[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 177 (Tuesday, November 6, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  Chaplain David L. Mansberger, U.S. Air Force, Arlington National 
Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Lord God, over the years we have humbly asked Your spirit to guide 
the people of America as they exercise their dearly bought right to 
vote and allow their voice to be heard to follow Your will. May this 
day, that right, not be ignored or undertaken lightly.
  As citizens all over this land go to the ballot boxes, give to all of 
us the sense of high privilege and joyous responsibility. Help those 
who will be elected to public office to understand the real source of 
their mandate, a mandate given by no party, received at no place of 
voting, but given by Your grace; a mandate to govern wisely and well; a 
mandate to represent God and truth at the heart of the Nation; a 
mandate to do good in the name of Him under whom this republic was 
established.
  We humbly ask You, Lord our God, to lead America in the paths where 
Your spirit would have our Nation walk to do the tasks which You have 
set before the United States so may we together seek happiness for all 
our citizens in Your holy name, You who create us all equal in your 
sight, and therefore, brothers and sisters.
  In Your holy and matchless name I pray.
  Amen.

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