[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Whit W. Grace, First United Methodist Church, Long 
Beach, Mississippi offered the following
prayer:
  Mr. Speaker, Members of the House of Representatives, and honored 
guests, let us take this moment to bow for a moment of prayer.
  Almighty Father, Wonderful Counselor, we come to You this morning as 
mere people whom You have chosen to be Your vessel in this place of 
power. We come from different backgrounds and different places, yet we 
are joined together for a united goal. This goal will allow You to lead 
our Nation in a way which will bring a sense of opportunity to each one 
of our citizens.
  The work which we do in this Chamber will affect the lives of people 
we may never see. O God, would that You bless us and enlarge our 
horizons, that Your hand might be with us, and that You may keep us 
from hurt and harm. And at the end of this day, allow all thoughts and 
all work not to be pleasing to parties or certain groups, but pleasing 
to You, Almighty Father. Amen.

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