Show 1 I 1 T thousands h of centuries recho reecho re echo in the iLi blowing of horns today to od o D day y JbV 1 blowing of hoins on ons of joy and festivity has grown to be an estabi shed institution in the united states whether the custom as diac t ced is strictly in musical accord with the harmonic har monio is feelings of a people who in one vo ce indulge a celebration which affects all alike is another mat ter while the custom of horn blowing Is growing few of the old heads stop to th of its or gin and the youth ful ul celebrant little dreams that it is all cradit on that in those r reveling eveling sounds wh ch escape neither nor corner loft nor cellar are the echoes re echoed from thousands of centar es ago that momentous period in the world sp ritual and material history when the blasts from the ram rams s horn procia procla med from mount sinai the giving of the ten command fuents to the end of time the first ment on of it is in the old testament at the g ving of the law and all the people saw the rings a d the 1 1 ghan and the noise of tl e trumpet ehod exodus us 18 how well one can p the scene at mount sinai when the people trem bled and stood afar off when moses bade them to fear no that god had come to prove them and that his fear might be before their faces facos that they sin not the suun sounding ding of the horn on an oc casion caslon so prolific with div nely poten bial incidents naturally brought the in strument ment into use and prominence during special sp nt rit lal ial exercises and celebrations but later its brazen notes were heard in time of war they were ere also heard in times ol 01 extreme jubilation and in the temples of the jews on their days of rejoicing and on the day of atonement in leviticus xiv 9 is found the follow ng then tiou tl ou cause the trumpet of the aubi ee to sound on the tent day of the seventh month n the day of atone ment merit shall ye mike the trumpet sound throughout all dour our land and even in this age of advanced thought the jew following corn com man inan dment and the voice of tradition assembles in his temple to hear the sound from the what effect in m such tones issuing from a holy place ll 11 ave ve upon the hearers they are not sounds for their lo 10 loid id piercing notes N with ith no range or compass have never been found adaptable to concerted music in numbers chapter 1 we find an injunction as to the use of the trumpet there n the people are commanded on the first day of the seventh month to hold an holy convocation to do no servile work it being a day of blow ng of trumpets unto you a feast of the trumpets here is demonstrated the giving up of all labor and ind bilging the tones of the as heard in the syna bogues to this day on a like festival the skeptic may say that to day s outdo airings ot of joy lack thought are indulged without the slightest religious sentiment hae no relationship with the very same movements and same tings that characterized the day when the law was given from mount S na those periods when oy joy and and holy festival influx encee the early peoples of the earth who will say that there is no feeling of athani falness in the hearts of the nat on when with horn a blowing and flags waving it gives vent to Us joy over victory or any great national eventa the anc ent new year s service ot ob served in the synagogues even at this period is considered one of the inert mort impressive in the jewish liturgy it is composed of three parts which refer respectively to the sovereignty jus tice and mercy of god and as each part is concluded the is sounded from the pulpit the first part Malchi oth pro claims god the universal versal king the second part em pha sizes that god remembers the work of the world and visits all creat ures and that nothing remains con cealey from his lyes the las part Shop heroth speaks of the scriptural and espe dally as it is connected with the div in of the law on mount sinai when its tone toned were first heard and also with reference to the time when the great trumpet will be sounded to declare the universal triumph of lib erty and i el gion in a poem sermon founded on pas sages from the talmond by the rev Is dore mi ers B A in montreal in 1897 jewish year the follow ing ins occurs wl wi at solemn thoughts each blast corn com pes pe s at every sound ur bosom swells our soul Is st by every note that issues from the s throat the first which malch match oth is named in which gods so s proclaimed a tact fact sub me recalls to mind creation creations s pr me wl wi en god creating out of nought this world into ex stence brought th s e by wisdom planned and framed by his A mighty hand wh whose se 0 der beauty harmony WO we everywhere can plainly see 1 hose every pa t below above the imp ess esq bears of gracious love the sho phars s oce does first record the boronat on of the lord thus from its first mention up to the present period has the been given the most profound ind and grave consideration besides the sounding of the horn in the hour ot of religious and joyous test festi val it wa was brought into use in time of war to summon and assemble the army and in this respect it Is first mentioned in judges 27 and it came to pass when he was come that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of ephraim ind the children of israel went down with him from the mount and he before them subsequent verses relate the defeat of 10 lusty men and the downfall of moab much resembling the moody bloody conflicts of later centuries sans ma ins chinery of modern warfare and here we find the horn brought into military use which Is a long step from its initial requirements when it served to bring the people together to hear the law read amid the thundering and lightning and darkness which after prevailed and filled tte tle assem bled multitude with awe and tear fear afeei all in comparing the past with the present there seems but the difference in the manufacture design and manipulation of material and the advantages in these times of having more powerful and more scientific im ts with which to annihilate a toe foe indeed it is doubtful whether anything could be more effective on a modern battlefield than the slaying of 10 valiant men as was done by the israelites who answered the s call all to arms the has been utilized in other than times of law giving and war for it Is told in isaiah 13 and it shall come to pass in that flay day that the great trumpet shall be blown and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of assyria and the outcasts in the land of egypt and shall worship the lord in the holy mount at jerusalem its sounds were welcomed by those to whom the law was handed down its notes were and are maintained by one denomination to voice the annl anni of god gods s coronation by that same people its sound Is re sorted to as an alarm or warning of the approach of the day of atonement and that they should review the ac eions of the past year and prepare to become reconciled to god by means of confession to him of their sins and promise of amendment one other reason for the blowing of the tile even at this period Is to emphasize to the jewish corn com the conviction that the time will come when the will an bounce according to the word of the prophet a universal freedom when all oppression and tyranny shall vanish and the reign of absolute liberty will be manifested throughout the world |