In ]Matt. vi, 2 we read, '• When thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues," and most expositors have regard- ed this as au expression derived by an easy metaphor from tlie practice of using the trumpet to proclaim what- ever was about to be done, in order to call attention to it and make it extensively known. Others, however, refer it to the trumpet-shaped boxes in which the alms were deposited (see above), and which gave a ringing sound as the coin was dropped into them. See Temple.
TRUMPETS, Feast of (nri~n ci^. Numb, xxix, 1 ; Sejit. ?//<fpa (j^^uwictq ; Yulg. dies ckiuf/oris et tuba- rum; n"!l"iri """ZT, Lev. xxiii, 24; ^vrjuiiavvoi' aa\- TTiyyitU' ; sahhatiim memoriale clam/entibus tuhis r in the Mishna, nri'n di<">, " the beginning of the year"), the feast of the new moon, which fell on the first of Tisri. It differed from the ordinary festivals of the new moon in several imjwrtant particulars. It was one of the seven davs of Holy Convocation. See Fi<;ast. Instead of the mere blowing of the trumpets of the Temple at the time of the offering of the sacrifices, it was "a day of blowing of trumpets." In addition to the daily sac- rifices and the eleven victims offered on the first of every month [see NiiW Moon], there were offered a young bullock, a ram, and seven lambs of the first year, with the accustomed meat-offerings, and a kid for a sin- offering (Numb, xxix, 1-6). The regular monthly of- fering was thus repeated, with the exceiition of one j'Oinig bullock.
It is said that both kinds of trumpet were blown in the Temple- on this day, the straight trumpet (llTJi^n) and the cornet ("isi'j or "| ji^), and that elsewhere any one, even a child, might blow a cornet (Keland, iv, 7, 2 ; Carpzov, p. 425 ; liosh hash-Shan, i, 2). When the fes- tival fell upon a Sabbath, the trumpets were blown in the Temple, but not out of it (Rush hash-Shan, iv, 1). See Jubilee.
It has been conjectured that Psa. Ixxxi, one of the songs of Asaph, was (composed expressly for the Feast of Trumpets. The psalm is used in the service for that day by the modern Jews. As the third verse is ren- dered in the Sept., the Vulgate, and the A. V., this would seem highly probable — ''Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, the time appointed, on our solemn feast day."' But the best authorities understand the word translated iieio moon (nC2) to mean/i/// moon. Hence the psalm would more properly belong to the service for one of the festivals which take place at the full moon, the Passo- ver, or the Feast of Tabernacles (tiesenius, Thesaur. s. v. ; Rosenmuller and llengstenberg <m J'sa. Ixxxi),
Various meanings have been assigned to the Feast of Trumpets. JIaimonides considered that its pinpose was to awaken the people from their spiritual slumber to prepare for the solemn hinniliation of the Day of Atone- ment, which followed it within ten days. This may re- ceive some countenance from Joel ii, 15, " Blow the trumpet (""31 w) in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn as- sembly." Some have supposed that it was intended to introduce the seventh or sabbatical month of the year, which was especially holy because it was the seventh, and because it contained the Day of Atonement and the F'east of Tabernacles (Fagius, in Lev, xxiii, 24 ; Bux- Uirf, Syn. Jud. c. 'U). Philo and some early Christian writers regarded it as a memorial of the giving of the law on Sinai (Philo, 0pp. v, 46, ed. Tanch. ; Basil, /« Psa. Ixxxi; Theodoret, (^(((csf. xxxiizH Lev.). But there seems to be no sufficient reason to call in question the common opinion of Jews and Christians, that it was the festival of the New-year's-day of the civil year, the first of Tisri, the month which commenced the sabbatical year and the year of jubilee. If the New-moon F"esti- val was taken as the consecration f)f a natural division of time, the month in which the earth yielded the last ripe produce of the season, and began again to foster seed for the supply of the future, might well be regard- ed as the first month of the year. The fact that Tisri was the great month for sowing might thus have easily suggested the thought of commemorating on this day the finished work of creation, when the sons of (iod shouted for joy (Job xxxviii, 7). The F'east of Trum]j- ets thus came to be regarded as the anniversary of the birthday of the world (Mishna, Fosh hash-Shatt. i, 1 ; Hupfeld, I)e Fest. Ueb. ii, 13 ; Buxtorf. Syv. Jud. c. 24).
It was an odd fancy of the rabbins that on this day, every year, God judges all men, and that they pass be- fore him as a ttock of sheep pass belbre a shepherd {Rosh hash-Shun, i, 2). — Smith. See New Year.
Trust IN God signifies confidence in or depend- ence upon him. This trust ought to be — 1. Sin- cere and unreserved, not in idols, in men, in talents, riches, power, in ourselves part and in him part (Prov. iii, 5-6); 2. Universal — bod}', soul, circumstances (1 Pet. V, 7); o. Perpetual (Isa. xxvi, 4); 4. With a live- Iv expectation of his blessing (!Mic. vii,7). The encour- agement we have to trust in him arises — 1. From his lib- erality (Rom. viii, 32; Psa. Ixxxiv. 11); 2. His ability (James i, 17); 3. His relationship (Psa. ciii, 13); 4. His promise (Isa. xxxiii, 16); 5. His conduct in all ages to those who have trusted him ((Jen. xlviii, 15,16; Psa. xxxvii, 25). The happiness of those who trust in him is great, if we consider, 1. Their safety (cxxv, 1); 2. Their courage (xxvii, 1) ; 3. Their peace (Isa. xxvi, 3); 4. Their character and fruitfulness (Psa. i, 3); 5. Their end (xxxvii, 37; Job v, '26). — Buck, Theol. Diet. s. v. See F'Airii.