[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 61 (Thursday, May 14, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3259]
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:
  Give us, we pray, the gifts of the spirit. O gracious God, from whom 
all blessings flow, remind us that our daily lives can be filled with 
benefits that come from Your good spirit. The gifts of love, joy, 
peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and 
self-control. May these lively contributions to the human condition 
bless, strengthen and give encouragement to our daily lives and keep us 
all in Your grace now and evermore. Amen.

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