Cecil A. Spring Rice to Woodrow Wilson

Title

Cecil A. Spring Rice to Woodrow Wilson

Creator

Spring Rice, Cecil, Sir, 1859-1918

Identifier

WWP25017

Date

1917 April 20

Source

Library of Congress, Woodrow Wilson Papers

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum

Subject

Religion and politics
Bible
Bible. Old Testament

Contributor

Danna Faulds

Language

English

Provenance

Document scan was taken from Library of Congress microfilm reel of the Wilson Papers. WWPL volunteers transcribed the text.

Text

Dear Mr President

These are the words read today at St Paul’s Cathedral (Isaiah LXI)

“The spirit of the Lord God is upon me: because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek: he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted: to proclaim liberty to the captives ... to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God: to comfort all that mourn - …

And they shall build the old wastes: they shall raise up the former desolations and they shall repair the waste cities - …

For I the Lord love judgement, I hate robbery: and I will direct their work in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. And their seed shall be known among the gentiles and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed which the Lord hath blessed …

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth: so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”

Your respectfully

Cecil Spring Rice

Original Format

Letter

To

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/WWI0199.pdf

Collection

Tags

Citation

Spring Rice, Cecil, Sir, 1859-1918, “Cecil A. Spring Rice to Woodrow Wilson,” 1917 April 20, WWP25017, World War I Letters, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.