[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  Lord, with the ancient scripture, You advise the Members of Congress 
today. Wisdom from the book of Sirach may address personal values as 
well as national economics.
  ``Good and evil, life and death, poverty and wealth are all from the 
Lord.
  ``Wisdom and understanding, the knowledge of human affairs, the 
depths of love, and the path of virtue all come from the Lord.
  ``Error and vacuous darkness were formed in the sinner from the day 
of birth; and evil grows as the evildoer ages.
  ``But the Lord's gift remains with the just; blessing brings 
continual success.
  ``Someone may become rich through a miser's life, and this is all he 
has as off-counted reward.''
  When he says, ``I can rest now; I need only feast on my 
possessions,'' he does not know how long it will be till he dies and 
leaves everything to others.
  My child, hold fast to your duty; busy yourself with it. Grow in age 
and wisdom, doing your task. Admire not how sinners live, but trust in 
the Lord and wait for His light. Amen.

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