[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13789]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Lord God, as we make the August exit, may we hear the words 
of the poet Longfellow when he said:

       Art is long, time is fleeting and our hearts though stout 
     and brave still like muffled drums are beating funeral 
     marches to the grave.

  May our lawmakers remember that history will not judge them so much 
on what they say as on what they accomplish. They will be known by 
their fruits. Teach them to number their days, that they may have 
hearts of wisdom. As the seasons come and go, may this wisdom keep them 
from majoring in minors and minoring in majors. Working together may 
they avoid the frivolous and reap a harvest worthy of their high 
calling.
  Lord, we thank You for the service of our faithful pages.
  We pray in Your merciful Name. Amen.

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