seven o'clock
One thing had been decided by them in council , that was , to make this great epoch in their renationalization to synchronize with their New Year , which would properly fall the next month , on October 2nd , to be correct . The usual New Year 's ceremony of Shophar-blowing would be observed . Cohen , and his fellow priests , were early at the Temple , and long before the hour advertised on the programmes -- 7-30 , every arrangement -LRB- from their stand-point -RRB- was complete . At seven o'clock , sharp , the gun was fired at the `` Palace Apleon , '' and the great silken flag , with its `` Covenant '' sign , flew out upon the breeze . The whole city and its suburbs were astir . Suddenly a burst of brazen music rent the more or less silent air of the city , and Cohen and his fellow priests knew that the procession had started from the Palace . Soon it was in sight .