[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15136]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Glen Warner, Pastor, Second Congregational United Church 
of Christ, Ashtabula, Ohio, offered the following prayer:
  The Lord is my light, and my salvation.
  Whom then shall I fear?
  The Lord is the strength of my life.
  Of whom then shall I be afraid?
  Faithful, Father God, Creator of all mighty galaxies and human 
hearts;
  May our work be worship today as minds and hearts are newly formed by 
Your creating spirit. We do not seek to change Your mind, but to open 
ours.
  May common sense prevail! We thank You for the brilliance and the 
passion of America! Forbid that we settle today for shallow sentiments 
of the merely secular or values faded into pale pastel shades! Forgive 
our diminished expectations.
  Almighty God! By Your spirit save us from ourselves and the misuse of 
all the good and perfect gifts we have received from Your hand! And all 
God's people said, Amen.

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