[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 29626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. A. David Argo, Capitol Hill United Methodist Church, 
Washington, D.C., offered the following prayer:
  O God of wind-swept beaches, humid jungles, frozen hills, open 
fields, rushing oceans, dry deserts, turbulent skies, we come to You on 
this day fully aware that You know the places and the men and the women 
who often with certainty and sometimes with puzzlement have risked 
their futures and given their lives to make possible this process of 
democracy and the claim of freedom on this place. We thank You for 
their gift to us and ask that You would embolden us with their courage, 
trouble us with their sacrifices, and sustain us with their 
faithfulness so that the fulfillment of the tasks of this day will 
bespeak our deep gratitude and reflect our serious response to their 
legacy. Amen.

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