[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 49 (Tuesday, April 28, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2346]
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:
  Your bounty of blessings is with us, O God, and Your grace is Your 
free gift. From our beginnings, Your strong arm has strengthened us, 
and Your benedictions have given us hope. In response to Your favor 
toward us, we have not always answered with good works and noble deeds 
and have sometimes followed our own way of self-centeredness and 
personal advantage.
  Help us, gracious God, to see more clearly the unity we share and 
teach us to work together for the common good. While every person 
differs on the particular road we should follow to accomplish our 
goals, yet let us in solidarity hold high those ideals and traditions 
and values that we hold dear and make us proud as we honor and respect 
each other in all we do. In Your name we pray. Amen.

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