[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15596]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                      CONGRESSIONAL PRAYER CAUCUS

  (Mr. FORBES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FORBES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the Congressional 
Prayer Caucus to note the importance of prayer and faith in our 
Nation's history. In October of 1863, President Abraham Lincoln 
discussed his deep reliance on God during his Presidency.
  In addressing the Baltimore Presbyterian Synod, Lincoln said, in 
part, ``I saw, upon taking my position here, that I was going to have 
an administration, if an administration at all, of extraordinary 
difficulty. It was, without exception, a time of the greatest 
difficulty that this country ever saw. I was early brought to a living 
reflection that nothing in my power whatever, in others to rely upon, 
would succeed without direct assistance of the Almighty, but all must 
fail. I have often wished that I was a more devout man than I am. 
Nevertheless, amid the greatest difficulties of my administration, when 
I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance in 
God, knowing that all would go well, and that He would decide for the 
right.''

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