Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-10-15
From the RaltLlnore Patriot.


What precious gin is music-not only to lis
possessor, but to all who can its influence!
Poets singof it. and well they may, for It ISL
indispensable element in their compositions. ke'
igion owes much Of her dominion to It, for II ell
eyateS the soul 10 heavenly temper, aud prepares
It foC spiritual communicable pealing anthem IS
no less an instrument of piety than the fervent
prayer. Music is the ally of memury, for the
dearest attributes are awakened by lis touch. II
inspires the soldier with heroSM, the saint with
devotion: the lover with purer passion; the young
with delight: the old with EeSuScit8led gIatEca-
ton. 1t is the consolation of the sad; the amuse-
ment Of the gay; the luxury of ali-from the
spontaneous whistle Of the careless pheasant, 10
the purchased opera Of the Surteited millionaire
from the infant III IFS cradle, So0thed to lest by
the nurses honlely lullaby, to the dotaId, who,
" hen every other sense Is benumhed, is aroused
ID consciousness by some once familiar stEnir. II
reioces with us oil the FEAST and mOurnS for US in
/ the requium of the grave. II enlIvens, with the
iInslIng sleigh bell the frostS OF winter, and gives
2eSt to our in door enloymentS-tte merry dance,
and the coteTIe 1t is the hatblEser oil SPnng, ior
the Geathered SongserS the frSt TO proclaim IFS
approach; and the autumn, like the swan, dies
in muSic-'he dIrse Of its IuStling leaves. l, IS
felt, ifnut heard, IN our walks with Nature, for
associate ii with all that is accOrtant and heau-
tifuI. 1t breathes in The air; II murmurS in the
streams; it prevails III the concert OF being abound
us; and is imagined III the miStS Of the blue and
distant hills. 1t speak To us FROM the thunders on
high. ami answered, from the 'Siill, small voice
within in RESPONSES of hope, or despair. II is
| the medium between Man and his Maker, for the
| Universe is harmony, and the mighty master who
altunes it is God.
Cherish Their, young Cecilia. you who SO emf
nentIy possess it, this gift, which is power. Pow
el for good when rightly employed; power for evil
when abused by frivoIiiy, and squandered folly
Cherish it-not merely as an accomplishment 10
nmnSe, but as talent 10 elevate and improve.-
Aud when YOU estimate its consequences in the
hushed audience it gathers around yOu, scarce
/ veniurng 10 breathe lest it should break the spell
your melody has woven, and Pausng in ITS custo-
mary pursuits and TOO often its customary excess,
as il swayed by some hoer influence. well may
you be solemnized, as am, by the reflection that
such endowment, such portion as yours in the
agency have attempted 10 describe, should not
be possessed IN vain. Well may you regard it as
an elnanation from above, given. not like the Sy-
ren's voice to fascinate and deIude, bnt for more
generous purpoSe;--to conquer aud retain-to be,
in that womon's world OF home in which you may
be required, hereafter, exercise its ascenuency,
the instrument OF peasure the chastcner Of mirth;
the preServalive Of attachment; the adjunct OF re-
ligiou, and the sweet minister of domestic concord
aud peace. w. B. b.