[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15671]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      CONGRESSIONAL PRAYER CAUCUS

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a member of the 
Congressional Prayer Caucus to formally acknowledge the importance of 
prayer in American life and history.
  Today, I remind my colleagues, constituents and country of our need 
for prayer by reading a portion of the words offered on the floor of 
the United States Senate on June 13, 1947, by Peter Marshall. Mr. 
Marshall prayed:
  ``God of our fathers, in whose name this Republic was born, we pray 
that by Thy help we may be worthy to receive Thy blessings upon our 
labors.
  ``In this world where men have made deceit a habit, lying an art, and 
cruelty a science, help us to show the moral superiority of the way of 
life we cherish. Here may men see truth upheld, honesty loved and 
kindness practiced.
  ``We do not pray that other Nations may love us, but that they may 
know that we stand for what is right, unafraid, with the courage of our 
convictions.
  ``May our private lives and our public actions be consistent with our 
prayers.
  ``Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.''

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