[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 16 (Thursday, February 26, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H633]
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:
  With gratefulness and praise, with high hopes and anticipation, with 
a sense of thankfulness and with hearts of appreciation, we welcome 
this new day of grace. Of all Your blessings, O God, that fill the 
hours and nurture us until our last time, we pray for knowledge to 
understand our tasks and wisdom to choose the harder right instead of 
the easier wrong. May Your peace, gracious God, fill our hearts and 
souls with comfort and commitment that we may serve people in justice 
and in righteousness. This is our earnest prayer. Amen.

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