The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-12-28

When God. creating out of nought,
This world into existence brought =
And framed by His Almighty hand
Whose order. beauty. harmony,
We everywhere can plainly see1
Whose every part, below, above.
The impress bears of gracious love
The shophar's voice does first record -
The coronation OF the Lord.
Thus, from its first mention UP to
the present period, has the shophar
been given the most profound and
grave consideration.
Besides the sounding of the horn H.
the hour of religious and Joyous festi-
val it was brought into use in time of
war to summon and assemble the
army, and in this respect iii is first
mentioned in Judges, iff:sT-
And it came to- pass, when. he was come
that he blew a trumpet in the mountain
Of Ephraim, and the, children Of Israel
went down with him from tire mount,
and he before them.
Subsequent verses relate the defeat
of 10000 Iusty men and the downfall
of Moab. much resembling the bloody
conflicts Of later centuries, saBs ma
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 laundering
and lightning and darkness which
after prevailed and flied the assem-
bled multitude with awe and fear.
After 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 mor scientific i'm
plements with which to annihilate a
foe. Indeed, It is doubtful whether
anything could be more effective on q
modern battlefield than the Staying OF
10000 valiant mem, as was done by the
lsraelftes who answered the shophar's
call to arms.
The shophar has been utilized in
other than times of 1aw-giving and
war, for it is told in Isaiah xxvfi:1s:
And it shall come to pass in that day,
mat the great trumpet shall be blown
s fo pe 1hsy ia shall ahe f iena ~ Th assvr were sn Tea 10y
Outcasts. in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the Lord in the holy mount at
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The prophet foretold that the sho-
phar should the recall Of the
people from exile. Therefore it is
seen how, stride by stride, the sho.
phar, the horn or trumpet grew in use
! and favor and need in the worlds
earliest period.
It's sounds were welcomed by those
to whom the law was handed down.
its notes were and are maintained by
one denomination to voice the anhi-
versary of Gods 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 &C
lions of the past year and prepare to
become r%econciled to God by means of
confession to him of their sins and
promise of amendment.
One other reason for the blowing
Of the shophar, eveu at this period.
is to emphasize to the Jewish com-
munity the conviction that the time
will come when the shophar will an
nounce, 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.