[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 3, 1997)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 12 noon.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  We know, gracious God, how we plan our lives and how we anticipate 
the fullness of all the days ahead, and we also know that our plans are 
not our own and that we experience broken dreams and shattered hearts. 
We remember this day all those whose lives are broken by pain and 
sadness and we look to Your word for comfort and solace. O God, creator 
of the world and author of salvation, from whom we have come and to 
whom we shall return, bless all who mourn and experience the 
uncertainty of life. May all Your people, O God, be strengthened in the 
knowledge of Your eternal hope and receive that peace that passes all 
human understanding, now and forevermore. Amen.

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