[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[House]
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House of Representatives

  The House met at 10 a.m.
  The Chaplain, Rev. James David Ford, D.D., offered the following 
prayer:
  O gracious God, from whom all blessings flow, we are grateful for all 
the gifts of life that You have so freely given. For all the days past, 
in good times and bad, Your spirit has been with us to strengthen and 
to heal. In all the days ahead we look with anticipation to the new 
opportunities of service and with the hope that the waters of justice 
will flow over us and all people. And for this day we ask a full 
measure of Your grace that we will be the people You would have us be 
and do those good deeds that honor You and serve people everywhere.
  In Your name we pray. Amen.

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