[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 136 (Monday, September 26, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]


[Congressional Record: September 26, 1994]
From the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

 
                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  With all Your gifts, O God, that You have so bountifully given, we 
treasure the gifts of thanksgiving and gratitude and appreciation. No 
matter what our place in life or responsibility, we stand together on 
the same ground with similar hopes and fears, with similar ambitions 
and apprehensions, and yet above all our feelings and ambitions is our 
eternal spirit of gratitude for the gift of creation, thanksgiving for 
the opportunities of life and appreciation for Your abiding spirit. May 
our recognition of these gifts ever enable us to take pride in our 
calling and make us faithful in Your service. In Your name, we pray. 
Amen.

                          ____________________