MusIC-ITs INFLUENCE.
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 Along his heart, that heart can never feel.''

 Who is there that hath not experienced the soft blandishments of sweet music steal ing OCT his soul, and moving it to holy aspi- rations? The veriest villain upon earth can not withstand its influence Many time and oft has the hardened, reckless criminal been seen to brush away tear from his rough cheek when listening to its soft and melting strains. We are lulled to sleep in our infant days by the melodies of a parents voice for full well the mother knows the gentle and soothing influence of music and sweet sounds upon her tender offspring In riper years, ifs power still moves us, ever awakening the tender sensibilities of the heart. In the house E of God, when old age and tender youth bend side by side in humble adoration to the grea Parent of all, how thrill the organ's notes upon the heart, seeming the very tongue of Heaven speaking in deep and touching strains to earth's offspring. There is close alliance between music and religion.

 What were poetry without music' It is the medium through which poetry has ever wrought its chief efiects-they are insuper- able. How many emotions are there indi- genous to the human breast that can only find vent in song Man could never have been without 1t, else he would not have possessed the soul capable of such emotions Our earliest knowledge of the first tribes of the earth shows us that they were no strangers to the art divine. Music has found an early home through all the world: even the wild Indian has his chant, his war song and his death song. Let us duly appreciate an art which is so peculiarly calculated tc add to our happiness, to assist in the cultiva- ton of the better feelings of the heart; let Us cultivate an amusement so rational and inno- cent, thereby adding to the pure quiet, fire side enjoyments of home