[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 24312]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Carl W. Rehling, St. James Parish, Lothian, Maryland, 
offered the following prayer:
  Almighty and everliving God, Fountain of all wisdom, creator of all 
good knowledge, whose will is good and gracious and whose law is truth, 
so guide and bless the Representatives in this Congress assembled, that 
they may enact such laws as shall please You, to the glory of Your name 
and to the welfare of all people.
  We ask that Your holy and life-giving spirit may so move every human 
heart, especially the hearts of those appointed by the people to lead 
us, that barriers which divide us may crumble, suspicions disappear, 
and hatreds cease; that our divisions being healed, we may live in a 
country and a world governed by Your justice and secure in Your peace. 
Amen.

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