[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 55 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H3821]
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  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We accept Your good graces, O God, though we know we miss the mark; 
we appreciate the wonders of Your world, though we are busy with what 
is immediate and necessary; we yearn for the blessings of faith, though 
we don't always understand. Above the demands of the day and more 
important than all we do, we offer our thanks and praise for the gifts 
of this day and the hopes and dreams of tomorrow. Amen.

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