[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H2892]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            THE PASSING OF REV. MICHAEL ``THE SOWER'' GUIDO

  (Mr. BARROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BARROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in sadness to pay tribute to 
the life of a constituent of mine, Dr. Michael Guido. Rev. Guido, known 
to millions as ``the Sower,'' died at the age of 94 last Saturday.
  Michael Guido came to Metter, Georgia in 1943 for a preaching trip. 
After he met the woman who would later become his wife, he decided to 
stay. Sixty-six years later, he leaves behind his bride, Audrey, and a 
ministry that is broadcast on over 100 television stations and 400 
radio stations around the world. He also wrote a column, ``Seeds from 
the Sower,'' which was published in over 1,300 newspapers across our 
land.
  Rev. Guido built an impressive ministry, but his goal was not fortune 
or fame; it was just to live his life like the sower in Christ's 
parable--sowing the word of God on sometimes stony ground and keeping 
faith in his God and with his fellow man. His brother, Larry, carries 
on Rev. Guido's work, and his memory will live on in the souls he 
helped lead to God during his long life.
  The Bible says, ``A good name is rather to be chosen than great 
riches and loving favor rather than silver or gold.'' Michael Guido 
made a good name for himself, which lives on in the loving favor of 
literally millions of souls, which is worth more than all the silver 
and gold in all the world.

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