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                                 PRAYER

  Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Armenian Apostolic Church of 
America, New York, New York, offered the following prayer:
  Heavenly Father, Your children gathered here, in this sanctuary of 
democracy and freedom, thank Thee for Your providential care full of 
visible and invisible blessings.
  Lead this august assembly in Your spirit to accomplish the mission 
vested upon her.
  Grant Your wisdom and love upon the Members of this assembly to 
follow Thy will and fulfill their awesome responsibility toward the 
``land of the free'' and the world at large.
  May justice and peace be forthcoming from their decisions, as well as 
prosperity and joy to prevail among mankind.
  Let this and every day be marked as a masterpiece in the lives of all 
those who serve the people for Your glory, so that they may be worthy 
of hearing Your calling: ``Come you that are blessed by my Father, 
inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the 
world.''
  Amen.

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