[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 21, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H171]
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 join in the words of the Psalmist who wrote: ``Behold how good and 
pleasant it is when God's people dwell in unity. It is like the 
precious oil upon the head, running down upon the beard, upon the beard 
of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes. It is like the dew 
of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion. For there the Lord has 
commanded the blessing, life forevermore.''
  Among all Your bountiful favors to us, O gracious God, is the 
knowledge that You have created every person in Your image and You have 
blessed every person with those gifts that make us truly human: the 
gifts of justice and mercy, the gifts of peace and good will, the gifts 
of unity and common purpose.
  May all Your blessings, O God, that flow from the early morn to the 
last light, be with each of us and remain with us all our days.
  In Your name we pray. Amen.

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