[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 107 (Friday, July 27, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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  MEMORIAL DAY PRAYER, MYRTLE HILL CEMETERY GIVEN BY REV. WARREN JONES

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                             HON. BOB BARR

                               of georgia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 27, 2001

  Mr. BARR of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, Rev. Warren Jones of Rome, Georgia, 
has long been an active member of the community. From his participation 
during college in every organization on campus except the Women's and 
the Home Economics Clubs, to the 18 agencies with which he currently 
volunteers, in addition to being a member of the Silver Haired Congress 
and Georgia's Silver Legislature, Rev. Jones has always believed in 
furthering the good of the community.
  This prayer was delivered by Rev. Jones at the Memorial Day 
Dedication of the 1917-1918 Doughboy Statue at Veterans Plaza, Myrtle 
Hill Cemetery in Rome, Georgia on May 28, 2001. It contains important 
words and principles for all of us.

       Let us pray:
       To the God of Abraham, Isaac and of Jacob, to the Blessed 
     Mother, and to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ:
       We lift our voice in prayer on this Memorial Day to 
     remember and give thanks for all those who have ever worn the 
     uniform of our country; Army, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard, Air 
     Force, Merchant Marine, WAC, WAVE, SPAR, Lady Marine, WASP.
       Let us remember that Thomas Jefferson wrote ``the God who 
     gave us life gave us liberty at the same time.'' But for more 
     than 225 years, each generation has learned anew ``Freedom is 
     not free.''
       Across the years civilians and service personnel have sung 
     these songs:
       For the Army:
       God of our Fathers
       Thy love divine hath led us in the past.
       In this free land by thee our lot is cast.
       For the Navy:
       Eternal Father, strong to save
       Whose arm hath bound the restless wave,
       Who bidst the might ocean deep
       It's own appointed limits keep
       O hear us when we cry to thee,
       For those in peril on the sea.
       For the Air Force:
       Lord guard and guide the men who fly
       Through the great spaces of the sky,
       Be with them traversing the air,
       Uphold them with thy saving grace
       O God protect the men who fly
       Through lonely ways beneath the sky.
       Today, we remember all the men and women who have served; 
     who have sacrificed, who have been prisoners of war, and who 
     are serving today--all around the world. And we remember they 
     were young.
       Especially do we remember this day--and every day--those 
     missing in action, and their families.
       God on high, hear my prayer
       He is young--He is afraid
       And I am old and will be gone.
       Bring him peace, bring him joy
       He is young, he is only a boy.
       You can take, you can give,
       Let him live, let him live, Bring him home!
       (Les Miserables)
       Four score and seven years have passed since Romans 
     gathered on this very hill to bury our President's wife--
     Roman Ellen Louise Axson.
       For the next four score and seven years, and all the years 
     to follow, keep us ever mindful this is one nation under God.
       Amen.

       

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