							3
	28	f		2l to v. 16	9	21 v. 16
							4
	29	g		Ruth 1	10 to v. 22	Ruth 2
							5
	30	A		3	10 v. 22	4
							2, 3 John.

The Numbers prefixed to the several Days (in the foregoing Calendar) between the 21st Day of March and the 18th Day of April, both inclusive, denote the Days upon which those Full Moons do fall, which happen upon or next after the 21st Day of March, in those years, of which they are respectively the Golden Numbers; and the Sunday Letter next following any such Full Moon points out Easter-Day for that year. All of which holds until the Year of our Lord 1899, inclusive; after which Year, the Place of these Golden Numbers will be to be changed, as is hereafter expressed.

A
TABLE OF LESSONS FOR MAY
CALENDAR.	MORNING PRAYER.	EVENING PRAYER
			1 Lesson.	2 Lesson.	1 Lesson.	2Lesson
1	b	St. Philip &				Jude
2	c	St. James.	1 Sam. 1	Job. 11 to v. 30	1 Sa. 2 to v. 22	Rom. 1
3	d		2 v. 22	11 v. 30	3	2
4	e		4	12 to v. 20	5	3
5	f		6	12 v. 20	7	4
6	g		8	13	9	5
7	A		10	14	11	6
8	b		12	15	13	7
9	c		l4 to v. 24	16	14 v. 24	8
10	d		15	17	16	9
11	e		l7 to v. 30	18	17 v. 30	10
12	f		18	19	19	11
13	g		20	20	21	12
14	A		22	21	23	13
15	b		24	Acts 1	25	14
16	c		26	2	27	15
17	d		28	3	29	16
18	e		30	4 to v. 23	31	1 Cor. 1
19	f		2 Sam. 1	4 v. 23	2 Sam. 2	2
20	g		3	5 to v. l7	4	3
21	A		5	5 v. 17	6	4
22	b		7	6	8	5
23	c		9	7 to v. 30	10	6
24	d		11	7 v. 30	12	7
25	e		13 to v. 23	8 to v. 26	13 v. 23	8
26	f		14	8 v. 26	15	9
27	g		16	9 to v. 23	17	10
28	A		18	9 v. 23	19	11
29	b		19 v. 16	10 to v. 34	l9 to v. 16	12
30	c		21	10 v. 34	22	13
31	d		23	11 to v. 19	24	14
A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JUNE.
1	e		1 Kin. 1 to	Acts 11 v. 19	1 Kin. 1 v.	1
			v. 28		28	Cor. 15
2	f			12
			2 to v. 26		2 v. 26	16
3	g			13 to v. 14
			3		4	2 Cor. 1
4	A			13 v. 14
			5		6	2
5	b			l4 to v. 19
			7		8	3
6	c			14 v. 19
			9		10	4
7	d			15
			11 to v. 26		11 v. 26	5
8	e			16 to v. 14
			12		13	6
9	f			16 v. 14
			14		15	7
10	g			17 to v. 16
			16		17	8
11	A	St. Barnabas
12	b			17 v. 16
			18		19	9
13	c			18 to v. 18
			20 to v. 22		20 v. 22	10
14	d			18 v. 18
			21		22 to v. 29	11
15	e			19 to v. 21
			22 v. 29		2 Kings 1	12
16	f			19 v.21
			2 Kings 2		3	13
17	g			20 to v. 17
			4		5	Gal. 1
18	A			20 v. 17
			6		7	2
19	b			21
			8		9	3
20	c			22
			10		11	4
21	d			23
			12		13	5
22	e			24
			14		15	6
23	f			25
			16		17 to v. 24	Ephes. 1
24	g	Nativity of St.
25	A	John Baptist.		26
			17 v. 24		18	2
26	b			27 to v. 21
			19 to v. 20		19 v. 20	3
27	c			27 v. 21
			20		21	4
28	d			28 to v. 17
			22		23	5
29	e	St. Peter.
30	f			28 v. 17
			24		25	6

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR JULY.
CALENDAR.	MORNING PRAYER.	EVENING PRAYER.
			1 Lesson.	2 Lesson	1 Lesson.	2
						Lesson
1	g		Ezra 1	Matt. 1	Ezra 3
						Philip. 1
2	A		4	2	5
						2
3	b		6	3	7
						3
4	c		8 v. 21	4 to v. 17	9
						4
5	d		Neh. 1	4 v. 17	Neh. 2
						Colos. 1
6	e		4 to v. 13	5 to v. 21	4 v. 13
						2
7	f		5	5 v. 21	6
						3
8	g		8	6 to v. 16	9
						4
9	A		10	6 v. 16	13 to v. 15
						l Thes. 1
10	b		13 v. 15	7	Esther 1
						2
11	c		Esther 2	8 to v. 18	3
						3
12	d		4	8 v. 18	5
						4
13	e		6	9 to v. 18	7
						5
14	f		8	9 v. 18	9 to v. 20
						2 Thes 1
15	g		9 v. 20	10	Job 1
						2
16	A		Job 2	11	3
						3
17	b		4	l2 to v. 22	5
						l Tim. 1
18	c		6	12 v. 22	7
						2,3
19	d		8	13 to v. 31	9
						4
20	e		10	13 v. 31	11
						5
21	f		12	l4 to v. 22	13
						6
22	g		14	14 v. 22	15
						2 Tim. 1
23	A		16	l5 to v. 21	17
						2
24	b		18	15 v. 21	19
						3
25	c	St.. James.		16
						4
26	d		20	17	21
						Titus 1
27	e		22	18 to v. 21	23
						2,3
28	f		24 & 25	18 v. 21	26
						Philem.
29	g		27	19 to v. 16	28
						Heb. 1
30	A		29	19 v. 16	30
						2
31	b		31	20 to v. 17	32
						3
A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR AUGUST.
1	c		Job 33	Mat.20v.17	Job 34	Heb.
						4
2	d		35	21 to v.23	36
						5
3	e		37	21 v. 23	38
						6
4	f		39	22 to v. 23	40
						7
5	g		41	22 v. 23	42
						8
6	A		Prov.1 to v. 20	23 to v. 25	Prov. 1 v. 20
						9
7	b		2	23 v. 25	3
						10
8	c		4	24 to v. 23	5
						11
9	d		6 to v. 20	24 v. 29	6 v. 20
						12
10	e		7	25 to v. 31	8
						13
11	f		9	25 v. 31	10
						James 1
12	g		11	26 to v. 36	12
						2
13	A		13	26 v. 36	l4 to v. 16
						3
14	b		14 v. 16	27	l5 to v. 21
						4
15	c		15 v. 21	28	16
						5
16	d		17 to v. 15	Mark 1	17 v. 15
						1 Pet. 1
17	e		18	2	19
						2
18	f		20	3	21 to v. 17
						3
19	g		21 v. 17	4 to v. 26	22 to v. 17
						4
20	A		22 v. 17	4 v. 26	23 to v. 22
						5
21	b		23 v. 22	5 to v. 21	24
						2 Pet. 1
22	c		25	5 v. 21	26
						2
23	d		27	6 to v. 30	28
						3
24	e	St. Bartho-		6 v. 30
						1 John 1
25	f	lomew	29	7 to v. 24	31
						2
26	g		Eccl. 1	7 v. 24	Eccl. 2
						3
27	A		3	8 to v. 27	4
						4
28	b		5	8 v. 27	6
						5
29	c		7	9 to v. 30	8
						2, 3 John.
30	d		9	9 v. 30	10
						Jude.
31	e		11	10 to v. 32	12
						Rom. 1

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR SEPTEMBER
CALENDAR	MORNING	EVENING
	PRAYER.	PRAYER.
			1Lesson.	2 Lesson.	1 Lesson.	2Lesson.
1	f		Jer. 1	Mark 10 v. 32	Jer. 2 to v. 20	Rom. 2
2	g		2 v. 20	11	3	3
3	A		4 to v. 19	12 to v. 28	4 v. 19	4
4	b		5	12 v. 28	6	5
5	c		7 to v. 21	13	7 v. 21	6
6	d		8	14 to v. 26	9	7
7	e		10	14 v. 26	11	8
8	f		12	15	13	9
9	g		14	16	15	10
10	A		16	Luke 1 to v. 39	17	11
11	b		18	1 v. 39	19	12
12	c		20	2 to v. 40	21	13
13	d		22	2 v. 40	23	14
14	e		24	3	25	15
15	f		26	4	27	16
16	g		28	5	29	1 Cor. 1
17	A		30	6 to v. 20	31	2
18	b		32	6 v. 20	33	3
19	c		34	7 to v. 36	35	4
20	d		36	7 v. 36	37	5
21	e	St. Matthew.		8 to v. 26		6
22	f		38	8 v. 26	39	7
23	g		40	9 to v. 37	41	8
24	A		42	9 v. 37	43	9
25	b		44	10 to v. 25	45 & 46	10
26	c		47	10 v. 25	48 to v. 25	11
27	d		48 v. 25	11 to v. 29	49 to v. 23	12
28	e		49 v. 23	11 v.29	50 to v. 21	13
29	f	St. Michael
30	g	& All Angels.	50 v.21	13	51 to v. 35	15
A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR OCTOBER
1	A		Jer.51v.35	Luke 14	Jer. 52	1
						Cor. 16
2	b		Lam. 1	15	Lam. 2
						2 Cor. 1
3	c		3 to v. 37	16	3 v. 37
						2
4	d		4	17 to v.20	5
						3
5	e		Ezek.1	17 v. 20	Ezek. 2
						4
6	f		3	18 to v. 31	6
						5
7	g		7	18 v. 31	13
						6
8	A		14	19 to v. 28	18 to v. 19
						7
9	b		18 v. 19	19 v. 28	33 to v. 21
						8
10	c		33 v. 21	20	34
						9
11	d		Dan. 1	21	Dan. 2 to v. 24
						10
12	e		2 v. 24	22 to v. 31	3
						11
13	f		4	22 v. 31	5
						12
14	g		6	23	7
						13
15	A		8	24	9
						Gal. 1
16	b		10	John 1 to v. 29	11
						2
17	c		12	1 v. 29	Hos. 1
						3
18	d	St. Luke the		2
						4
19	e	Evangelist.	Hos. 2, 3	3 to v. 22	4
						5
20	f		5	3 v. 22	6
						6
21	g		7	4	8
						Eph. 1
22	A		9	5	10
						2
23	b		11	6 to v. 22	12
						3
24	c		13	6 v. 22	14
						4
25	d		Joel 1	7 to v. 32	Joel 2 to v. 15
						5
26	e		2 v.15	7 v. 32	3
						6
27	f		Amos 1	8 to v. 21	Amos 2
						Philip. 1
28	g	St. Simon &		8 v.21
						2
29	A	St. Jude, A.	3	9	4
						3
30	b	and M.	5	10 to v. 22	6
						4
31	c		7	10 v. 22	8
						Col. 1

A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR NOVEMBER
CALENDAR.	MORNING PRAYER.	EVENING PRAYER.
			1 Lesson.	2 Lesson.	1 Lesson.	2
						Lesson.
1	d	All Saints
2	e	Day	Amos 9	John 11 to v. 30	Obadiah
						Col. 2
3	f		Jonah 1	11 v. 30	Jonah 2
						3
4	g		3	12 to v. 20	4
						4
5	A		Micah 1	12 v. 20	Micah 2
						1 Thess. 1
6	b		3	13	4
						2
7	c		5	14	6
						3
8	d		7	15	Nahum 1
						4
9	e		Nahum 2	16	3
						5
10	f		Hab. 1	17	Hab. 2
						2 Thess. 1
11	g		3	18	Zeph. 1
						2
12	A		Zeph. 2	19	3
						3
13	b		Hag. 1	20	Hag. 2
						1 Tim. 1
14	c		Zech. 1	21	Zech. 2
						2,3
15	d		3	Acts 1	4
						4
16	e		5	2	6
						5
17	f		7	3	8
						6
18	g		9	4 to v. 23	10
						2 Tirn. 1
19	A		11	4 v. 23	12
						2
20	b		13	5 to v. 17	14
						3
21	c		Mal. 1	5 v. 17	Mal. 2
						4
22	d		3	6	4
						Titus 1
23	e		Isaiah 1	7 to v. 30	Isaiah 2
						2,3
24	f		3	7 v. 30	4
						Philemon
25	g		5	8 to v. 26	6
						Heb. 1
26	A		7	8 v. 26	8
						2
27	b		9	9 to v. 23	10 to v. 20
						3
28	c		10 v. 20	9 v. 23	11
						4
29	d		12	10 to v. 34	13
						5
30	e	St. Andrew.		10 v. 34
						6
A TABLE OF LESSONS FOR DECEMBER
1	f		Isaiah 14	Acts 11 to v.19	Isaiah 15	Heb.
						7
2	g		16	11 v. 19	17
						8
3	A		18	12	19
						9
4	b		20,21	l3 to v. 14	22
						10
5	c		23	13 v. 14	24
						11
6	d		25	14 to v. 19	26
						12
7	e		27	14 v. 19	28
						13
8	f		29	15	30
						James 1
9	g		31	16 to v. 14	32
						2
10	A		33	16 v. 14	34
						3
11	b		35	17 to v. 16	36
						4
12	c		37	17 v. 16	38
						5
13	d		39	18 to v. 18	40
						1 Peter 1
14	e		41	18 v. 18	42
						2
15	f		43	19 to v. 21	44
						3
16	g		45	19 v. 21	46
						4
17	A		47	20 to v. 17	48
						5
18	b		49	20 v. 17	50
						2 Peter 1
19	c		51	21	52
						2
20	d		53	22	54
						3
21	e	St. Thomas.		23
						1 John 1
22	f		55	24	56
						2
23	g		57	25	58
						3
24	A		59	26	60
						4
25	b	Christmas D.
26	c	St. Stephen
27	d	St. John E.
28	e	Innocents		27 to v. 21
						5
29	f		61	27 v. 21	62
						2 John.
30	g		63	28 to v. 17	64
						3 John.
31	A		65	28 v. 17	66
						Jude

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