[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 140 (Wednesday, October 2, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H12253]
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:
  Let us pray using the words of the 67th Psalm:
  ``May God be merciful to us and bless us, show us the light of his 
countenance and come to us.
  ``Let your ways be known upon earth, your saving health among all 
nations.
  ``Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
  ``Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you judge the nations 
upon earth.
  ``Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
  ``The earth has brought forth her increase; may God, our own God, 
give us his blessing.
  ``May God give us his blessing, and may all the ends of the earth 
stand in awe of him.''
  Amen.

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