[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. Coughlin, offered the following 
prayer:
  God of truth, You are our salvation. Ready us in our defense whenever 
we are called to account for placing all our trust in You. Our defense 
will be modest and all our ways clothed with reverence if we keep our 
conscience clear.
  By Your spirit, You will so guide the conduct of this Nation that 
those who malign us will themselves be put to shame. For we place our 
trust in You, O Lord.
  Since it is better to suffer for doing good than to suffer for doing 
evil, if it be Your holy will, give us the power to embrace sacrificial 
suffering, now and forever. Amen.

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