[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 23 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H]
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: We know, gracious God, that of Your great gifts to us, we 
treasure the gift of peace with a passion from our hearts and souls, 
and this day we laud and honor those who are the makers of peace. With 
indebtedness and gratitude we acknowledge the work of diplomats and 
soldiers and the citizens of every land who toil and cajole, who argue 
and struggle so no person will use weapons to hurt or hinder the 
freedom that we cherish. As they have blessed us by their vision and 
persistence, so may Your blessing be with them for, according to Your 
word, the peacemakers shall be called Your people, now and evermore. 
Amen.

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