[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3829]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Dr. Albert C. Lynch, St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Richmond, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Eternal God, as we gather in this hallowed place on the 200th 
anniversary of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln, we are reminded 
that in the midst of times of greatest national adversity, You have 
watched over this Nation and have inspired leaders who have zealously 
stood for what is just and what is right and what is honorable. On this 
day, may we be reminded of the leadership that Lincoln gave to this 
country.
  Though virtually uneducated and unqualified in every conventional way 
to lead, it became his duty to lead our Nation through civil war and to 
preserve the Union. Like Lincoln, we pray that You would instill within 
the Members of this House of Representatives the courage to lead our 
people in this time of economic and international uncertainty, and the 
resolve to carry out Your will in all they undertake. In Your name we 
pray. Amen.

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