[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 131 (Friday, September 26, 1997)]
[House]
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                        House of Representatives

  The House met at 9 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  As we experience the diversity of people all about us with culture 
and philosophies and backgrounds representing every view, enable us to 
remember that each one of us has been created by You, O God, with a 
solidarity that transcends all our differences and all our disputes. As 
we represent our own aspirations and wishes, help us to understand 
other views and other people with the respect and consideration and 
esteem that we ought to have with all members of the human family. As 
we have one Creator and all share Your wonderful world, so may our 
thoughts and actions reflect the good will and respect that is Your 
gift to us. In Your name we pray. Amen.

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