[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H3816]
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:
  Encourage each person, O loving God, to examine the issues that they 
encounter and on which they must act, and to have discernment as they 
face the decisions of the time. Help us to be forthright in our desire 
for knowledge realizing that the gift of truth is not to be scorned, 
but with virtuous hearts and sincere minds we should seek to understand 
the issues of life and endeavor, in all things, to remember the words 
of the Proverbs that ``the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, 
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.'' Amen.

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