The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

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you draw many pleasant sounds. Permit me to give
you a lesson upon it. You know it contains many
wires, all of which are called into use at times, and
are necessary" to its perfection. Each of these wires
has its ouTi peculiar sound, which it must render
precisely, else a discord jars on your ear, and destroys
the harmony of the music. To create and to preserve
this harmony, it has to be submitted to the
skilful hand and ear of the tuner ; otherwise, as a
musical instrument, it would fail to afford you pleasure.
However costly in its materials and mag-nificent
in its external finish, you would only be pained
by its presence, so long as its tuneless state forbade
you to touch a key. But, once in perfect tune, you
enjoy exquisite delight, as its delicious melody fills
your enraptured ear.
It is thus with your mind. It has various (unctions
and qualities, intellectual and moral, each of
which IS designed to act in a specific manner; and
which miist so act, to constitute you happy in yourself,
and an instrument of good to society.
But, like
the piano, the mind is out of tune. Though in-