Show A visit from st nicholas I 1 nichol aa X HAT in 1 the I 1 pet est knuti anu n icem la in vy th be e bisot t oray 1 a klew 1 nor tl tho song of the shirt nor the but the ight before christina christmas ahe author Is not so well weil kno a its his poem 1 otic one recent the name of clarko clarke moore was yes honored as never before above his grase gra in the chapel of holy trinity ce meter new 1 ork lit choir boa aa a sang engols enrols OH oil the bight night before and u berke 1 of light will was he hel I 1 i beautiful 1 ful cere nion lill starts with a procession 0 of lt 1 A whose home are kindled ol 01 loa f the t e lea I 1 0 r is I 1 I 1 a in e it n t 1 as a a the t h e lan I 1 I 1 n e minds inels through me tae gr aveard the fire 1 14 4 passed back from one to another un til tit the light ere in numar mid dispel diew pel the surrounding dankness da knes the father fattier ot of Clernt nt clarke moore y vaa on once ce the of new I 1 ork the night before carl christina tinna mut wm 4 published orlon originally tilly without the au thore aige in the tile troy two tuo da dat before christma 4 18 1 moore had hild written it the christmas just for the delight of his own iri but ita its circulation belp ped belond the banally circle ami and an n unknown friend wot kent it for publication the A bild no attention to it and it passed without NIt lOut comment un until til seven yeara later v when lien the s me laper aper I 1 reprinted it tie second necip I 1 tion th ery cry allf from the iret I 1 A N visit ait broni b roin st mcholan nicholas as it alls then entitled was ius copied broadcast 11 nil its it author bokr to tind find his work it not himrod famous Alth although hugh clement clarke booro was nas edua equated ted for the mini ministry he never took orders for tho the greater part of bla his life he be vas v as idt stifled with fill the tile I 1 new york general theological st nary being prof professor emor of biblical learnia le arnic und and greek and later of oriental inn an VI abent rB ment ent moore moores family afe had many sorrow sorrows ilia 1 wife died at the early ago a of thirty alve and ond the two btttle laughters daughters for whom he wrote the th night before christmas Chr letna both died la iti their childhood ilia ills won men and namesake 11 ed to the age of sixty eight and is burle I 1 in the family plot when the night before wa was 8 first published in the troy sentinel the editor wrote we do not know to whom we are indebted for the following ic tho service of light of that patron of children that homely but delightful pers liften tion of I 1 kintin z inta claue claus ills his custom on an I 1 his equipage aa as he lie goes about visiting the Il firesides resIdes of tills this ly land with nith christmas bounties but from whomsoever it may hae hane como come we give gle thanks for it TI ere Is to our apprehension a spirit of cordial goodness goo doess la in it a as 0 of f fancy faricy anil and a bone benevolent alacrity to into the and promote note the simple pleasures of children are th e hope hiir lit tie loth lud and la laslee bles aill accept it as a proof of our unfeigned good ailt ft lit toward aln ni a token of out warmest vasli thit they may have lime maty a merry christinas that they may hnz retain their beautiful relish tor for these home hoine bral jois which derive their flavor from fallai filial pitty and fraternal love and which they may bo assured anro the least alloyed that time can furnish them philadelphia |