[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3916]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Mary E. Moore, Pastor of New Salem Missionary Baptist 
Church, Memphis, Tennessee, offered the following prayer:
  O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Thy name in all the earth. We 
stand here, O God, in awe of Your greatness, but most of all with 
gratitude in our hearts for Your multitudinous deeds of kindness.
  Dear God, we thank You for the leaders of our Nation, and we ask that 
You bless President Bush and his family as he carries out his 
providential assignment. Bless not only these United States but extend 
Your hand of mercy the world over.
  Manifest Yourself now in the attitudes, the efforts, and the oratory 
of each Representative. Let them be mindful to seek Your guidance in 
every decision to be made so that all people are benefactors of 
agreements made in this assembly.
  Lord, we realize this is a trying time, but we are also cognizant of 
the fact that it is a trusting time. Now, dear God, deliver us from 
evil, for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever, 
Amen.

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