[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H9927]
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  The House met at 12 noon.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We pray for Your blessing, gracious God, in all the moments of life 
from the morning light to eventide, from the rush of activity that 
greets each day to the quiet and solitude when work is over and time is 
past. Our petitions reach out to You, O God, from the early instants of 
life through all the encounters of daily living until we rest from our 
labors and the burdens of life are over. As we contemplate the 
opportunities that are before us, we pray that Your benediction will 
ever be with us, Your counsel will lead us in the right path, and Your 
grace will be sufficient for our every need. In Your name, we pray. 
Amen.

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