[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 31 (Thursday, March 19, 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:
  Teach us to see Your strong hand, O God, that supports us all the day 
long. In all our circumstances, whether of joy or sadness, we are 
grateful that we can bring our concerns before You. If there is 
illness, grant us health; if there be estrangement, grant 
reconciliation; where there is hatred or envy, grant peace; where there 
is despair, give us the gift of hope. Remind us each day that we never 
walk the road of life alone or face the challenges without Your abiding 
grace. So stay with us and be our God until the day breaks and the 
shadows flee away. Amen.

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