[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4541]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            AN EASTER PRAYER

  (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GOHMERT. As this will be the last session before we go into the 
Easter district work period, I thought it was appropriate to look back 
at something historically, and I have a prayer that was given in the 
United States Senate in the 1940s by Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall. He 
said:

       We pray to Thee, O Christ, to keep us under the spell of 
     immortality.
       May we never again think and act as if Thou wert dead. Let 
     us more and more come to know Thee as a living Lord who hath 
     promised to them that believe: Because I live, ye shall live 
     also.
       Help us to remember that we are praying to the Conquerer of 
     Death, that we may no longer be afraid nor be dismayed by the 
     world's problems and threats, since Thou hast overcome the 
     world.
       In Thy strong name, we ask for Thy living presence and Thy 
     victorious power. Amen.

  That was Senate Chaplain Peter Marshall. It is a good prayer, Mr. 
Speaker, to pray as we head for the Easter recess.

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