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                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Arise, O Judge of the Earth, and bring healing and help to our Nation 
and world. We praise You that Your plans succeed and Your precepts are 
sure.
  Lord, You know our thoughts before we think them. Encourage our 
lawmakers to do Your will. Give them the wisdom to totally depend upon 
Your unfailing love, remembering that unless You help them, they labor 
in vain.
  Lord, when doubts fill their minds, provide them with the renewed 
hope in the ultimate triumph of Your purposes.
  We pray in Your strong Name. Amen.

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