[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 95 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5637]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Rev. Pierce Klemmt, Rector, Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, 
offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Almighty God, who has given us this good land for our heritage: We 
humbly beseech Thee that we may always prove ourselves to be a people 
mindful of Thy favor and glad to do Thy will. Bless our land with 
honorable industry and sound learning. Save us from violence, discord, 
and confusion; from pride and arrogance, and from every evil way. 
Defend our liberties, and fashion into one united people the multitudes 
brought hither out of many kindreds.
  We beseech Thee to guide and bless these Representatives in Congress 
assembled, that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, 
through obedience to Thy law, we may show forth Thy praise among the 
nations and the peoples of the Earth.
  All of this we ask in God's name, Amen.

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