[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  Lieutenant Commander Tavis Long, Chaplain, United States Navy, Office 
of the Chaplain of the Marine Corps, Dover, Ohio, offered the following 
prayer:
  Our gracious and merciful Father, may we not be so arrogant as to 
think that we must invite You to join us in our undertakings of the 
day; but rather, we humbly acknowledge that You are already here.
  As the Psalmist proffered in the days of old: ``Whither shall I go 
from Thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from Thy presence?''
  And, so, because You are the constant, in Your mercy, order our steps 
according to Your pleasure. May this legislature be zealous in its 
pursuit of domestic tranquility; but may they do so, while as 
individuals, following hard after righteousness, being ever mindful 
that, in that last day, we must all give an account.
  Bless these who so faithfully ``proclaim liberty throughout all the 
land.'' I pray these things in the name of the only one who can truly 
set us free, my Savior.
  Amen.

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