[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7342]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Thomas A. Kuhn, Church of the Incarnation, Dayton, Ohio, 
offered the following prayer:
  Father, we can never thank You enough for the many blessings You have 
given to us as a people. You gave all of Your children the same rights 
as people, and at the same time have given us the means to safeguard 
those rights. Give us the strength to reach out to those who are unable 
to safeguard their rights.
  You have made us a powerful people. May we always be gentle enough to 
lift up the fallen, and prepared enough to protect the weak and 
defenseless.
  You have blessed us richly. May we always generously share those 
blessings with Your children who are poor.
  You have given us a beautiful land. May we nurture and preserve it so 
that those who follow us can always see Your goodness.
  Much of what has been given to us has been entrusted to the Members 
of this great House. Give them a world vision so that they may work for 
the good of all of Your children. Amen.

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