[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8279]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  Rev. Danny Davis, Mount Hermon Baptist Church, Danville, Virginia, 
offered the following prayer:
  Loving God, You have shown us what is good, and that is ``to act 
justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with our God.''
  Help us, Your servants, to do exactly that, to be instruments of both 
justice and mercy, exercising those virtues in humility. Your word 
requires it. Our Nation needs it.
  Forgive us when we have failed to do that. For therein not only have 
we failed ourselves, we have failed You as well.
  Today, fresh and anew, we ask that those twin rivers of justice and 
mercy might roll down from on high. Let them saturate this Chamber, 
permeating every mind, flooding every heart, cleansing every motive, 
and springing forth in every action. And then let them flow forth from 
this place, nourishing our land, refreshing its citizens, and bringing 
glory to the God who placed in us such a sacred trust.
  In Jesus' name, amen.

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