Entored according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by 8. R. FISHER & Co., ta the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania II. A TABLE OF SCRIPTURE LESSONS III. THE REGULAR SERVICE ON THE LORD'S DAY VI. PRAYERS AND THANKSGIVINGS FOR SPECIAL VII. THE GOSPELS, EPISTLES, AND COLLECTS. XII. ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION XIII. EXCOMMUNICATION AND RESTORATION XIV. THE VISITATION AND COMMUNION OF THE SICK XVI. A SERVICE TO BE USED AT SEA XVII. THE RECEPTION OF IMMIGRANTS XVIII. THE LAYING OF A CORNER-STONE . XIX. THE CONSECRATION OF A CHURCH XX. THE CONSECRATION OF A BURIAL-GROUNI XXI. AN ORDER OF SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE XXII. PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY . The movable festivals, with the exception of Adrant Sunday, are determinod by Easter, which is the first Sunday next after the full-moon that follows the twenty-first of March, but if this full-moon happen on a Sunday, Easter will be the next Sunday after. Septuagesima is nine weeks, Sexagesima eight weeks, Quinquagesima seven weeks, and the first week in Lent six weeks, respectively, before Easter. AsbWednesday is the Wednesday after Quinquagesima, Ascension Day is forty days, Whitsunday seven weeks, and Trinity Sunday eight weeks, respectively, after Easter. Advent Sunday is always the nearest Sunday to the thirtieth day of November, whetber before or after. Christmas always falls on the twenty-fifth of December, Epiphany on the sixth of January, and Good Friday in the week preceding Easter. All days appointed, by proper Ecclesiastical or Civil authority, for fasting or thanksgiving, are to be duly respected and observed. 2. RULE FOR DETERMINING EASTER IN ANY YEAR. by 4, b. by 7, d. (26 + 4c + 6d + N) by 7, M. N. 3 23 3 24 5 24 6 25 0 26 1 25 1 If a number is obtained beyond the 24th of April, seven days must be subtractos In get the ccrrect time of Easter. |