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	1789 U. S. Book of Common Prayer

A TABLE OF FEASTS, to be observed in this Church, throughout the Year.

All	St.
Sundays in the Year.	Bartholomew the Apostle.
The Circumcision of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.	St. Matthew the Apostle.
The Epiphany.	St. Michael and All Angels.
The Conversion of St. Paul.	St. Luke the Evangelist.
The Purification of the Blessed Virgin.	St. Simon and St. Jude, the Apostles.
St. Matthias the Apostle.	All Saints.
The Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.	St. Andrew the Apostle.
St. Mark the Evangelist	St. Thomas the Apostle.
St. Philip and St. James. the Apostles.	The Nativity of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.
The Ascension of our Lord JESUS CHRIST.	St. Stephen the Martyr.
St. Barnabas.	St. John the Evangelist.
The Nativity of St. John the Baptist.	The Holy Innocents
St. Peter the Apostle.	Monday and Tuesday in Easter Week.
St. James the Apostle.	Monday and Tuesday in Whitsun Week.

A TABLE OF FASTS.

Ash	Good-Friday.
Wednesday.

¶ TABLES FOR FINDING THE HOLY-DAYS.

A TABLE to find Easter-Day,from the present Time, until the Year1899, inclusive.

	Day
Golden	of the Month.	Sunday	THIS
			Table contains so much of the Calendar as is necessary for the
Number.		Letter.	determining of Easter; to find which, look for that Golden Number
			of the year in the first column of the Table, against which
			stands the day of the Paschal Full Moon; then look in the third
			column for the Sunday Letter, next after the day of the Full
			Moon; and the day of the moon standing against that Sunday Letter
			is Easter-Day. if the Full Moon happen upon a Sunday,
			then (according to the first rule) the next Sunday after is
			Easter-Day.
			To
			find the Golden Number or Prime, add 1to the year of our Lord,
			and then divide by 19; the remainder, if any, is the Golden
			Number; but it nothing remain, then 19 is the Golden Number.
			To
			find the Dominical 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
			number remain, then the Letter standing against that number
			in the small annexed Table, is the Sunday Letter.
			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.
14	March 21	C
9	22	D
	23	E
11	24	F
	25	G
19	26	A
8	27	B
	28	C
16	29	D
5	30	E
	31	F
13	April 1	G
2	2	A
	3	B
10	4	C
	5	D
18	6	E
7	7	F
	8	G
15	9	A
4	10	B
	11	C
12	12	D
1	13	E
	14	F
9	15	G
	16	A
17	17	B
6	18	C
	19	D
	20	E
	21	F
	22	G
	23	A
	24	B
	25	C

Another TABLE to findEaster,till the Year1899,inclusive.

SUNDAY
LETTERS.
Golden	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	TO make use of the preceding Table find
								the Sunday Letter for the Year in the uppermost line, and the Golden
Numb.								No. or Prime, in the column of Golden Nos, 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 collaterally.
I.	Ap.16	17	18	19	20	14	15
II.	Ap. 9	3	4	5	6	7	8
III.	Mar.26	27	28	29	23	24	25
IV.	Ap. 16	17	11	12	13	14	15
V.	Ap. 2	3	4	5	6	Mar.31	Ap.1
VI.	Ap. 23	24	25	19	20	21	25
VII.	Ap. 9	10	11	12	13	14	8
VIII.	Ap. 2	3	Mar.28	29	30	31	Ap.1
IX.	Ap. 16	17	18	19	20	21	22
X.	Ap. 9	10	11	5	6	7	8
XI.	Mar.26	27	28	29	30	31	25
XII	Ap. 16	17	18	19	13	14	15
XIII.	Ap. 2	3	4	5	6	7	8
XIV.	Mar.26	27	28	22	23	24	25
XV.	Ap. 16	10	11	12	13	14	15
XVI.	Ap. 2	3	4	5	Mar.30	31	Ap.1
XVII.	Ap. 23	24	18	19	20	21	22
XVIII.	Ap. 9	10	11	12	13	7	8
XIX.	Ap. 2	Mar.27	28	29	30	31	Ap.1

			Sund.	Easter	Year	Gold.	The	Sund.	Easter
Year	Gold.	The
			Letter	Day	of our	Num.	Epact.	Letter	Day
of our	Num.	Epact.
					Lord
Lord
1824	1	9	D C	April 18	1843	1	0	A	March 16
5	2	11	B	3	4	2	11	G F	April 7
6	3	22	A	March 26	5	3	22	E	March 23
7	4	3	G	April 15	6	4	3	D	April 12
8	5	14	F E	6	7	5	14	C	4
9	6	25	D	19	8	6	25	B A	23
30	7	6	C	11	9	7	6	G	8
1	8	17	B	3	50	8	17	F	March 31
2	9	28	A G	22	1	9	28	E	April 20
3	10	9	F	7	2	10	9	D C	11
4	11	20	E	March 30	3	11	20	B	March 27
5	12	1	D	April 19	4	12	1	A	April 16
6	13	12	C B	3	5	13	12	G	8
7	14	23	A	March 26	6	14	23	F E	March 23
8	15	4	G	April 15	7	15	4	D	April 12
9	16	15	F	March 31	8	16	15	C	4
40	17	26	E D	April 19	9	17	26	B	24
1	18	7	C	11	60	18	7	A G	8
2	19	18	B	March 27	1	19	18	F	March 31

Easter	Sun.	Sept.	First Day	Ascen-	Whit-	Sunday	Advent
Day	af. Epi.	Sun.	of Lent	sion D.	sunday.	af. Trin.	Sunday
Mar.22	1	Jan.18	Feb. 4	April30	May 10	27	Nov.29
23	1	19	5	May 1	11	27	30	Note: That in a Bissextile or Leap-Year, the number of Sundays
								after Epiphany will be the same as if Easter-Day had
24	1	20	6	2	12	27	Dec. 1	fallen one day later than it really does. And, for the same reason,
								one Day must, in every Leap-Year, be added to the day of the month
25	2	21	7	3	13	27	2	given by the Table for Septuagesima Sunday, and for the first
								day of Lent.
26	2	22	8	4	14	27	3
27	2	23	9	5	15	26	Nov. 27
28	2	24	10	6	16	26	28
29	2	25	11	7	17	26	29
30	2	26	12	8	18	26	30
31	2	27	13	9	19	26	Dec. 1
April 1	3	28	14	10	20	26	2
2	3	29	15	11	21	26	3
3	3	30	16	12	22	25	Nov. 27
4	3	31	17	13	23	25	28
5	3	Feb. 1	18	14	24	25	29
6	3	2	19	15	25	25	30
7	3	3	20	16	26	25	Dec. 1
8	4	4	21	17	27	25	2
9	4	5	22	18	28	25	3
10	4	6	23	19	29	24	Nov. 27
11	4	7	24	20	30	24	28
12	4	8	25	21	31	24	29
13	4	9	26	22	June 1	24	30
14	4	10	27	23	2	24	Dec. 1
15	5	11	28	24	3	24	2
16	5	12	March1	25	4	24	3
17	5	13	2	26	5	23	Nov. 27
18	5	14	3	27	6	23	28
19	5	15	4	28	7	23	29
20	5	16	5	29	8	23	30
21	5	17	6	30	9	23	Dec. 1
22	6	18	7	31	10	23	2
23	6	19	8	June 1	11	23	3
24	6	20	9	2	12	22	Nov. 27
25	6	21	10	3	13	22	28

Golden	Day of the Month.	Sunday	Golden	Day of the Month.	Sunday	THE Golden Number in the foregoing Calendar,
						will point out the Days of the Paschal Full Moons, till the year of
Num		Letter.	Num.		Letter.	our Lord 1900 at which time, in order that the Eccle-siastical Full
						Moons may fall nearly on the same days with the real Full Moons, the
						Golden Numbers must be removed to different days at 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 Pas-chal Full Moons,
						and Feast of Easter, from 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.
14	March22	D	7	April 8	G
3	23	E		9	A
	24	F	15	10	B
11	25	G	4	11	C
	26	A		12	D
19	27	B	12	13	E
8	28	C	1	14	F
	29	D		15	G
16	30	E	9	16	A
5	31	F	17	17	B
	April 1	G	6	18	C
13	2	A		19	D
2	3	B		20	E
	4	C		21	F
10	5	D		22	G
	6	E		23	A
18	7	F		24	B
				25	C

GENERAL TABLES for finding the Dominical or Sunday Letter, and the Places of the Golden Numbers in the Calendar.

TABLE
I.
6	5	4	3	2	1	0	TO find the Dominical or Sunday Letter for
							any given Year of our part, omitting frac-tions, and also the Number,
							which in Table I. standeth at the top of the Column wherein the number
							of hundreds con-tained 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.
B	C	D	E	F	G	A
				1600	1700	1800
1900	2100	2200	2300	2500	2600	2700
2000			2400			2800
2900	3000	3100	3300	3400	3500	3700
		3200			3600
3800	3900	4100	4200	4300	4500	4600
	4000			4400
4700	4900	5000	5100	5300	5400	5500
4800			5200			5600
5700	5800	5900	6100	6200	6300	6500
		6000			6400
6600	6700	6900	7000	7100	7300	7400
	6800			7200
7500	7700	7800	7900	8100	8200	8300
7600			8000			8400
8500	&c.

TABLE II.
1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	TO find the Month and Days of the Month
									to which the Golden Numbers ought to be prefixed in the Calendar in
									any given Year of our Lord, Lord consisting of entire hundred years,
									and in all the intermediate years betwixt that and the next hundredth
									year following, look in the second column of Table II. for the given
									year, consisting of entire hundreds; and note the number or cypher
									which stands against it in the third column; then in Table III. look
									for the same number in the column under any given Golden Number, which
									when you have found, guide your eye sideways to the left hand, and
									in the first column you will find the month and the day to which that
									Golden Number ought to be prefixed in the Calendar, during that period
									of one hundred years.
									The Letter B prefixed to certain hundredth years in Table
									II. denotes those years which are still to be accounted Bissextile
									or Leap Years in the New Calendar; whereas all the other hundredth
									years are to be accounted only common years.
	Years of			Years of			Years of
	our Lord.			our Lord.			our Lord
B	1600	0	B	4000	10	B	6400	20
	1700	1		4100	11		6500	21
	1800	1		4200	12		6600	22
	1900	2		4300	12		6700	23
B	2000	2	B	4400	12	B	6800	22
	2100	2		4500	13		6900	23
	2200	3		4600	13		7000	24
B	2300	4		4700	14		7100	24
	2400	3	B	4800	14	B	7200	24
	2500	4		4900	14		7300	25
	2600	5		5000	15		7400	25
B	2700	5		5100	16		7500	26
	2800	5	B	5200	15	B	7600	26
	2900	6		5300	16		7700	26
	3000	6		5400	17		7800	27
B	3100	7		5500	17		7900	28
	3200	7	B	5600	17	B	8000	27
	3300	7		5700	18		8100	28
	3400	8		5800	18		8200	29
B	3500	9		5900	19		8300	29
	3600	8	B	6000	19	B	8400	29
	3700	9		6100	19		8500	30
	3800	10		6200	20		&c.
	3900	10		6300	21

TABLE III.

Paschal Full Moon.
	Sunday Letter.	THE GOLDEN NUMBERS.
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
						22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26
March21	C	8	19	0	11	23 24
							4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27
22	D	9	20	1	12	25
							5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28
23	E	10	21	2	13	26
							6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29
24	F	11	22	3	14
							7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0
25	G	12	23	4	15
26		13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1
	A
27		14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2
	B
28		15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3
	C
29		16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4
	D
30		17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5
	E
31		18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6
	F
April 1		19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7
	G
2		20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8
	A
3		21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9
	B
4		22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10
	C
5		23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11
	D
6		24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12
	E
7		25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13
	F
8		26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14
	G
9		27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15
	A
10		28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16
	B
11		29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17
	C
12		0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18
	D
13		1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19
	E
14		2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20
	F
15		3	14
	G			25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	7	18	29	10	21
16		4	15
	A			26	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22
17		5	16
	B			27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25	6	17	28	9	20	1	12	23
17		--	--
	B			--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24
18		6	17
	C			28	9	20	1	12	23	4	15	26	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
18	C	7	18	29	10	21	2	13	24	5	16	27	8	19	0	11	22	3	14	25

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