[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 113 (Thursday, September 21, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H7935]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Reverend Richard Elliott, Pastor, New Hanover Evangelical 
Lutheran Church, Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, offered the following 
prayer:
  Eternal and most gracious God, before Your face empires of the past 
have risen and fallen away. We pray this day for our Nation; a nation 
entrusted to us by Your gracious hand and rooted in the sacrifices and 
patriotism of previous generations; a nation nurtured by You with 
expansive freedom, limitless opportunity, bountiful natural resources, 
and creative and energetic citizens.
  Bless Your servants gathered here this day. Enable them to flourish. 
Give them wisdom to lead with character, power to serve with humility, 
kindness to respond with compassion, courage to strive for justice, and 
strength to pursue peace. Give us to Your children the vision to see 
the seeds of Your kingdom and to dream and reach for Your future. Amen.

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