NOVEMBER hath XXX Days.

Luke 18

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24 John 1

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THE CALENDAR; WITH THE TABLE OF LESSONS.

Note, that (a) Ecclus. 25. is to be read only to ver. 13. and (b) Ecclus. 30. only to ver. 18. and (c) Ecclus. 46. only to ver. 20.

27 Dec.

1835:12 D 5 Feb. 15 Mar. 4 April 19 May 24 May 28 June 7 23 Nov. 29 1836 13 12 CB 3 Jan. 3. Feb. 17 3

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12
May 22 25

27 1837/14 23 A 2 22 8 Mar. 26 April 30 4

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3 1838 15' 4: G 5 Feb. 11 28 April 15 May 20 24 June

3:24

2 11839 16:15 F 2 Jan. 27 13 Mar. 31 5

9

May 19 26 1 11810 17 26 ED 5 Feb. 16 Mar. 4 April 19 24

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June 7,23 Nov. 29 1841118 7 с 4 7 Feb. 24 11

16

20 May 30 24 28 11942 19:13 B 2 Jan. 23 9 Mar. 27 1

5

15 126 27 1843 10 A 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 April 16 21

25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1814 2111 GP 4 4 Feb. 21 7

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16 May 26 25

1 1843] 3 22 E 1 Jan. 19 5 Mar. 23 April 27 1

11

27 Nov. 30 118161 4 3 D 1 Feb. 8 25 April 12 May 17 21

31 24 29 1847 5:14! C 3 Jan. 31 17

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23 25 28 1848 625 BA 16 Feb. 20 Mar. 8 23

28 June 1 June 11 23 Dec. 3 1619 7 6 G 4

Feb. 21 8

13 May 17 May 27 25 2 1830 817 F 2 Jan, 27 13 Mar. 31 5

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19 26

1 1831, 928 E 5 Feb. 16 Mar. 5 April 20 25

29 June $ 23 Nov. 30 1832 10 9 DC4 8

Feb. 25 11

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20 May

30 24 28 1853 11 20 B 2 Jan. 23 9 Mar. 27 1

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15 26 27 1854 12! 1 A 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 April 16 21

25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1855'13 12 G 4 4 Feb. 21 8

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17
May
27 25

2 1856 14 23 FE 1 Jan. 20 6 Mar. 23 April 27 1

27 Nov. 30 183715 # D 4 Feb. 8 25 April 12 May 17 21

31 24 29 18381615 с 3 Jan. 31 17

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23 25 28 1859 17 261 B 6 Feb. 20 Mar. 9 24

29 June 2 June 12 22 27 1860 15: 7) AG 4 5 Feb. 22 8

13 May 17 May 27 25 Dec. 2 1861 19:18 F 2 Jan. 27 13 Mar. 31 5

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19 26 1 1862 10 E 5 Feb. 16 Mar.

25

29 June 8 23 Nov. 30 1863 2'11 D 3 1 Feb. 18 5

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14 May 24 23 29 1864 322 BC 2 Jan, 24 10 Mar. 27 1

5

15 26 27 18654 5 A 5 Feb. 12 Mar. 1 April 16 21

25 June 4 24 Dec. 3 1866: 3:14 G 3 Jan. 28 Feb. 14 1

6

10 May 20:26 2 1857 625! F 5 Feb. 17 Mar. 6 21

26

30 June 9 23 1 1868 7 6 ED 4 9 Feb. 26 12

17

21 May 31 24 Nov, 29 1869 8 17 с 2 Jan. 24 10 Mar. 28 2

6

16 26 28 1870 9 281 B 5 Feb. 13 Mar. 2 April 17 22 26 June 5 23 27 1871 10 9 А 4 5 Feb. 22 9

14 18 May 28 25 Dec. 3 1872 U 20 GF3 Jan. 23 14 Mar. 31 5

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19 26 1 1873 121 1 E 4 Peb. 9 26 April 13

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22 June 1 24 Nov. 30 187411312D 3 1

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10

14 May 24 25 29 1875114231 C 2 Jan. 24 10 Mar. 28 2

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16 26 28 1876 15 4, BA 5 Feb. 13 Mar. 1 April 16 21

25 June 4'24 Dec. 3 1877 16 15 G3 Jan. 28 Feb. 14 1

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10 May 20 26 2 1878 17 26 5 Feb. 17 Mar. 6 21

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30 June 9:23 1 1879 181 7 E 9 Feb. 26 13

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1 24 Nov. 30 1880 19 18! DC 2 Jan. 25 11 Mar. 28 2

6 May 16 26 28 1881 o B 5 Feb. 13 Mar. 2 April 17 22 26 June 5 23 27 1882 211 A 4 5 Feb. 22 9

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18 May 28 25 Dec. 3 1883 322 G 2 Jan. 21 7 Mar. 25 April 29 3

13 27 2 1884 4 3. FE 4 Feb. 10 27 April 13 May 18 22 June 124 Nov. 30 1885 514 D 3 1

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10

14 May 24 25 29 1886 625 C 21 Mar. 10 25

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June

3 June 13:22 28 1887 7,6 F 4 6 Feb. 23 10

15 May 19 May 29 24 27 1888 817 AG 3 Jan. 29 15

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20 Dec. 2

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PROPER LESSONS

TO BE READ AT

MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER

ON THE

SUNDAYS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

The first Sunday in Advent.

MORNING. Isaiah i.

Inick began to prophesy B.c. 760, and he prophesied for 60 years. The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

* Well may the heavens and the earth Hear, 0 heavens, and give · be thus appealed to ! They, in their ear, ( earth: for the LORD courses, obey the word of Him who hath spoken, I have nou

created them. Shall man disobey ? rished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 3 The ox know

3 Men, more senseless and more uneth his owner, and the ass grateful than the beasts which perish, his master's crib: but Israel rebel against their Creator's will. doth not know, my people

4 Filial disobedience is aggravated, doth not consider. * Ah sin

when viewed as a base return for all fal nation, a people laden

a parent's care and anxiety in our

nurture and bringing up. So sin is with iniquity, a seed of evil- aggravated, when viewed as an ofdoers, children that are cor- fence against a heavenly Father, who rupters: they have forsaken freely giveth us all things. the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

5 God afflicts us, nationally and in"Why should ye be stricken dividually, for our good, to bring us any more? ye will revolt to repentance. more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart

faint. 6 From the sole of the 6 Under this figurative language is foot even unto the head there

described the disordered state of the

Jewish Church *. is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. 8 Jerusalem- the Church-is cap* And the daughter of Zion tive and desolate, solitary and foris left as a cottage in a vine- saken, unprotected and afraid. The yard, as a lodge in a garden attliction of the Church is the saddest

affliction for any people. of cucumbers, as a besieged city. Except the Lord of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. 10 The wickedness of God's people 10 Hear the word of the Lord, was like that of Sodom and Gomorye rulers of Sodom; give ear

rah. unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 13 The solemn meeting of impeni13 When ye come to appear

tent and unholy worshippers is inibefore me, who hath required quity. Hypocrisy deepens sin. this at your hand, to tread my courts ? Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with ; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear

15 Though faith without works be them. And when ye spread dead, yet the mere outward obserforth your hands, I will hide vance of religion can never commine eyes from you : yea,

pensate for want of purity of heart. when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash

you, 16 Let me, in this my hour of wormake you clean ; put away ship, bring a clean heart and a right the evil of your doings from mind. before mine eyes; cease to do evil ; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 18 Come now,

18 Blessed truth! None must deand let us reason together, spair. The blood of Christ cleanseth saith the Lord: though your from all sin. God allows that plea.

The first sin was described as a wound, Gen. iii. 15. Hence unchecked sin is too justly compared to a spreading ulcer.

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