[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 89 (Monday, June 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H4139]
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:
  Enable us, O gracious God, to comprehend the vast reservoir of Your 
grace and to be fed by the height and depth and width of Your blessings 
to us and to all people. When we stumble and fall, You are there; when 
we stand on the mountain with accomplishment and pride, You are there; 
when we walk through the valley of the shadow of despair, Your spirit 
is with us. In our prayer this day we offer our thanksgivings and 
gratitude for Your presence with us in all the moments of our lives. 
This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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