[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Dr. William Smith, Memorial Baptist Church, Arlington, 
Virginia, offered the following prayer:
  Almighty God, we acknowledge and give thanks for the divine order of 
creation. We are grateful for natural law. We are grateful for revealed 
law. We are grateful for this Nation in which we live by the rule of 
law to establish justice for all our people.
  Bless this Congress and all the lawmakers who serve our Nation. We 
pray, too, for those who have the responsibility to enforce law and 
those charged with the duty of adjudication of law. May all of them, 
working together, make us a more perfect Union.
  We offer ourselves and our work to You. We confess that even at our 
best, we need Your gracious providence. Guide us. Forgive us. Sustain 
us.
  For Yours is the kingdom and the power and glory forever. Amen.

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