[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 11904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  ``God of our fathers, whose almighty hand leads forth in beauty, all 
the starry band of shining worlds and splendor through the skies, our 
grateful songs before Your throne arise.''
  Lord, give the Members of this body Your special grace. The 
responsibility they face is difficult and daunting. Let Your light and 
truth infuse this place today, and may our lawmakers depend completely 
upon Your transcendent wisdom. Use them as children of light and heirs 
of Your everlasting inheritance. May their lives ever praise Your 
wonderful and Holy Name. In the Name of Him who is perfect justice and 
unlimited compassion. Amen.

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