[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Right Reverend John Clark Buchanan, Retired Episcopal Bishop of 
West Missouri, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, You gave us this good land for our heritage. May we 
always prove ourselves a people mindful of Your favor and glad to do 
Your will. Bless our land with honorable industry, sound learning, and 
pure manners. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride 
and arrogance, and from every evil way. Defend our liberties, and 
fashion into one united people the diverse multitudes brought to this 
welcoming land. Endow with wisdom those to whom in Your name we entrust 
the authority of government, especially this House of Representatives, 
that there may be justice and peace at home, and that, through 
obedience to Your law, we may show forth Your praise among the nations 
of the Earth. In the time of prosperity, fill our hearts with 
thankfulness, and in the day of trouble, suffer not our trust in You to 
fail, a prayer we bring to Your throne of grace. Amen.

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