[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 24362]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Rev. Todd Jones, First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, 
offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, before Whom generations rise and pass away, we give 
thanks today for this Nation, ``conceived in liberty and dedicated to 
the proposition that all men are created equal,'' that all bear some 
mark of the Divine image. So bless this body of legislators with wisdom 
and a passion ``to do justice, to love kindness and to walk humbly with 
Thee.''
  Guide and direct their work, O Lord, that it may bring blessing and 
honor to this land and lead to an increase of freedom, a deepening of 
joy, and enrich the health and welfare of all her citizens. Grant that 
a large-hearted and clear-minded spirit may prevail and that our 
Nation's common good may be served and strengthened by the actions of 
this body.
  Establish this Nation in righteousness, O God, and grant that we may 
be makers of peace, artisans of goodness, and keepers of the bright 
light of freedom.
  We pray this in the name of the Living God, the Creator and Redeemer 
of all that is or ever shall be.
  Amen.

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