[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 75 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[House]
[Pages H4437-H4438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Lieutenant Commander Tavis Long, Chaplain, United States Navy, Office 
of the Chaplain of the Marine Corps, Dover, Ohio, offered the following 
prayer:
  Our gracious and merciful Father, may we not be so arrogant as to 
think that we must invite You to join us in our undertakings of the 
day; but rather, we humbly acknowledge that You are already here.
  As the Psalmist proffered in the days of old: ``Whither shall I go 
from Thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?''
  And, so, because You are the constant, in Your mercy, order our steps 
according to Your pleasure. May this

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legislature be zealous in its pursuit of domestic tranquility; but may 
they do so, while as individuals, following hard after righteousness, 
being ever mindful that, in that last day, we must all give an account.
  Bless these who so faithfully ``proclaim liberty throughout all the 
land.'' I pray these things in the name of the only one who can truly 
set us free, my Savior.
  Amen.

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