Show KISSED SOLOMON S PRAYER pres dents lips fell on S agn fiant passage in I 1 kings washington through blames H mckenney the veteran clerk of the supreme court of the united states has come to light the fact that dent tatt a lips fell upon a significant passage in the bible when after tak ing the oath of office he kissed the sa cred vollme mr mckenney held lor the ahlet justice the book ased in con lection with the administering of the oath he presented it to mr taft who reverently leaned over and touched his lips to the open book they fell upon the third chapter of I 1 kings at the point beginning give therefore thy servant an understand ing heart to judge thy people that I 1 may discern between good and bad for who s able to judge this thy so great a peopled this was the of solomon at the beginning of his reign and the i alsage closes with the statement that the prayer was answered because ot its unselfish character |