[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7611]
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:
  As we offer our thanks and praise to You, O gracious God, we listen 
to Your word of faith, Your message of hope, and Your gift of love. 
Enable us as best we can to hear Your word even with the clamor of the 
world about us compelling our attention and demanding our allegiance. 
Help us to distinguish Your message of justice and mercy and humility 
from the cries of any false prophet who prescribes words of selfishness 
or arrogance. We are grateful for Your favor to us, O God, by which You 
bless us and our Nation, and we pray for Your benediction upon us, now 
and evermore. Amen.

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