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" ... days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after the feast of Pentecost, after the 14th September, and after the 13th December. The term 'embering... "
Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People - Page 29
by Ephraim Chambers - 1870
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Miscellaneous class book

Taylor - 1850 - 116 pages
...four seasons of the year, when the ordination of priests and deacons takes place. Ember days in Lent are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent. The second season for this fast is held on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Whit-Sunday ;...
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The English ordinal, its history, validity, and catholicity; with an intr ...

Mackenzie Edward C. Walcott - 1851 - 412 pages
...course, the Jejunia Quatuor Temporum, the Fast of the Four Seasons, on which the year revolves. They are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the First Sunday in Lent ; after Whit-Sunday ; after September 14 [Holy Cross] ; and after December 13 [S. Lucy] ; as those times answer...
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A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Protestant Episcopal Church ...

John Henry Hobart - 1851 - 358 pages
...days observed in the Church ? A. The Ember days are observed at the four seasons of the year, being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after the fourteenth of September, and after the thirteenth of December. The Sundays immediately...
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HAND-BOOK OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS;

GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 pages
...the church at these times. They occur four times a year, or once in each of the four seasons ; being the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after the feast of Pentecost or Whitsunday, after the festival of Holy Cross on the 14th of September, and after the festival of...
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Parochial tracts. Tracts for parochial use, by contributors to the 'Tracts ...

Tracts - 1852 - 508 pages
...further abbreviation which pressure of time, and other circumstances, may render expedient. The Ember days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first Sunday in Lent, the feast of Pentecost, September 14, December 13. A LITANY. Lord have mercy. Christ have mercy. Lord...
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A catechism on the services of the Church of England

Stephen Wilkinson Dowell - 1852 - 236 pages
...courses, may properly be said to be Ember days, or fasts in course. 3. When are the Ember days ? They are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent ; also the same days after Whit-Sunday, the 14th of September, and 13th of December; and the weeks...
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The Etymological Compendium: Or, Portfolio of Origins and Inventions

William Pulleyn - 1853 - 474 pages
...the fruits of the earth, and upon the ordinations performed in the Church at these Seasons. The Ember days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after the 14th of September, and after the 13th of December. DOG DAYS. In an ancient calendar...
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The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference

Samuel Maunder - 1853 - 478 pages
...the fruits of the earth, and upon the ordinations performed in the Church at these Seasons. The Ember days are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, after Whitsunday, after the 14th of September, and after the 13th of December. DOG DAYS. Restoration, when...
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Reading exercises, for schools, by David Blair

sir Richard Phillips - 1853 - 200 pages
...meant by Ember days ? Q. At what time of the year are the Ember days, and how many are they ? A. They are the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, after the first Sunday in Lent; after Whitsunday ; after the fourteenth of September, and after the thirteenth of December. A. No ; not on...
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The young Christian's Sunday mornings: or, Christian truth as set forth in ...

Christian - 1853 - 518 pages
...were appointed by the apostles; and for this appointment also various reasons are assigned. The Ember days are, the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the first Sunday in Lent, Whitsunday, the 14th of September, and the 13th of December. And occurring thus at the commencement...
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