[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9045]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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            HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Wednesday, May 14, 2008


  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Hank Wilkins IV, St. James United Methodist Church, Pine 
Bluff, Arkansas, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God of love and mercy, God of power and God of might, today 
we pray the understanding to always seek Your wisdom and justice. It is 
through Your authority, righteously administered, that our leaders are 
enabled to govern this Nation with laws enacted for our betterment.
  And so today we pray for Your spirit, that they might be properly 
guided by Your divine charity and an unassuming faithfulness.
  Give both counsel and courage to the leaders of this great body and 
its Members, as well as other government leaders of these United States 
of America.
  May they always seek Your purpose and the well-being of this great 
people. Grant now Your unfathomable protection, that they lead our 
country with the honesty of providence and the integrity of high 
ideals.
  We ask all this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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