[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15175-15176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 PRAYER

  The Reverend Dr. Joseph W. Collins, Pastor, Mount Carmel United 
Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, offered the following 
prayer:
  Almighty God, this Congress of the United States represents the 
diversity

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of our land from the Potomac to the Pacific, from the Great Lakes to 
the Rio Grande, from the Everglades to Mt. McKinley, from the Rocky 
Mountains to the Appalachian hills; yet we are one Nation.
  Almighty God, this Congress represents the diversity of our people 
from Native American to each new immigrant, from those in poverty to 
those living in prosperity, from the newborn child to those in their 
90s. We are one Nation.
  One Nation with a common heritage, a heritage consecrated at 
Yorktown, fought and died for on Gettysburg's fields, washed in blood 
on the beaches of Normandy.
  Almighty God, shower upon this Congress Your wisdom and guidance. 
Amidst our diversity help us to remember that we are one. We share a 
common heritage, the right to life and liberty. Help this Congress to 
govern fairly and effectively. May they seek to do that which is worthy 
of Your blessing. Amen.

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