[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2328]
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 pray with the psalmist of old when we ask that You would teach us, 
O God, to number our days so that we gain hearts of wisdom. As the time 
goes by and the days become years and we add so many experiences to our 
life's work, may we learn discernment and sagacity in the ways of the 
world and may we foster patience and comprehension in our own hearts, 
and so make judgments of justice and mercy. Bless us, O God, this day 
and every day, we pray. Amen.

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