[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21825]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. John S. Reist, Jr., Professor of Christianity and 
Literature, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan, and Pastor, 
Somerset Congregational Church, Somerset, Michigan, offered the 
following prayer:
  Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, we are grateful for the Members of 
this House whom we have elected by Your Providence to do Your work.
  We ask that You give Your wisdom to this House as they consider and 
debate.
  We request that You grant to them, and through them, to us, the power 
to choose the right and the will to do the right, not only for us but 
for all mankind.
  We pray that whether in this House or in far-off mountains and 
trenches or in the skies or the corridors of power, all of us might 
eventually and finally rejoice that we in our time and in our place 
will have made out of this present challenging moment a memorable 
passage toward Your coming kingdom of righteousness and peace.
  We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ and for the sake of all 
humanity. Amen.

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