[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 127 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H8179]
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:
  As we seek to learn the details of the issues before us and as we 
endeavor to understand all certainties, it is our prayer, O gracious 
God, that we will also gain a heart of wisdom. For we know that Your 
spirit is working within us when we have insight and discernment and 
sound judgment. Remind us always, O God, that it is not wise simply to 
observe events or to know all the facts, for the scripture proclaims 
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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