[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 18 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H683]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                                 PRAYER

  The Chaplain, Reverend James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  For all the gifts of life this day, it is for thanks that we would 
pray. For spirits strong and hearts aglow, an attitude of thanks to 
grow.
  It is with gratitude we speak. It is with minds and spirits so meek. 
Of all the trials from which we copy, it is for life and faith we hope.
  Without such gifts we would despair, life would flounder, not be 
fair. So when we speak our words to You, may You, O God, be ever true.
  With love and joy we see Your light, in which creation has delight, 
may we and all Your people here, find thankfulness and daily cheer. 
Amen.

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