[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 155 (Friday, November 7, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H10173]
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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 sense the conditions of our days and the time when we can 
achieve our ambitions and goals, make us acutely aware, O God, of the 
limitations that are so much a part of our lives. May we always sense 
Your presence giving us purpose and meaning for our existence and 
allowing us a spiritual objective and a devout awareness of the 
opportunities before us. Make us conscious of the limits of time so 
that we use our days in ways that honor You, O God, and may we be good 
stewards of the riches and the heritage of the land. Bless our work and 
bless our lives, we pray. Amen.

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