[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 76 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H4553]
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:
  We are reminded during these days of the momentous occasion of the 
ending of conflict in Europe 50 years ago. As our thoughts go out in 
thanksgiving for the blessings of peace, we remember specially those 
members of our Armed Forces whose dedication and sacrifice brought new 
hope to so many people who had known destitution and suffering and 
death. We laud all those who labored for freedom and recall with praise 
their commitment and their allegiance to liberty. O gracious God, whose 
power created the Heavens and the Earth and whose grace is all about, 
may Your blessing be upon those who gave of themselves that others 
might live. In Your name, we pray. Amen.

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