Wythe Leigh Kinsolving ( November 14 , 1878 &ndash; December , 1964 ) was an American Episcopal priest , writer , poet , Democratic Party political advocate , sometime pacifist , and anti-Communist . He wrote nine books and dozens of letters and op-ed essays for the '' New York Times '' , the '' Washington Post '' , and regional papers . He gave an invocation for a national audience at the 1924 Democratic National Convention . Prior to the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941 , he strongly opposed going to war against Nazi Germany
1924 Democratic National Convention
1924 Democratic National Convention
Wythe Leigh Kinsolving