[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  In this brief moment of quiet, O gracious God, direct our hearts and 
minds to those themes that are at the center of our stewardship. We 
pray that we will be worthy of the high calling to public service by 
serving people with honesty and courage and by committing ourselves to 
the virtues of justice and peace and reconciliation. May our eyes not 
only be focused on what must be done in the coming hour or the day, but 
may our vision also grasp the great responsibilities to which we have 
been called. May we ever heed the words of Your prophet Amos: ``Let 
justice flow down like waters and righteousness like an everflowing 
stream.'' Amen.

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