[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H2875]
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:
  Where there is no hope, our hearts are heavy; where there is no love, 
then evil thrives; where there is no faith, doubt increases; and where 
there is no vision, the people perish. Grant to us and to every person, 
O gracious God, the wisdom to discern and to accept Your gifts of faith 
and hope and love and, filled by Your spirit, may we be Your faithful 
people and You our God for ever and ever. Amen.

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