[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2249]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Today I will read George Washington's ``Prayer for the United States 
of America,'' exactly as it appears in the chapel at Valley Forge.

       Almighty God: We make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt 
     keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt 
     incline the hearts of the citizens to cultivate a spirit of 
     subordination and obedience to the government, and entertain 
     a brotherly affection and love for one another and for their 
     fellow citizens of the United States at large. And finally 
     that Thou wilt most graciously be pleased to dispose us all 
     to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with 
     that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were 
     the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed 
     religion, and without a humble imitation of whose example in 
     these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation. Grant 
     our supplication, we beseech Thee, through Jesus Christ our 
     Lord. Amen.

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