[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10175]
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:

Bless this day and bless this land,
Keep us safe with Your strong hand.
May Your spirit, O God, forgive,
All our lives so we might live.
  May Your benediction, O gracious God, that is new every morning and 
with us until the last light of day, surround us and keep us in Your 
peace, now and forevermore. Amen.

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