[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 113 (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H4824]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Malcolm J. Byrd, Jackson Memorial AME Zion Church, 
Hempstead, New York, offered the following prayer:
  O God, Thou in whom we live and move and have our being, God of our 
weary years and God of our silent tears, Thou who hath spangled the 
heavens with Thy glory, descend now, we pray, upon the United States of 
America.
  Grant unto our Nation the gifts of truth and justice. Imbue our 
Nation and its leaders with wisdom and courage to speak truth to power 
in love, even if that power happens to be themselves.
  Grant unto them Thy grace that You extend to all, not based upon 
sociopolitical status, but upon Thy omnipresence. As You are present 
from sea to shining sea, be Thou our guide as we are caused to traverse 
through our respective districts, engendering hope in oft hopeless 
situations.
  Our hope and trust, O God, is in Thee. We channel in the midst of our 
various strivings the words of Joseph Charles Price: It matters not how 
dark the night, we believe in the coming of morning. May our Nation be 
filled with Thy grace and heavenly benediction this day and forever 
more. In Thy great and splendid name we pray.
  Amen.

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