[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, July 11, 2007


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Dr. Calvin V. French, Pastor Emeritus, Community of 
Christ Church, Washington, DC, offered the following prayer:
  God of our fathers and our God, who has watched over us from 
generation to generation, in prosperity and adversity, in peace and in 
war, we give Thee thanks.
  As we begin this day filled with fresh challenges and high duties 
that confront us, we are encouraged knowing that Thy mercies and Thy 
grace are new every morning. As we prepare for work, we look to Thy 
Word and heed the counsel in Proverbs: ``Trust in the Lord with all thy 
heart, and lean not upon thy own understanding. In all thy ways 
acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy path.''
  We thank Thee for our Republic where free thought and expression and 
diversity are honored. Help us to hear the pleas of the people, but to 
hear more clearly the voice of the Eternal while remembering the words 
of our Founding Fathers that we are one Nation under God.
  When evening comes and our duty is done, may we know the deep 
contentment of work completed and words spoken which honor our Nation 
and glorify Thy name.
  In His holy name we pray. Amen.

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