[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3393]
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 the rain nourishes the Earth, so may Your grace, O God, nourish us 
in the depths of our souls, our minds, and our hearts. We strive to 
learn and master new tasks. We absorb the facts and figures of today's 
world and we have all the resources of the intellect of the 
generations. Yet on this day we pray that we will heed the needs of our 
souls, strengthen our inner being in faith, preserve the hope and 
renewal of our hearts and by so doing walk in love and trust with You, 
our God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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