[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 41 (Monday, March 6, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Michael B. Easterling, senior pastor, Madison Avenue 
Baptist Church, New York, NY, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray:
  Lord of all nations, we give You thanks this day for life itself and 
for the promise of Your faithful guidance and care. You have blessed us 
in innumerable ways and You have placed in our hands the 
responsibilities of caring for our world and caring for one another.
  May we assume these great responsibilities with conscientiousness and 
always with great humility.
  As we undertake these tasks, will You give to us, Your servants, that 
wisdom and understanding and compassion we must have if we are to be 
successful.
  Lord of life, lead us in all of our endeavors, that Your truth might 
be found, that justice and peace might be realities, and that Your 
eternal will might be done.
  In Your holy name we pray. Amen.

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