[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 78 (Thursday, May 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H3697]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend John Putka, S.M., Ph.D., Department of Political 
Science, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal God and Father of us all, in scripture we read that:

     Unless the Lord build the house,
     They labor in vain who build it;
     Unless the Lord guard the city.
     In vain do the watchmen keep vigil.

  Engraved on the wall above our Speaker are the words, ``In God We 
Trust.'' We ask You to bless our Nation in abundance with Your grace 
and wisdom as we thank You for Your gifts and entrust ourselves to You.
  Bless Your people, and grant that our representatives in this 
Congress may become increasingly aware of Your law, present in their 
hearts, and of Your will, discerned in the crucible of conscience, so 
that they may succeed in securing the blessings of liberty to ourselves 
and our posterity.
  We ask this through Jesus Christ, Your Son and our Lord. Amen.

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