[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 21, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H5307]
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 earnestly pray, gracious God, for all Your blessings--for peace 
and strength, for justice and mercy and all the values of Your word. On 
this day we pray for humility in our hearts whenever we seek to speak 
the truth and when we venture to know Your will. We hold to our views 
and yet we do not know all; we stand for right and we admit our 
limitations; we speak to the issues and yet we can miss the mark. Save 
us, O God, from any arrogance that would blind us from truth or from 
undue pride which keeps us from Your blessings so that, instead, in all 
things we will truly do justice, love mercy, and ever walk humbly with 
You. Amen.

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