[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 118 (Thursday, July 20, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H7261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. William Hobbs, Spring Glen Church, Hamden, CT, 
offered the following prayer:
  Sovereign God, holy and gracious, be known in this Chamber where men 
and women wield authority with far-reaching implications. Make these 
servants who were clever enough to get elected wise enough to serve the 
public good, and both fair and compassionate enough to address the 
needs of all the people, placing people above politics, regarding them 
as neighbors to be served and joined in service.
  Protect them from the terrible temptation of the love of power so 
they may know the power of love. Let them see across these aisles not 
enemies to be ridiculed and defeated, but compatriots to join in common 
enemies of poverty, fear, insecurity, and injustice.
  So let Your reign of peace with justice find support here and 
everywhere, most gracious and almighty God. Amen.

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