[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 26 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H714]
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 pray, gracious God, that though the journey for justice may seem 
arduous and the necessary tasks of life seem too burdensome, yet in 
Your mercy we ask for support along the way. May there be nothing that 
keeps us from achieving a full measure of Your blessings or overwhelms 
us in our tasks. Teach us to walk by Your spirit, be lifted by Your 
presence and ennobled by Your grace. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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