[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9312-9313]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          DETECTIVE JOHN EUILL

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, as I am talking about the Bible, I want to 
call attention to a good man who works in this Capitol. He is a 
detective. His name is John Euill.
  Every time this little publication comes out, he brings it to me. The 
title of it is, ``Our Daily Bread.'' John Euill always brings that to 
me. Of course, we are not supposed to call attention to anyone in the 
galleries in the Chamber, but I am going to call attention to someone 
who is sitting on the Chamber bench on the Republican side right now. 
All of our Members have shaken his hand. He is courteous. John Euill is 
a wonderful man.
  Let me read just a few words from ``Our Daily Bread,'' which he gave 
me today. The chapter titled, ``Building on the Bible'':

       What can be done to improve society? An MTV political 
     correspondent had this unexpected but praiseworthy 
     suggestion: ``No matter how secular our culture becomes, it 
     will remain drenched in the Bible. Since we will be haunted 
     by the Bible even if we don't know it, doesn't it make sense 
     to read it?''
       Our culture is indeed ``drenched in the Bible.'' Whether or 
     not the majority of people realize it, the principles on 
     which the United States was founded, and the values which 
     still permeate our national life, were based on the Holy 
     Scriptures.

  If Senators don't believe that, go back and read the Mayflower 
Compact and many of the other great documents that form the basis of 
this great Nation.


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       Yet, God's Word no longer occupies the commanding place it 
     held in the past.

  And that is true.

     Its ethics are sometimes still praised even though biblical 
     morality is flagrantly violated. So I agree with the 
     political correspondent's urging that people read the Bible.
       We need to do more, however, than just read the Word of 
     God. We need to believe the Bible and put its inspired 
     teachings into practice. The psalmist reminded us that we are 
     to walk in God's ways, to keep His precepts diligently, and 
     to seek Him with our whole heart.

  Psalm 119, the second through the fourth verses. I am going to read 
those verses for the people who are watching through that electronic 
eye above the presiding chair. I want in my small way to dedicate them 
today to Detective John Euill.

       Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek 
     him with the whole heart.
       They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
       Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

  I thank all Senators for their patience, and I yield the floor.

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