[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5989-5990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Reverend Darius Pridgen, True Bethel Baptist Church, Buffalo, New 
York, offered the following prayer:
  To the grand architect of the universe, who meticulously and 
purposefully placed each star and planet into a predestined position in 
the universe, the results of such methodical placement has caused 
tranquility in the universe in that Mars does not clash with Jupiter, 
Venus does not war with Saturn, and the Sun does not compete with the 
Moon.
  As You have done in the universe, You have also done in this House of 
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people. May those whom You have perfectly placed in these hallowed 
seats remember they, like the perfectly planned universe, have been 
placed here by You, not to clash, crash, and war, but to work together 
for the good of their constituents, the country, the world, and, 
indeed, the universe.
  In the name of the God we serve, amen.

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