Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 1
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HOUSE JOURNAL
SEVENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, REGULAR SESSION
PROCEEDINGS
FIRST DAY TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1999
In accordance with the laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, the
members-elect of the House of Representatives assembled this day in the hall
of the house of representatives in the city of Austin at 12 noon. The
Honorable Elton Bomer, secretary of state of the State of Texas, called the
House of Representatives of the Seventy-Sixth Legislature of the State of
Texas to order.
The invocation was offered by Dr. Wallace Davis, President, Wayland
Baptist University, as follows:
May we pray. Our most gracious Heavenly Father, on this historic day
we acknowledge with grateful hearts those manifold blessings you have so
graciously showered upon our state. In both good times and bad, you've
blessed our land, you've preserved its people.
Dear Father, as this legislative body now convenes, we pray your
continued blessings on its members, on its leadership, and on those families
willing to accept personal hardships so these men and women can serve a
grateful state. And we pray your blessings on a people. A people who ask
only that those who sit in this body protect with word and deed both the
rights and responsibilities of the free people of Texas.
In your holy word it is written that where there is moral rot within a
nation, its government topples easily. But with honest, sensible leaders, there
is stability. Sadly we have witnessed the painful truth of your words. So
today we pray that, as you have blessed Texas in her past, you will bless her
in her future.
You will bless her by helping these who have sought a place of service
to realize that your truth, coupled with these members' own personal integrity,
continue to be the only foundation strong enough to support the twin towers
of liberty and justice.
In the days of this session, we pray that you will invest these men and
women with stately wisdom, uncommon courage, and personal virtue, so that
our Texas can truly serve as a beacon for all who honestly seek after truth
and freedom, goodness and mercy.
We ask these things in the name of the Father, the giver of all great
gifts. Amen.
ADDRESS BY THE HONORABLE ELTON BOMER
The Honorable Elton Bomer, secretary of state, addressed the house,
speaking as follows:
Members-elect, families, friends, distinguished guests, welcome.
If I were to deliver a prayer to you today, it would be as follows: Dear
God: We'll be here for 140 days. Hope you will be too. Amen.
As Pete Laney has said before, I'm house broke. I know your
anticipations, fears, and desires.
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